Bayesian hidden Markov Model for DNA segmentation : A prior sensitivity analysis
Nur, Darfiana; Allingham, David; Rousseau, Judith; Mengersen, Kerrie; McVinish, Ross (2009), Bayesian hidden Markov Model for DNA segmentation : A prior sensitivity analysis, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 53, 5, p. 1873-1882. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2008.07.007
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2009Journal name
Computational Statistics and Data AnalysisVolume
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1873-1882
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The focus of this paper is on the sensitivity to the specification of the prior in a hidden Markov model describing homogeneous segments of DNA sequences. An intron from the chimpanzee α-fetoprotein gene, which plays an im- portant role in embryonic development in mammals is analysed. Three main aims are considered : (i) to assess the sensitivity to prior specification in Bayesian hidden Markov models for DNA sequence segmentation; (ii) to examine the impact of replacing the standard Dirichlet prior with a mixture Dirichlet prior; and (iii) to propose and illus- trate a more comprehensive approach to sensitivity analysis, using importance sampling. It is obtained that (i) the posterior estimates obtained under a Bayesian hidden Markov model are indeed sensitive to the specification of the prior distributions; (ii) compared with the standard Dirichlet prior, the mixture Dirichlet prior is more flexible, less sensitive to the choice of hyperparameters and less constraining in the analysis, thus improving posterior estimates; and (iii) importance sampling was computationally feasible, fast and effective in allowing a richer sensitivity analysis.Subjects / Keywords
DNA sequence; hidden Markov model; Bayesian model; sensitivity analysis; α-fetoprotein; Markov chain Monte Carlo; importance sampling.Related items
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