Nonparametric Bayes modelling of count processes

DOI10.1093/BIOMET/AST037zbMATH Open1279.62202arXiv1307.2822OpenAlexW2011972365MaRDI QIDQ2870249FDOQ2870249

Authors: Antonio Canale, David Dunson 

Publication date: 17 January 2014

Published in: Biometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Data on count processes arise in a variety of applications, including longitudinal, spatial and imaging studies measuring count responses. The literature on statistical models for dependent count data is dominated by models built from hierarchical Poisson components. The Poisson assumption is not warranted in many applications, and hierarchical Poisson models make restrictive assumptions about over-dispersion in marginal distributions. This article proposes a class of nonparametric Bayes count process models, which are constructed through rounding real-valued underlying processes. The proposed class of models accommodates applications in which one observes separate count-valued functional data for each subject under study. Theoretical results on large support and posterior consistency are established, and computational algorithms are developed using Markov chain Monte Carlo. The methods are evaluated via simulation studies and illustrated through application to longitudinal tumor counts and asthma inhaler usage.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.2822

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zbMATH Keywords

splineslongitudinal datahierarchical modelsgeneralized linear mixed modelsstochastic processesPoisson modelscount functional data

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Inference from stochastic processes (62M99) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Numerical analysis or methods applied to Markov chains (65C40) Nonparametric inference (62G99)

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