In this paper we propose a clustering technique for continuous-time semi- Markov models in order to take account of groups of individuals having similar process realizations. In fact fitting standard parametric models in presence of het- erogeneity between population groups may produce biased inferences for relevant process feautres. To model individual heterogeneity we consider a Dirichlet process mixture (DPM) of semi-Markov continuous-time models. We also consider the case of discretely observed trajectories of continuous time processes, providing an algo- rithm which clusterize the observations after having reconstructed the continuous- time paths between the observed points. Full MCMC inference is performed with an application to a real dataset.

Bayesian mixtures of semi-Markov models / Barone, Rosario; Tancredi, Andrea. - (2022), pp. 1697-1702. (Intervento presentato al convegno 51st meeting of the Italian Statistical Society tenutosi a Caserta).

Bayesian mixtures of semi-Markov models

Rosario Barone
;
Andrea Tancredi
2022

Abstract

In this paper we propose a clustering technique for continuous-time semi- Markov models in order to take account of groups of individuals having similar process realizations. In fact fitting standard parametric models in presence of het- erogeneity between population groups may produce biased inferences for relevant process feautres. To model individual heterogeneity we consider a Dirichlet process mixture (DPM) of semi-Markov continuous-time models. We also consider the case of discretely observed trajectories of continuous time processes, providing an algo- rithm which clusterize the observations after having reconstructed the continuous- time paths between the observed points. Full MCMC inference is performed with an application to a real dataset.
2022
51st meeting of the Italian Statistical Society
Dirichlet process prior; Multi-state models; MCMC; Time series clustering
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Bayesian mixtures of semi-Markov models / Barone, Rosario; Tancredi, Andrea. - (2022), pp. 1697-1702. (Intervento presentato al convegno 51st meeting of the Italian Statistical Society tenutosi a Caserta).
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