A Bayesian approach to density estimation
DANIEL, THORBURN; Department of Statistics, University of StockholmS-1138i5 Stockholm, Sweden
Журнал:
Biometrika
Дата:
1986
Аннотация:
Assume a priori that the log density is a sample function from a Gaussian process subject to the condition that the density integrates to one. The posterior distribution given a number of observations is then still a Gaussian process with the same condition and the same covariance function. The mean value function is changed according to a simple formula. This prior may thus be regarded as a conjugate prior for an unknown density. The mode of the posterior distribution is given implicitly by a simple formula, which can be solved numerically. The mode is a close approximation to the optimal estimate with squared error loss in the discrete case. Some examples with data are given.
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