Bayesian optimization for adaptive MCMC

A new randomized strategy for adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) using Bayesian optimization, called Bayesian-optimized MCMC, is proposed. This approach can handle non-differentiable objective functions and trades off exploration and exploitation to reduce the number of function evaluations. B...

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Main Author: Mahendran, Nimalan
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30636