All Questions
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q-Means and the mode of a distribution
Let $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow [0,\infty)$ be a continuous probability density function on $\mathbb{R}$ such that
\begin{equation}
\int_{\mathbb{R}} |x| f(x)\, dx < \infty,
\end{equation}
and ...
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Practical way to check for geometric convergence
Target distribution is multimodal, 24 dimensions, continuous state space. For MCMC integration (MH sampler) I use a manually tuned proposal distribution.
When I measure the convergence rate ...
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Marginalization of Wishart distribution
Consider the following Wishart distribution
$$
f({\bf W}) = \frac{ |{\bf W}|^{(n-p-1)/2} \exp\big[-\frac{1}{2}\text{tr}({\bf V}^{-1}{\bf W} ) \big] }{2^{np/2} |{\bf V}| \Gamma_p(\frac{n}{2})} \tag{1}
$...
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A definite integral related to sample variances of bivariate Gaussians
This integral is needed to obtain the joint
distribution of the sample variances of a random sample from a bivariate
Gaussian distribution. For details on the joint distribution of the sample
means, ...
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3
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answer
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Cumulative integral of the Marchenko-Pastur density for Wishart eigenvalues
I can't find any work on the cumulative density function of the well-known Marchenko-Pastur density for the eigenvalues of a standard Wishart Matrix as its dimension goes to $\infty$, i.e.
$$F(\beta)=...
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Inequality with CDF of order statistics
here is a problem I have been struggling with for a while now. This is for a paper I am working on. Any help would be appreciated! Here we go:
Each bidder's valuation $\theta _{i},$ $i=1,...,N$, is ...
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1
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Sufficient condition for function of conditional probability density to be increasing
Let $Y$ and $W$ be two jointly distributed random variables; $Y$ takes values on $(y_1,y_2)$ and $W$ takes values on $(w_1,w_2)$. The conditional probability density of $W$ given $Y$ is given by $f_{W|...
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Analytical solution for a double integral involving logistic functions and Gaussian distributions
I am working on a mathematical problem involving the evaluation of a double integral, and I am seeking an analytical solution or techniques to solve it. The integral I'm dealing with is as follows:
$$...
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Marginalizing multivariate normal over defined interval
Hello everyone,
I am trying to obtain an analytic expression for the following Gaussian integral
$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{(2 \pi)^n |\Sigma|}} \int \kern-0.2em \cdots \kern-0.2em \int d\mathbf{x}_{\sim i} \;...
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1
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Integral of the product of a gaussian pdf and cdf
I am trying to solve the integral of a gaussian cumulative distribution function and a gaussian probability function. On this site I have seen solutions of similar, less general integrals (e.g. ...
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1
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Proving that an integral related to order statistics is increasing in a certain parameter
Let $f$ and $F$ denote, respectively, the pdf and cdf of a probability distribution on $\mathbb R$. Take any natural $n\ge3$ and any real $a$ and $c$ such that $a\le c$.
Does it always follow that
$$...
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Inflated independent samples for Monte Carlo estimation
In my particular problem, running an MCMC is too expensive, so I'm looking for a simple MC estimator, which would partially inherit the correlated samples of MCMC, yet would not require computing ...
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Distribute Monte Carlo samples among dimensions
Simplified problem: Given a $d$-times nested convolution of an input function $g(x):\mathbb{R}\mapsto \mathbb{R}$ with the same band-limited smooth function $f(x):\mathbb{R}\mapsto \mathbb{R}$. I am ...
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