Generalized Negative Binomial Processes and the Representation of Cluster Structures
(1310.1800)Abstract
The paper introduces the concept of a cluster structure to define a joint distribution of the sample size and its exchangeable random partitions. The cluster structure allows the probability distribution of the random partitions of a subset of the sample to be dependent on the sample size, a feature not presented in a partition structure. A generalized negative binomial process count-mixture model is proposed to generate a cluster structure, where in the prior the number of clusters is finite and Poisson distributed and the cluster sizes follow a truncated negative binomial distribution. The number and sizes of clusters can be controlled to exhibit distinct asymptotic behaviors. Unique model properties are illustrated with example clustering results using a generalized Polya urn sampling scheme. The paper provides new methods to generate exchangeable random partitions and to control both the cluster-number and cluster-size distributions.
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