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Rahul Mukerjee

Other affiliations: Siemens, Chiba University, Indian Statistical Institute  ...read more
Bio: Rahul Mukerjee is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Frequentist inference & Prior probability. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 206 publications receiving 3507 citations. Previous affiliations of Rahul Mukerjee include Siemens & Chiba University.


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TL;DR: In this article, the optimality of the uniform design measure is established via the approximate theory for a broad range of criteria, and the closed-form construction of a class of robust optimal fractional designs is explored and illustrated.
Abstract: In an order-of-addition experiment, each treatment is a permutation of m components. It is often unaffordable to test all the m! treatments, and the design problem arises. We consider a model that incorporates the order of each pair of components and can also account for the distance between the two components in every such pair. Under this model, the optimality of the uniform design measure is established, via the approximate theory, for a broad range of criteria. Coupled with an eigen-analysis, this result serves as a benchmark that paves the way for assessing the efficiency and robustness of any exact design. The closed-form construction of a class of robust optimal fractional designs is then explored and illustrated.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors derive an optimal sampling strategy for estimating a finite multidimensional population total within the class of strategies consisting of fixed size sampling designs and linear unbiased estimators.
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01 Mar 2012-Test
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study priors which ensure approximate frequentist validity of the posterior quantiles of a general parametric function and show that no data-free prior implies such validity.
Abstract: With reference to a wide class of empirical and related likelihoods, we study priors which ensure approximate frequentist validity of the posterior quantiles of a general parametric function. It is seen that no data-free prior entails such frequentist validity but, at least for the usual empirical likelihood, a data-dependent prior serves the purpose. Accounting for the nonlinearity of the parametric function of interest requires special attention in the derivation. A simulation study is seen to provide support, in finite samples, to our asymptotic results.
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TL;DR: In this paper, two-and multi-stage procedures for selecting the most reliable Weibull population with unknown scale parameters were considered. And explicit comparisons were made between two and single stage procedures.

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TL;DR: This paper reviews the literature on Bayesian experimental design, both for linear and nonlinear models, and presents a uniied view of the topic by putting experimental design in a decision theoretic framework.
Abstract: This paper reviews the literature on Bayesian experimental design. A unified view of this topic is presented, based on a decision-theoretic approach. This framework casts criteria from the Bayesian literature of design as part of a single coherent approach. The decision-theoretic structure incorporates both linear and nonlinear design problems and it suggests possible new directions to the experimental design problem, motivated by the use of new utility functions. We show that, in some special cases of linear design problems, Bayesian solutions change in a sensible way when the prior distribution and the utility function are modified to allow for the specific structure of the experiment. The decision-theoretic approach also gives a mathematical justification for selecting the appropriate optimality criterion.

1,903 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a review of techniques for constructing non-informative priors is presented and some of the practical and philosophical issues that arise when they are used are discussed.
Abstract: Subjectivism has become the dominant philosophical foundation for Bayesian inference. Yet in practice, most Bayesian analyses are performed with so-called “noninformative” priors, that is, priors constructed by some formal rule. We review the plethora of techniques for constructing such priors and discuss some of the practical and philosophical issues that arise when they are used. We give special emphasis to Jeffreys's rules and discuss the evolution of his viewpoint about the interpretation of priors, away from unique representation of ignorance toward the notion that they should be chosen by convention. We conclude that the problems raised by the research on priors chosen by formal rules are serious and may not be dismissed lightly: When sample sizes are small (relative to the number of parameters being estimated), it is dangerous to put faith in any “default” solution; but when asymptotics take over, Jeffreys's rules and their variants remain reasonable choices. We also provide an annotated b...

1,243 citations

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01 Jun 1989
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of recent developments in the design and analysis of cross-over trials and present methods for testing for a treatment difference when the data are binary.
Abstract: This chapter provides an overview of recent developments in the design and analysis of cross-over trials. We first consider the analysis of the trial that compares two treatments, A and B, over two periods and where the subjects are randomized to the treatment sequences AB and BA. We make the distinction between fixed and random effects models and show how these models can easily be fitted using modern software. Issues with fitting and testing for a difference in carry-over effects are described and the use of baseline measurements is discussed. Simple methods for testing for a treatment difference when the data are binary are also described. Various designs with two or more treatments but with three or four periods are then described and compared. These include the balanced and partially balanced designs for three or more treatments and designs for factorial treatment combinations. Also described are nearly balanced and nearly strongly balanced designs. Random subject-effects models for the designs with two or more treatments are described and methods for analysing non-normal data are also given. The chapter concludes with a description of the use of cross-over designs in the testing of bioequivalence.

1,201 citations

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Xinwei Deng1
TL;DR: Experimental design is reviewed here for broad classes of data collection and analysis problems, including: fractioning techniques based on orthogonal arrays, Latin hypercube designs and their variants for computer experimentation, efficient design for data mining and machine learning applications, and sequential design for active learning.
Abstract: Maximizing data information requires careful selection, termed design, of the points at which data are observed. Experimental design is reviewed here for broad classes of data collection and analysis problems, including: fractioning techniques based on orthogonal arrays, Latin hypercube designs and their variants for computer experimentation, efficient design for data mining and machine learning applications, and sequential design for active learning. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

1,025 citations

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TL;DR: It is shown that UD's have many desirable properties for a wide variety of applications and the global optimization algorithm, threshold accepting, is used to generate UD's with low discrepancy.
Abstract: A uniform design (UD) seeks design points that are uniformly scattered on the domain. It has been popular since 1980. A survey of UD is given in the first portion: The fundamental idea and construction method are presented and discussed and examples are given for illustration. It is shown that UD's have many desirable properties for a wide variety of applications. Furthermore, we use the global optimization algorithm, threshold accepting, to generate UD's with low discrepancy. The relationship between uniformity and orthogonality is investigated. It turns out that most UD's obtained here are indeed orthogonal.

825 citations