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Information geometry of Bayes computations

Statistics Theory 2025-02-05 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

Amari's Information Geometry is a dually affine formalism for parametric probability models. The literature proposes various nonparametric functional versions. Our approach uses classical Weyl's axioms so that the affine velocity of a one-parameter statistical model equals the classical Fisher's score. In the present note, we first offer a concise review of the notion of a statistical bundle as a set of couples of probability densities and Fisher's scores. Then, we show how the nonparametric dually affine setup deals with the basic Bayes and Kullback-Leibler divergence computations.

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@article{arxiv.2502.02160,
  title  = {Information geometry of Bayes computations},
  author = {Giovanni Pistone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.02160},
  year   = {2025}
}

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First version of a submitted conference paper

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