Bayesian multivariate Poisson mixtures with an unknown number of components

Authors:
Loukia Meligkotsidou
Affiliations:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Venue:
Statistics and Computing
Year:
2007

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Abstract

In this paper we present Bayesian analysis of finite mixtures of multivariate Poisson distributions with an unknown number of components. The multivariate Poisson distribution can be regarded as the discrete counterpart of the multivariate normal distribution, which is suitable for modelling multivariate count data. Mixtures of multivariate Poisson distributions allow for overdispersion and for negative correlations between variables. To perform Bayesian analysis of these models we adopt a reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm with birth and death moves for updating the number of components. We present results obtained from applying our modelling approach to simulated and real data. Furthermore, we apply our approach to a problem in multivariate disease mapping, namely joint modelling of diseases with correlated counts.