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Extended Bayesian information criteria for model selection with large model spaces

2008· article· en· 2,051 citations· W2053061982 on OpenAlex· 10.1093/biomet/asn034

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Abstract

The ordinary Bayesian information criterion is too liberal for model selection when the model space is large. In this paper, we re-examine the Bayesian paradigm for model selection and propose an extended family of Bayesian information criteria, which take into account both the number of unknown parameters and the complexity of the model space. Their consistency is established, in particular allowing the number of covariates to increase to infinity with the sample size. Their performance in various situations is evaluated by simulation studies. It is demonstrated that the extended Bayesian information criteria incur a small loss in the positive selection rate but tightly control the false discovery rate, a desirable property in many applications. The extended Bayesian information criteria are extremely useful for variable selection in problems with a moderate sample size but with a huge number of covariates, especially in genome-wide association studies, which are now an active area in genetics research.

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Venue
Biometrika
Topic
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Field
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Canadian institutions
University of British Columbia
Funders
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaUniversity of British ColumbiaNational University of Singapore
Keywords
ChenModel selectionSelection (genetic algorithm)Bayesian probabilityMathematicsLibrary scienceBayesian inferenceStatisticsDeviance information criterionBayesian information criterionInformation retrievalComputer scienceArtificial intelligence
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