Interacting multiple try algorithms with different proposal distributions

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DOI10.1007/S11222-011-9301-9zbMATH Open1322.65003arXiv1011.1170OpenAlexW3105437351WikidataQ60362008 ScholiaQ60362008MaRDI QIDQ746262FDOQ746262

Roberto Casarin, Radu V. Craiu, Fabrizio Leisen

Publication date: 16 October 2015

Published in: Statistics and Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a new class of interacting Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms designed for increasing the efficiency of a modified multiple-try Metropolis (MTM) algorithm. The extension with respect to the existing MCMC literature is twofold. The sampler proposed extends the basic MTM algorithm by allowing different proposal distributions in the multiple-try generation step. We exploit the structure of the MTM algorithm with different proposal distributions to naturally introduce an interacting MTM mechanism (IMTM) that expands the class of population Monte Carlo methods. We show the validity of the algorithm and discuss the choice of the selection weights and of the different proposals. We provide numerical studies which show that the new algorithm can perform better than the basic MTM algorithm and that the interaction mechanism allows the IMTM to efficiently explore the state space.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.1170





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