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Activity Number: 166 - SPEED: Topics in Bayesian Analysis
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, July 30, 2018 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Bayesian Statistical Science
Abstract #330197
Title: Bayesian Model Selection for Markov Chains Using Sparse Probability Vectors
Author(s): Matthew Heiner* and Athanasios Kottas and Stephan Munch
Companies: UC Santa Cruz and UC Santa Cruz and NOAA
Keywords: high order Markov chain; mixture transition distribution; nonlinear dynamics; sparsity prior
Abstract:

We develop a model for Bayesian selection in high order Markov chains through an extension of the mixture transition distribution of Raftery (1985). Order and lag selection are achieved through over-specification and shrinkage via novel priors for probability vectors which, in contrast to the popular Dirichlet distribution, retain sparsity properties in the presence of data. We demonstrate the model's use and utility by analyzing a time series of annual pink salmon abundance in Alaska.


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