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Bayesian estimation in Kibble's bivariate gamma distribution
Author(s) -
Iliopoulos George,
Karlis Dimitris,
Ntzoufras Ioannis
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
canadian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.804
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1708-945X
pISSN - 0319-5724
DOI - 10.1002/cjs.5550330408
Subject(s) - markov chain monte carlo , bivariate analysis , bayesian probability , mathematics , algorithm , markov chain , monte carlo method , reversible jump markov chain monte carlo , computer science , ergodic theory , statistical physics , statistics , mathematical analysis , physics
The authors describe Bayesian estimation for the parameters of the bivariate gamma distribution due to Kibble (1941). The density of this distribution can be written as a mixture, which allows for a simple data augmentation scheme. The authors propose a Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm to facilitate estimation. They show that the resulting chain is geometrically ergodic, and thus a regenerative sampling procedure is applicable, which allows for estimation of the standard errors of the ergodic means. They develop Bayesian hypothesis testing procedures to test both the dependence hypothesis of the two variables and the hypothesis of equal means. They also propose a reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm to carry out the model selection problem. Finally, they use sets of real and simulated data to illustrate their methodology.