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RKL: a general, invariant Bayes solution for Neyman-Scott

Machine Learning 2017-07-21 v1

Abstract

Neyman-Scott is a classic example of an estimation problem with a partially-consistent posterior, for which standard estimation methods tend to produce inconsistent results. Past attempts to create consistent estimators for Neyman-Scott have led to ad-hoc solutions, to estimators that do not satisfy representation invariance, to restrictions over the choice of prior and more. We present a simple construction for a general-purpose Bayes estimator, invariant to representation, which satisfies consistency on Neyman-Scott over any non-degenerate prior. We argue that the good attributes of the estimator are due to its intrinsic properties, and generalise beyond Neyman-Scott as well.

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@article{arxiv.1707.06366,
  title  = {RKL: a general, invariant Bayes solution for Neyman-Scott},
  author = {Michael Brand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.06366},
  year   = {2017}
}

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