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Robust Bayesian inference using density power divergence (DPD) has emerged as a promising approach for handling outliers in statistical estimation. Although the DPD-based posterior offers theoretical guarantees of robustness, its practical…
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We propose a new and generic approach for detecting multiple change-points in dynamic networks with Markov formation, termed random interval distillation (RID). By collecting random intervals with sufficient strength of signals and…
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Clinicians and researchers alike are increasingly interested in how best to personalize interventions. A dynamic treatment regimen (DTR) is a sequence of pre-specified decision rules which can be used to guide the delivery of a sequence of…
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