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Bayesian nonparametric models for ranked data

Machine Learning 2012-11-20 v1 Machine Learning Methodology

Abstract

We develop a Bayesian nonparametric extension of the popular Plackett-Luce choice model that can handle an infinite number of choice items. Our framework is based on the theory of random atomic measures, with the prior specified by a gamma process. We derive a posterior characterization and a simple and effective Gibbs sampler for posterior simulation. We develop a time-varying extension of our model, and apply it to the New York Times lists of weekly bestselling books.

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@article{arxiv.1211.4321,
  title  = {Bayesian nonparametric models for ranked data},
  author = {Francois Caron and Yee Whye Teh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.4321},
  year   = {2012}
}

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NIPS - Neural Information Processing Systems (2012)

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