BNPmix: An R Package for Bayesian Nonparametric Modeling via Pitman-Yor Mixtures

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Title

BNPmix: An R Package for Bayesian Nonparametric Modeling via Pitman-Yor Mixtures

Subject

: Bayesian nonparametric mixture, C++, multivariate density estimation, clustering,
importance conditional sampler, slice sampler, marginal sampler.

Description

BNPmix is an R package for Bayesian nonparametric multivariate density estimation, clustering, and regression, using Pitman-Yor mixture models, a flexible and robust
generalization of the popular class of Dirichlet process mixture models. A variety of
model specifications and state-of-the-art posterior samplers are implemented. In order to
achieve computational efficiency, all sampling methods are written in C++ and seamless
integrated into R by means of the Rcpp and RcppArmadillo packages. BNPmix exploits
the ggplot2 capabilities and implements a series of generic functions to plot and print
summaries of posterior densities and induced clustering of the data.

Creator

Riccardo Corradin

Source

https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v100i15

Publisher

University of Milano-Bicocca

Date

November 2020

Contributor

Fajar bagus W

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Text

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Citation

Riccardo Corradin, “BNPmix: An R Package for Bayesian Nonparametric Modeling via Pitman-Yor Mixtures,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 12, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/8228.