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Bayesian structured additive distributional regression for multivariate responses
Author(s) -
Klein Nadja,
Kneib Thomas,
Klasen Stephan,
Lang Stefan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.1111/rssc.12090
Subject(s) - multivariate statistics , covariate , markov chain monte carlo , mathematics , prior probability , additive model , statistics , econometrics , bayesian multivariate linear regression , bayesian probability , bayesian inference , multivariate normal distribution , regression analysis , computer science
Summary We propose a unified Bayesian approach for multivariate structured additive distributional regression analysis comprising a huge class of continuous, discrete and latent multivariate response distributions, where each parameter of these potentially complex distributions is modelled by a structured additive predictor. The latter is an additive composition of different types of covariate effects, e.g. non‐linear effects of continuous covariates, random effects, spatial effects or interaction effects. Inference is realized by a generic, computationally efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm based on iteratively weighted least squares approximations and with multivariate Gaussian priors to enforce specific properties of functional effects. Applications to illustrate our approach include a joint model of risk factors for chronic and acute childhood undernutrition in India and ecological regressions studying the drivers of election results in Germany.