Measuring Partial Exchangeability with Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces
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| author | Catalano, Marta Lavenant, Hugo Mascari, Francesco |
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| contents | In Bayesian multilevel models, the data are structured in interconnected groups, and their posteriors borrow information from one another due to prior dependence between latent parameters. However, little is known about the behaviour of the dependence a posteriori. In this work, we develop a general framework for measuring partial exchangeability for parametric and nonparametric models, both a priori and a posteriori. We define an index that detects exchangeability for common models, is invariant by reparametrization, can be estimated through samples, and, crucially, is well-suited for posteriors. We achieve these properties through the use of Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces, which map any random probability to a random object on a Hilbert space. This leads to many convenient properties and tractable expressions, especially a priori and under mixing. We apply our general framework to i) investigate the dependence a posteriori for the hierarchical Dirichlet process, retrieving a parametric convergence rate under very mild assumptions on the data; ii) eliciting the dependence structure of a parametric model for a principled comparison with a nonparametric alternative. |
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| spellingShingle | Measuring Partial Exchangeability with Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces Catalano, Marta Lavenant, Hugo Mascari, Francesco Statistics Theory Probability In Bayesian multilevel models, the data are structured in interconnected groups, and their posteriors borrow information from one another due to prior dependence between latent parameters. However, little is known about the behaviour of the dependence a posteriori. In this work, we develop a general framework for measuring partial exchangeability for parametric and nonparametric models, both a priori and a posteriori. We define an index that detects exchangeability for common models, is invariant by reparametrization, can be estimated through samples, and, crucially, is well-suited for posteriors. We achieve these properties through the use of Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces, which map any random probability to a random object on a Hilbert space. This leads to many convenient properties and tractable expressions, especially a priori and under mixing. We apply our general framework to i) investigate the dependence a posteriori for the hierarchical Dirichlet process, retrieving a parametric convergence rate under very mild assumptions on the data; ii) eliciting the dependence structure of a parametric model for a principled comparison with a nonparametric alternative. |
| title | Measuring Partial Exchangeability with Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces |
| topic | Statistics Theory Probability |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20221 |