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                                                A [https://www.projectrhea.org/learning/slectures.php slecture] by [https://kiwi.ecn.purdue.edu/rhea/index.php/ECE ECE] student Haiguang Wen  
 
                                                A [https://www.projectrhea.org/learning/slectures.php slecture] by [https://kiwi.ecn.purdue.edu/rhea/index.php/ECE ECE] student Haiguang Wen  
  
                       Partially based on the [https://kiwi.ecn.purdue.edu/rhea/index.php/2014_Spring_ECE_662_Boutin ECE662 lecture] material of [https://engineering.purdue.edu/~mboutin/ Prof. Mireille Boutin.]
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                       Partially based on the [https://kiwi.ecn.purdue.edu/rhea/index.php/2014_Spring_ECE_662_Boutin ECE662 lecture] material of [https://engineering.purdue.edu/~mboutin/ Prof. Mireille Boutin.]  
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== '''&nbsp;What will you learn from this slecture?'''<br> ==
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*Basic knowledge of Bayes parameter estimation
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*An example to illustrate the concept and properties of BPE
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*The effect of sample size on the posterior
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*The effect of prior on the posterior
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== '''Introduction''' ==
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Bayes parameter estimation (BPE) is a widely used technique for estimating the probability density function of random variables with unknown parameters. Suppose that we have an observable random variable X for an experiment and its distribution depends on unknown parameter θ taking values in a parameter space Θ. The probability density function of X for a given value of θ is denoted by p(x|θ ). It should be noted that the random variable X and the parameter θ can be vector-valued. Now we obtain a set of independent observations or samples S = {x1,x2,...,xn} from an experiment. Our goal is to compute p(x|S) which is as close as we can come to obtain the unknown p(x), the probability density function of X.

Revision as of 11:42, 23 April 2014

                                            Bayes Parameter Estimation (BPE) tutorial

                                                A slecture by ECE student Haiguang Wen

                       Partially based on the ECE662 lecture material of Prof. Mireille Boutin.


 What will you learn from this slecture?

  • Basic knowledge of Bayes parameter estimation
  • An example to illustrate the concept and properties of BPE
  • The effect of sample size on the posterior
  • The effect of prior on the posterior



Introduction

Bayes parameter estimation (BPE) is a widely used technique for estimating the probability density function of random variables with unknown parameters. Suppose that we have an observable random variable X for an experiment and its distribution depends on unknown parameter θ taking values in a parameter space Θ. The probability density function of X for a given value of θ is denoted by p(x|θ ). It should be noted that the random variable X and the parameter θ can be vector-valued. Now we obtain a set of independent observations or samples S = {x1,x2,...,xn} from an experiment. Our goal is to compute p(x|S) which is as close as we can come to obtain the unknown p(x), the probability density function of X.

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