On a rapid simulation of the Dirichlet process

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DOI10.1016/J.SPL.2012.01.020zbMATH Open1247.60045arXiv1107.0521OpenAlexW2150184692MaRDI QIDQ433573FDOQ433573

Luai Al-Labadi, Mahmoud Zarepour

Publication date: 5 July 2012

Published in: Statistics \& Probability Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe a simple and efficient procedure for approximating the L'evy measure of a extGamma(alpha,1) random variable. We use this approximation to derive a finite sum-representation that converges almost surely to Ferguson's representation of the Dirichlet process based on arrivals of a homogeneous Poisson process. We compare the efficiency of our approximation to several other well known approximations of the Dirichlet process and demonstrate a substantial improvement.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.0521





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