Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1155278 | Statistics & Probability Letters | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We study in this paper the consistency of Bayesian estimation of a piecewise constant function defined on [0,1][0,1] with observations on a grid, using the method in Barron et al. [1999. The consistency of posterior distributions in nonparametric problems. Ann. Statist. 27, 536–561.] In particular, we show that consistency is achieved if the prior on the number of jumps is a Poisson distribution and the prior puts positive mass on the neighborhood of the true function.
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Heng Lian,