Bayesian Econometric Modelling for Big Data (Chapman and Hall/CRC Series on Statistics in Business and Economics)
Author: Hang Qian (Author)
Publisher finelybook 出版社: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Publication Date 出版日期: 2025-06-20
Edition 版本: 1st
Language 语言: English
Print Length 页数: 486 pages
ISBN-10: 1032915250
ISBN-13: 9781032915258
Book Description
This book delves into scalable Bayesian statistical methods designed to tackle the challenges posed by big data. It explores a variety of divide-and-conquer and subsampling techniques, seamlessly integrating these scalable methods into a broad spectrum of econometric models.
In addition to its focus on big data, the book introduces novel concepts within traditional statistics, such as the summation, subtraction, and multiplication of conjugate distributions. These arithmetic operators conceptualize pseudo data in the conjugate prior, sufficient statistics that determine the likelihood, and the posterior as a balance between data and prior information, adding an intriguing dimension to Bayesian analysis. This book also offers a deep dive into Bayesian computation. Given the intricacies of floating-point representation of real numbers, computer programs can sometimes yield unexpected or theoretically impossible results. Drawing from his experience as a senior statistical software developer, the author shares valuable strategies for designing numerically stable algorithms.
The book is an essential resource for a diverse audience: graduate students seeking foundational knowledge in Bayesian econometric models, early-career statisticians eager to explore cutting-edge advancements in scalable Bayesian methods, data analysts struggling with out-of-memory challenges in large datasets, and statistical software users and developers striving to program with efficiency and numerical stability.
About the Author
Hang Qian is the principal engineer of the Econometrics Toolbox for MATLAB and has been dedicated to statistical software development at MathWorks since 2012. He earned his PhD in economics, specializing in Bayesian statistics, big data analysis, and computational finance. His research has been published in journals such as Bayesian Analysis, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, and Journal of Econometrics.
