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Comment on "Sequential Monte Carlo for Bayesian Computation" (P. Del Moral, A. Doucet, A. Jasra)

Statistics Theory 2007-06-13 v1 Probability Statistics Theory

Abstract

The main question concerns another recent advance in sequential Monte Carlo, the use of a mixture transition kernel that automatically adapts to the target distribution (Douc et al. 2006). Is there a class of static inference problems for which the backward-kernel approach is better suited, or is it too early to predict which method may have better performance in a particular situation?

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@article{arxiv.math/0606557,
  title  = {Comment on "Sequential Monte Carlo for Bayesian Computation" (P. Del Moral, A. Doucet, A. Jasra)},
  author = {David R. Bickel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0606557},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

To appear in the published proceedings of the Eighth Valencia International Meeting on Bayesian Statistics

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