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Adaptive Metropolis Sampling with Product DistributionsThe Metropolis-Hastings (MH) algorithm is a way to sample a provided target distribution pi(z). It works by repeatedly sampling a separate proposal distribution T(x,x') to generate a random walk {x(t)}. We consider a modification of the MH algorithm in which T is dynamically updated during the walk. The update at time t uses the {x(t' less than t)} to estimate the product distribution that has the least Kullback-Leibler distance to pi. That estimate is the information-theoretically optimal mean-field approximation to pi. We demonstrate through computer experiments that our algorithm produces samples that are superior to those of the conventional MH algorithm.
Document ID
20050082137
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other
Authors
Wolpert, David H.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Lee, Chiu Fan
(Oxford Univ. Oxford, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2005
Subject Category
Numerical Analysis
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Public
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