期刊名称：Sankhya. Series A, mathematical statistics and probability
印刷版ISSN：0976-836X
电子版ISSN：0976-8378
出版年度：2018
卷号：80
期号：1
页码：59-79
DOI：10.1007/s13171-017-0103-9
语种：English
出版社：Indian Statistical Institute
摘要：In recent times, the beta process has been widely used as a nonparametric prior for different models in machine learning, including latent feature models. In this paper, we prove the asymptotic consistency of the finite dimensional approximation of the beta process due to Paisley and Carin ( 2009 ). In particular, we show that this finite approximation converges in distribution to the Ferguson and Klass representation of the beta process. We implement this approximation to derive asymptotic properties of functionals of the finite dimensional beta process. In addition, we derive an almost sure approximation of the beta process. This new approximation provides a direct method to efficiently simulate the beta process. A simulated example, illustrating the work of the method and comparing its performance to several existing algorithms, is also included.
关键词：Beta process ; Ferguson and Klass representation ; Finite dimensional approximation ; Latent feature models ; Simulation
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