Applications of Structural Statistics: Geometric Inference in Exponential Families
Abstract
Exponential families comprise a broad class of statistical models and parametric families like normal distributions, binomial distributions, gamma distributions or exponential distributions. Thereby the formal representation of its probability distributions induces a confined intrinsic structure, which appears to be that of a dually flat statistical manifold. Conversely it can be shown, that any dually flat statistical manifold, which is given by a regular Bregman divergence uniquely induced a regular exponential family, such that exponential families may - with some restrictions - be regarded as a universal representation of dually flat statistical manifolds. This article reviews the pioneering work of Shun'ichi Amari about the intrinsic structure of exponential families in terms of structural stratistics.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- April 2020
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2004.08909
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2004.08909
- Bibcode:
- 2020arXiv200408909M
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Statistics Theory;
- 62G07