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Computation of the marginal likelihood from a simulated posterior distribution is central to Bayesian model selection but is computationally difficult. I argue that the marginal likelihood can be reliably computed from a posterior sample by…

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The Poisson model is frequently employed to describe count data, but in a Bayesian context it leads to an analytically intractable posterior probability distribution. In this work, we analyze a variational Gaussian approximation to the…

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If we cannot obtain all terms of a series, or if we cannot sum up a series, we have to turn to the partial sum approximation which approximate a function by the first several terms of the series. However, the partial sum approximation often…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-10-06 Shi-Lin Li , Yuan-Yuan Liu , Wen-Du Li , Wu-Sheng Dai

Loopy belief propagation performs approximate inference on graphical models with loops. One might hope to compensate for the approximation by adjusting model parameters. Learning algorithms for this purpose have been explored previously,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-06-03 Xaq Pitkow , Yashar Ahmadian , Ken D. Miller

Accurate modeling for the evolution of the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) is essential for using it as a standard ruler to probe cosmology. We explore the non-linearity of the BAO in different environments using the density-split…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-13 Tengpeng Xu , Yan-Chuan Cai , Yun Chen , Mark Neyrinck , Liang Gao , Qiao Wang

Here, we present the angular diameter distance measurement obtained from the measurement of the Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) feature using the completed Dark Energy Survey (DES) data, summarizing the main results of [Phys. Rev. D…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-16 Juan Mena-Fernández , Dark Energy Survey Collaboration

Bayesian inference is often used in cosmology and astrophysics to derive constraints on model parameters from observations. This approach relies on the ability to compute the likelihood of the data given a choice of model parameters. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 Joel Akeret , Alexandre Refregier , Adam Amara , Sebastian Seehars , Caspar Hasner

Cosmological parameter estimation in the post-reionisation era via neutral hydrogen radio emission ($\text{\hi}$), is among the key science goals of the forthcoming SKA Observatory (SKAO). This paper explores detection capability for baryon…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-18 Andrea Rubiola , Steven Cunnington , Stefano Camera

Bayesian adaptive designs enable flexible clinical trials by adapting features based on accumulating data. Among these, Bayesian Response-Adaptive Randomization (BRAR) skews patient allocation towards more promising treatments based on…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-12-05 Daniel Kaddaj , Stef Baas , Edwin Y. N. Tang , David S. Robertson , Lukas Pin , Sofía S. Villar

We present angular diameter measurements obtained by measuring the position of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) in an optimised sample of galaxies from the first three years of Dark Energy Survey data (DES Y3). The sample consists of 7…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-21 DES Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , F. Andrade-Oliveira , J. Asorey , S. Avila , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , A. Brandao-Souza , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. Calcino , H. Camacho , A. Carnero Rosell , D. Carollo , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , K. C. Chan , A. Choi , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , T. M. Davis , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , K. Eckert , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , A. E. Evrard , X. Fang , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , K. Glazebrook , D. Gomes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , N. Kokron , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , G. F. Lewis , C. Lidman , M. Lima , H. Lin , M. A. G. Maia , U. Malik , P. Martini , P. Melchior , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , R. Morgan , J. Muir , J. Myles , A. Möller , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , W. J. Percival , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. Porredon , J. Prat , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , V. Scarpine , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , M. A. Troxel , B. E. Tucker , D. L. Tucker , I. Tutusaus , S. A. Uddin , T. N. Varga , J. Weller , R. D. Wilkinson

We consider the Bayesian detection statistic for a targeted search for continuous gravitational waves, known as the $\mathcal{B}$-statistic. This is a Bayes factor between signal and noise hypotheses, produced by marginalizing over the four…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-19 John J. Bero , John T. Whelan

Bayesian analysis is a framework for parameter estimation that applies even in uncertainty regimes where the commonly used local (frequentist) analysis based on the Cram\'er-Rao bound is not well defined. In particular, it applies when no…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-17 Simon Morelli , Ayaka Usui , Elizabeth Agudelo , Nicolai Friis

The measurement of cosmological distances using baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) is crucial for studying the universe's expansion. The Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST) galaxy redshift survey, with its vast volume and sky coverage,…

Motivated by Tweedie's formula for the Compound Decision problem, we examine the theoretical foundations of empirical Bayes estimators that directly model the marginal density $m(y)$. Our main result shows that polynomial log-marginals of…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-28 Jyotishka Datta , Nicholas G. Polson

Corrections induced by primordial non-Gaussianity to the linear halo bias can be computed from a peak-background split or the widespread local bias model. However, numerical simulations clearly support the prediction of the former, in which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Vincent Desjacques , Jinn-Ouk Gong , Antonio Riotto

The baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) feature provides an important distance scale for the measurement of the expansion history of the Universe. Theoretical models of the BAO in the distribution of biased tracers of the large scale…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-01 Tobias Baldauf , Vincent Desjacques

Microwave background temperature and polarization observations are a powerful way to constrain cosmological parameters if the likelihood function can be calculated accurately. The temperature and polarization fields are correlated, partial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-25 Samira Hamimeche , Antony Lewis

We study the robustness of the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) analysis to the underlying cosmological model. We focus on testing the standard BAO analysis that relies on the use of a template. These templates are constructed assuming a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-27 Jiaming Pan , Dragan Huterer , Felipe Andrade-Oliveira , Camille Avestruz

The Bayesian lasso is well-known as a Bayesian alternative for Lasso. Although the advantage of the Bayesian lasso is capable of full probabilistic uncertain quantification for parameters, the corresponding posterior distribution can be…

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