Introduction to the Dirichlet Distribution and Related Processes. Frigyik, B. a, Kapila, A., & Gupta, M. R Technical Report University of Washington, 2010. Publication Title: UWEE Technical Report Number UWEETR-2010-0006 ISBN: 0132066920 ISSN: 01987097
Introduction to the Dirichlet Distribution and Related Processes [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
This tutorial covers the Dirichlet distribution, Dirichlet process, Pólya urn (and the associated Chinese restaurant process), hierarchical Dirichlet Process, and the Indian buffet process. Apart from basic properties, we describe and contrast three methods of generating samples: stick-breaking, the Pólya urn, and drawing gamma random variables. For the Dirichlet process we first present an informal introduction, and then a rigorous description for those more comfortable with probability theory.
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	abstract = {This tutorial covers the Dirichlet distribution, Dirichlet process, Pólya urn (and the associated Chinese restaurant process), hierarchical Dirichlet Process, and the Indian buffet process. Apart from basic properties, we describe and contrast three methods of generating samples: stick-breaking, the Pólya urn, and drawing gamma random variables. For the Dirichlet process we first present an informal introduction, and then a rigorous description for those more comfortable with probability theory.},
	institution = {University of Washington},
	author = {Frigyik, Bela a and Kapila, Amol and Gupta, Maya R},
	year = {2010},
	pmid = {15988873},
	note = {Publication Title: UWEE Technical Report Number UWEETR-2010-0006
ISBN: 0132066920
ISSN: 01987097},
	keywords = {dirichlet},
}

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