Summary of Predictive Variational Inference: Learn the Predictively Optimal Posterior Distribution, by Jinlin Lai and Yuling Yao
Predictive variational inference: Learn the predictively optimal posterior distribution
by Jinlin Lai, Yuling Yao
First submitted to arxiv on: 18 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Methodology (stat.ME)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed predictive variational inference (PVI) framework is a novel approach to Bayesian inference that seeks an optimal posterior density that accurately represents the true data-generating process, as measured by multiple scoring rules. Unlike traditional Bayesian methods, PVI does not aim to approximate the exact Bayesian posterior distribution under model misspecification. Instead, it implicitly expands the model hierarchically to detect heterogeneity in parameters among the population, enabling automatic model diagnosis. The framework applies to both likelihood-exact and likelihood-free models and has been demonstrated on real data examples. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Predictive variational inference is a new way of doing Bayesian calculations that tries to find the best possible answer based on how well it matches reality. It’s different from other methods because it doesn’t try to exactly match what we think might have happened, but instead looks for what actually did happen. This approach can help us understand when our models are wrong and automatically fix them. We tested this method on real data and showed that it works. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Bayesian inference » Inference » Likelihood
