Multi-model ensemble simulated non-point source pollution based on Bayesian model averaging method and model uncertainty analysis
In: Environmental science and pollution research: ESPR, Band 27, Heft 35, S. 44482-44493
ISSN: 1614-7499
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In: Environmental science and pollution research: ESPR, Band 27, Heft 35, S. 44482-44493
ISSN: 1614-7499
In: Communications in statistics. Simulation and computation, Band 52, Heft 6, S. 2646-2665
ISSN: 1532-4141
In: Journal of economic and social measurement, Band 36, Heft 4, S. 253-287
ISSN: 1875-8932
In: Forecasting International Migration in Europe: A Bayesian View; The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, S. 91-116
In: Political analysis: PA ; the official journal of the Society for Political Methodology and the Political Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 271-291
ISSN: 1476-4989
We present ensemble Bayesian model averaging (EBMA) and illustrate its ability to aid scholars in the social sciences to make more accurate forecasts of future events. In essence, EBMA improves prediction by pooling information from multiple forecast models to generate ensemble predictions similar to a weighted average of component forecasts. The weight assigned to each forecast is calibrated via its performance in some validation period. The aim is not to choose some "best" model, but rather to incorporate the insights and knowledge implicit in various forecasting efforts via statistical postprocessing. After presenting the method, we show that EBMA increases the accuracy of out-of-sample forecasts relative to component models in three applied examples: predicting the occurrence of insurgencies around the Pacific Rim, forecasting vote shares in U.S. presidential elections, and predicting the votes of U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
In: Bank of Italy Temi di Discussione (Working Paper) No. 872
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In: Political analysis: PA ; the official journal of the Society for Political Methodology and the Political Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 245-270
ISSN: 1476-4989
Political science researchers typically conduct an idiosyncratic search of possible model configurations and then present a single specification to readers. This approach systematically understates the uncertainty of our results, generates fragile model specifications, and leads to the estimation of bloated models with too many control variables. Bayesian model averaging (BMA) offers a systematic method for analyzing specification uncertainty and checking the robustness of one's results to alternative model specifications, but it has not come into wide usage within the discipline. In this paper, we introduce important recent developments in BMA and show how they enable a different approach to using the technique in applied social science research. We illustrate the methodology by reanalyzing data from three recent studies using BMA software we have modified to respect statistical conventions within political science.
In: Social indicators research: an international and interdisciplinary journal for quality-of-life measurement, Band 151, Heft 3, S. 897-919
ISSN: 1573-0921
In: NBER Working Paper No. w14284
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In: Political analysis: official journal of the Society for Political Methodology, the Political Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 271-271
ISSN: 1047-1987
In: Statistica Neerlandica: journal of the Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research, Band 68, Heft 3, S. 149-182
ISSN: 1467-9574
This paper presents a Bayesian model averaging regression framework for forecasting US inflation, in which the set of predictors included in the model is automatically selected from a large pool of potential predictors and the set of regressors is allowed to change over time. Using real‐time data on the 1960–2011 period, this model is applied to forecast personal consumption expenditures and gross domestic product deflator inflation. The results of this forecasting exercise show that, although it is not able to beat a simple random‐walk model in terms of point forecasts, it does produce superior density forecasts compared with a range of alternative forecasting models. Moreover, a sensitivity analysis shows that the forecasting results are relatively insensitive to prior choices and the forecasting performance is not affected by the inclusion of a very large set of potential predictors.
In: Political analysis: official journal of the Society for Political Methodology, the Political Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 245-271
ISSN: 1047-1987
In: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Band 76, Heft 6, S. 874-897
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In: International journal of forecasting, Band 26, Heft 4, S. 744-763
ISSN: 0169-2070
In: Political analysis: official journal of the Society for Political Methodology, the Political Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 245-245
ISSN: 1047-1987