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| Title: | Using Markov Chains to Calibrate High Dimensional Models |
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| Seminar: | CCMA Luncheon Seminar |
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| Speaker: | John C. Liechty, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University |
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| Abstract: |
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| The ability to construct a stationary or target distribution, that is consistent with a particular statistical model (predictive model + error) of interest and allows for the possibility of calibrating this model by creating a discrete-time, general state-space Markov chain over the space of possible parameter values. The Hastings-Metropolis algorithm, which originally came from Statistical Physics, offers a way of constructing a Markov Chain that has the desired 'target' distribution as its unique stationary distribution - a calibration effort which is known as Markov Chain Monte Carlo. I will motivate the theory by reviewing some relevant discrete-time Markov Chain theory and then give a few illustrative examples from the Bayesian Statistical literature. |
Room Reservation Information
| Room Number: | MB114 |
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| Date: | 02 / 26 / 2010 |
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| Time: | 12:00pm - 01:30pm |
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