Title
Bayesian estimation of a bounded precision matrix.
Abstract
The inverse of normal covariance matrix is called precision matrix and often plays an important role in statistical estimation problem. This paper deals with the problem of estimating the precision matrix under a quadratic loss, where the precision matrix is restricted to a bounded parameter space. Gauss’ divergence theorem with matrix argument shows that the unbiased and unrestricted estimator is dominated by a posterior mean associated with a flat prior on the bounded parameter space. Also, an improving method is given by considering an expansion estimator. A hierarchical prior is shown to improve on the posterior mean. An application is given for a Bayesian prediction in a random-effects model.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.jmva.2014.02.016
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Keywords
Field
DocType
primary,secondary
Econometrics,Estimation of covariance matrices,Matrix (mathematics),Bayesian hierarchical modeling,Matrix gamma distribution,Covariance matrix,Statistics,Bayes estimator,Mathematics,Bounded function,Estimator
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
127
0047-259X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hisayuki Tsukuma184.66