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Infinite hidden Markov models for cylindrical data

Methodology 2026-07-08 v1 Applications

Abstract

We propose an infinite hidden Markov model for cylindrical time series with von Mises-Gamma emissions. Posterior inference is performed using a beam sampler combining conjugate updates and approximate sampling schemes. Simulation studies and two real data applications demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.07464,
  title  = {Infinite hidden Markov models for cylindrical data},
  author = {Federico P. Cortese and Luca Rossini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.07464},
  year   = {2026}
}