Inverse Gaussian Process regression for likelihood-free inference

02/21/2021
by   Hongqiao Wang, et al.
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In this work we consider Bayesian inference problems with intractable likelihood functions. We present a method to compute an approximate of the posterior with a limited number of model simulations. The method features an inverse Gaussian Process regression (IGPR), i.e., one from the output of a simulation model to the input of it. Within the method, we provide an adaptive algorithm with a tempering procedure to construct the approximations of the marginal posterior distributions. With examples we demonstrate that IGPR has a competitive performance compared to some commonly used algorithms, especially in terms of statistical stability and computational efficiency, while the price to pay is that it can only compute a weighted Gaussian approximation of the marginal posteriors.

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