On conjugate families and Jeffreys priors for von Mises-Fisher distributions

Kurt Hornik; Bettina Grün

doi:10.1016/j.jspi.2012.11.003

On conjugate families and Jeffreys priors for von Mises-Fisher distributions

Kurt Hornik, Bettina Grün

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Abstract

This paper discusses characteristics of standard conjugate priors and their induced
posteriors in Bayesian inference for von Mises-Fisher distributions, using either the
canonical natural exponential family or the more commonly employed polar coordinate
parameterizations. We analyze when standard conjugate priors as well as posteriors are
proper, and investigate the Jeffreys prior for the von Mises-Fisher family. Finally, we
characterize the proper distributions in the standard conjugate family of the (matrixvalued)
von Mises-Fisher distributions on Stiefel manifolds.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Seiten (von - bis)	992 - 999
Fachzeitschrift	Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
Jahrgang	143
Ausgabenummer	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspi.2012.11.003
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 1 Feb. 2013

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