Improving prediction from dirichlet process mixtures via enrichment
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Flexible covariate-dependent density estimation can be achieved by modelling the joint density of the response and covariates as a Dirichlet process mixture. An appealing aspect of this approach is that computations are relatively easy. In this paper, we examine the predictive performance of these models with an increasing number of covariates. Even for a moderate number of covariates, we find that the likelihood for x tends to dominate the posterior of the latent random partition, degrading the predictive performance of the model. To overcome this, we suggest using a different nonparametric prior, namely an enriched Dirichlet process. Our proposal maintains a simple allocation rule, so that computations remain relatively simple. Advantages are shown through both predictive equations and examples, including an application to diagnosis Alzheimer's disease. © 2014 Sara Wade, David B. Dunson, Sonia Petrone and Lorenzo Trippa.
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Wade, S; Dunson, DB; Petrone, S; Trippa, L
Published Date
- January 1, 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 15 /
Start / End Page
- 1041 - 1071
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1533-7928
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1532-4435
Citation Source
- Scopus