Invariance Properties of Density Ratio Priors

Citation
Wasserman, Larry, Invariance Properties of Density Ratio Priors, Annals of statistics , 15(4), 1992, pp. 2177-2182
Journal title
ISSN journal
00905364
Volume
15
Issue
4
Year of publication
1992
Pages
2177 - 2182
Database
ACNP
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Abstract
Density ratio neighborhoods are classes of probabilities that are used in robust Bayesian inference. These classes are invariant under Bayesian updating and marginalization. This makes them computationally convenient in robust Bayesian inference. We show that this is the unique class of probabilities that has these invariance properties. Aside from its theoretical value, this result has computational implications as well.