Stochastic Approximations: Gibbs Sampling

Gibbs Sampler:

• A simple method to constructMCMC sampling process

Start:

• Choose (random) values for all unknown variables

Iteration:

• Choose an unknown variable

  • A missing data variable or unknown parameter
  • Either a random choice or round-robin visits

• Sample a value for the variable given the current values of all other variables

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