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Evaluating Sensitivity to the Stick-Breaking Prior in Bayesian Nonparametrics (Rejoinder)

Methodology 2023-03-14 v1

Abstract

One can typically form a local robustness metric for a particular problem quite directly, for Markov chain Monte Carlo applications as well as optimization problems such as variational Bayes. However, we argue that simply forming a local robustness metric is not enough: the hard work is showing that it is useful. Computability, interpretability, and the ability of a local robustness metric to extrapolate well, are more important -- and often more difficult to establish -- than mere computation of derivatives.

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@article{arxiv.2303.06317,
  title  = {Evaluating Sensitivity to the Stick-Breaking Prior in Bayesian Nonparametrics (Rejoinder)},
  author = {Ryan Giordano and Runjing Liu and Michael I. Jordan and Tamara Broderick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.06317},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Rejoinder for the discussion article "Evaluating Sensitivity to the Stick-Breaking Prior in Bayesian Nonparametrics'' in Bayesian Analysis

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