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Article: The nested dirichlet distribution and incomplete categorical data analysis
Title | The nested dirichlet distribution and incomplete categorical data analysis |
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Keywords | Data augmentation Dirichlet distribution EM Incomplete categorical data Matrix rate of convergence Mixing rate of a markov chain Nested dirichlet distribution |
Issue Date | 2009 |
Publisher | Academia Sinica, Institute of Statistical Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.stat.sinica.edu.tw/statistica/ |
Citation | Statistica Sinica, 2009, v. 19 n. 1, p. 251-271 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The nested Dirichlet distribution (NDD) is an important distribution defined on the closed n-dimensional simplex. It includes the classical Dirichlet distribution and is useful in incomplete categorical data (ICD) analysis. In this article, we develop the distributional properties of NDD. New large-sample likelihood and small-sample Bayesian approaches for analyzing ICD are proposed and compared with existing likelihood/Bayesian strategies. We show that the new approaches have at least three advantages over existing approaches based on the traditional Dirichlet distribution in both frequentist and conjugate Bayesian inference for ICD. The new methods possess closed-form expressions for both the maximum likelihood and Bayes estimates when the likelihood function is in NDD form; produce computationally efficient EM and data augmentation algorithms when the likelihood is not in NDD form; and provide exact sampling procedures for some special cases. The methodologies are illustrated with simulated and real data. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/82765 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.368 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Ng, KW | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Tang, ML | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Tian, GL | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Tan, M | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T08:33:09Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T08:33:09Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Statistica Sinica, 2009, v. 19 n. 1, p. 251-271 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 1017-0405 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/82765 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The nested Dirichlet distribution (NDD) is an important distribution defined on the closed n-dimensional simplex. It includes the classical Dirichlet distribution and is useful in incomplete categorical data (ICD) analysis. In this article, we develop the distributional properties of NDD. New large-sample likelihood and small-sample Bayesian approaches for analyzing ICD are proposed and compared with existing likelihood/Bayesian strategies. We show that the new approaches have at least three advantages over existing approaches based on the traditional Dirichlet distribution in both frequentist and conjugate Bayesian inference for ICD. The new methods possess closed-form expressions for both the maximum likelihood and Bayes estimates when the likelihood function is in NDD form; produce computationally efficient EM and data augmentation algorithms when the likelihood is not in NDD form; and provide exact sampling procedures for some special cases. The methodologies are illustrated with simulated and real data. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Academia Sinica, Institute of Statistical Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.stat.sinica.edu.tw/statistica/ | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Statistica Sinica | en_HK |
dc.subject | Data augmentation | en_HK |
dc.subject | Dirichlet distribution | en_HK |
dc.subject | EM | en_HK |
dc.subject | Incomplete categorical data | en_HK |
dc.subject | Matrix rate of convergence | en_HK |
dc.subject | Mixing rate of a markov chain | en_HK |
dc.subject | Nested dirichlet distribution | en_HK |
dc.title | The nested dirichlet distribution and incomplete categorical data analysis | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=1017-0405&volume=19&issue=1&spage=251&epage=271&date=2009&atitle=The+Nested+Dirichlet+Distribution+and+Incomplete+Categorical+Data+Analysis | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Ng, KW: kaing@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Tian, GL: gltian@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Ng, KW=rp00765 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Tian, GL=rp00789 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-64549085976 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 163556 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-64549085976&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 19 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 251 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 271 | en_HK |
dc.publisher.place | Taiwan, Republic of China | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Ng, KW=7403178774 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Tang, ML=7401974011 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Tian, GL=25621549400 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Tan, M=7401464681 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1017-0405 | - |