A Method for Bayesian Monotonic Multiple Regression

A Method for Bayesian Monotonic Multiple Regression

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Article ID: iaor201112571
Volume: 38
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 499
End Page Number: 513
Publication Date: Sep 2011
Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Statistics
Authors: ,
Keywords: statistics: regression, statistics: multivariate
Abstract:

When applicable, an assumed monotonicity property of the regression function w.r.t. covariates has a strong stabilizing effect on the estimates. Because of this, other parametric or structural assumptions may not be needed at all. Although monotonic regression in one dimension is well studied, the question remains whether one can find computationally feasible generalizations to multiple dimensions. Here, we propose a non-parametric monotonic regression model for one or more covariates and a Bayesian estimation procedure. The monotonic construction is based on marked point processes, where the random point locations and the associated marks (function levels) together form piecewise constant realizations of the regression surfaces. The actual inference is based on model-averaged results over the realizations. The monotonicity of the construction is enforced by partial ordering constraints, which allows it to asymptotically, with increasing density of support points, approximate the family of all monotonic bounded continuous functions.

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