Multilevel Monte Carlo in Approximate Bayesian Computation

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Jasra, Ajay
Jo, Seongil
Nott, David
Shoemaker, Christine
Tempone, Raul cc
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Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Program
Center for Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Science & Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, KSA.
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2017-02-13

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Abstract
In the following article we consider approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) inference. We introduce a method for numerically approximating ABC posteriors using the multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC). A sequential Monte Carlo version of the approach is developed and it is shown under some assumptions that for a given level of mean square error, this method for ABC has a lower cost than i.i.d. sampling from the most accurate ABC approximation. Several numerical examples are given.
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arXiv
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arXiv:1702.03628
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http://hdl.handle.net/10754/626522
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1702.03628v1
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