A Class of Dependent Random Distributions Based on Atom Skipping
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| author | Bi, Dehua Ji, Yuan |
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| contents | We propose the Plaid Atoms Model (PAM), a novel Bayesian nonparametric model for grouped data. Founded on an idea of `atom skipping', PAM is part of a well-established category of models that generate dependent random distributions and clusters across multiple groups. Atom skipping referrs to stochastically assigning 0 weights to atoms in an infinite mixture. Deploying atom skipping across groups, PAM produces a dependent clustering pattern with overlapping and non-overlapping clusters across groups. As a result, interpretable posterior inference is possible such as reporting the posterior probability of a cluster being exclusive to a single group or shared among a subset of groups. We discuss the theoretical properties of the proposed and related models. Minor extensions of the proposed model for multivariate or count data are presented. Simulation studies and applications using real-world datasets illustrate the performance of the new models with comparison to existing models. |
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| spellingShingle | A Class of Dependent Random Distributions Based on Atom Skipping Bi, Dehua Ji, Yuan Methodology Machine Learning We propose the Plaid Atoms Model (PAM), a novel Bayesian nonparametric model for grouped data. Founded on an idea of `atom skipping', PAM is part of a well-established category of models that generate dependent random distributions and clusters across multiple groups. Atom skipping referrs to stochastically assigning 0 weights to atoms in an infinite mixture. Deploying atom skipping across groups, PAM produces a dependent clustering pattern with overlapping and non-overlapping clusters across groups. As a result, interpretable posterior inference is possible such as reporting the posterior probability of a cluster being exclusive to a single group or shared among a subset of groups. We discuss the theoretical properties of the proposed and related models. Minor extensions of the proposed model for multivariate or count data are presented. Simulation studies and applications using real-world datasets illustrate the performance of the new models with comparison to existing models. |
| title | A Class of Dependent Random Distributions Based on Atom Skipping |
| topic | Methodology Machine Learning |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.14954 |