Análise bayesiana objetiva para as distribuições normal generalizada e lognormal generalizada

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Jesus, Sandra Rêgo de
• Orientador(a): Tomazella, Vera Lucia Damasceno
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Carlos
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estatística - PPGEs
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Análise de referência bayesiana; Distribuição normal generalizada; Distribuição lognormal generalizada; Kullback-Leibler; Mistura de escala uniforme
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Reference bayesian analysis; Generalized normal distribution; Generalized lognormal distribution; Kullback-leibler divergence; Scale mixtures of uniform
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::PROBABILIDADE E ESTATISTICA::ESTATISTICA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/20.500.14289/4495

The Generalized Normal (GN) and Generalized lognormal (logGN) distributions are flexible for accommodating features present in the data that are not captured by traditional distribution, such as the normal and the lognormal ones, respectively. These distributions are considered to be tools for the reduction of outliers and for the obtention of robust estimates. However, computational problems have always been the major obstacle to obtain the effective use of these distributions. This paper proposes the Bayesian reference analysis methodology to estimate the GN and logGN. The reference prior for a possible order of the model parameters is obtained. It is shown that the reference prior leads to a proper posterior distribution for all the proposed model. The development of Monte Carlo Markov Chain (MCMC) is considered for inference purposes. To detect possible influential observations in the models considered, the Bayesian method of influence analysis on a case based on the Kullback-Leibler divergence is used. In addition, a scale mixture of uniform representation of the GN and logGN distributions are exploited, as an alternative method in order, to allow the development of efficient Gibbs sampling algorithms. Simulation studies were performed to analyze the frequentist properties of the estimation procedures. Real data applications demonstrate the use of the proposed models.