Herded Gibbs sampling

The Gibbs sampler is one of the most popular algorithms for inference in statistical models. In this thesis, we introduce a herding variant of this algorithm that is entirely deterministic. We demonstrate, with simple examples, that herded Gibbs exhibits better convergence behavior for approximating...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fang, Jing
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43188