Debdeep Pati

Bayesian partial linear model for skewed longitudinal data

2015 · Biostatistics

Unlike majority of current statistical models and methods focusing on mean response for highly skewed longitudinal data, we present a novel model for such data accommodating a partially linear median regression function, a skewed error …

Bayesian fractional posteriors

2016 · arXiv (Cornell University)

We consider the fractional posterior distribution that is obtained by updating a prior distribution via Bayes theorem with a fractional likelihood function, a usual likelihood function raised to a fractional power. First, we analyze the …