Hierarchical inference of evidence using posterior samples

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Main Authors: Rinaldi, Stefano, Demasi, Gabriele, Del Pozzo, Walter, Hannuksela, Otto A.
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Published: 2024
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author Rinaldi, Stefano
Demasi, Gabriele
Del Pozzo, Walter
Hannuksela, Otto A.
author_facet Rinaldi, Stefano
Demasi, Gabriele
Del Pozzo, Walter
Hannuksela, Otto A.
contents The Bayesian evidence, crucial ingredient for model selection, is arguably the most important quantity in Bayesian data analysis: at the same time, however, it is also one of the most difficult to compute. In this paper we present a hierarchical method that leverages on a multivariate normalised approximant for the posterior probability density to infer the evidence for a model in a hierarchical fashion using a set of posterior samples drawn using an arbitrary sampling scheme.
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spellingShingle Hierarchical inference of evidence using posterior samples
Rinaldi, Stefano
Demasi, Gabriele
Del Pozzo, Walter
Hannuksela, Otto A.
Methodology
62F15, 62C10
The Bayesian evidence, crucial ingredient for model selection, is arguably the most important quantity in Bayesian data analysis: at the same time, however, it is also one of the most difficult to compute. In this paper we present a hierarchical method that leverages on a multivariate normalised approximant for the posterior probability density to infer the evidence for a model in a hierarchical fashion using a set of posterior samples drawn using an arbitrary sampling scheme.
title Hierarchical inference of evidence using posterior samples
topic Methodology
62F15, 62C10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.07504