Preface |
Notation |
Basic Tools and Notation from Probability Theory / 0.: |
Introduction / 0.1.: |
Measurable Spaces / 0.2.: |
[sigma]-Fields / 0.2.1.: |
Measurable Functions / 0.2.2.: |
Product of Measurable Spaces / 0.2.3.: |
Monotone Class Theorems / 0.2.4.: |
Probability Spaces / 0.3.: |
Measures and Integrals / 0.3.1.: |
Probabilities. Expectations. Null Sets / 0.3.2.: |
Transition and Product Probability / 0.3.3.: |
Conditional Expectation / 0.3.4.: |
Densities / 0.3.5.: |
Bayesian Experiments / 1.: |
The Basic Concepts of Bayesian Experiments / 1.1.: |
General Definitions / 1.2.1.: |
Dominated Experiments / 1.2.2.: |
Three Remarks on Regular and Dominated Experiments / 1.2.3.: |
A Remark Regarding the Interpretation of Bayesian Experiments / 1.2.4.: |
A Remark on Sampling Theory and Bayesian Methods / 1.2.5.: |
A Remark Regarding So-called "Improper" Prior Distributions / 1.2.6.: |
Families of Bayesian Experiments / 1.2.7.: |
Some Examples of Bayesian Experiments / 1.3.: |
Reduction of Bayesian Experiments / 1.4.: |
Marginal Experiments / 1.4.1.: |
Conditional Experiment / 1.4.3.: |
Complementary Reductions / 1.4.4.: |
Dominance in Reduced Experiments / 1.4.5.: |
Admissible Reductions: Sufficiency and Ancillarity / 2.: |
Conditional Independence / 2.1.: |
Definition of Conditional Independence / 2.2.1.: |
Null Sets and Completion / 2.2.3.: |
Basic Properties of Conditional Independence / 2.2.4.: |
Conditional Independence and Densities / 2.2.5.: |
Conditional Independence as Point Properties / 2.2.6.: |
Admissible Reductions of an Unreduced Experiment / 2.3.: |
Admissible Reductions on the Sample Space / 2.3.1.: |
Admissible Reductions on the Parameter Space / 2.3.3.: |
Some Comments on the Definitions / 2.3.4.: |
Elementary Properties of Sufficiency and Ancillarity / 2.3.5.: |
Sufficiency and Ancillarity in a Dominated Experiment / 2.3.6.: |
Sampling Theory and Bayesian Methods / 2.3.7.: |
A First Result on the Relations between Sufficiency and Ancillarity / 2.3.8.: |
Admissible Reductions in Reduced Experiments / 3.: |
Admissible Reduction in Marginal Experiments / 3.1.: |
Basic Concepts / 3.2.1.: |
Sufficiency and Ancillarity in Unreduced and in Marginal Experiments / 3.2.3.: |
A Remark on "Partial" Sufficiency / 3.2.4.: |
Admissible Reductions in Conditional Experiments / 3.3.: |
Reductions in the Sample Space / 3.3.1.: |
Reductions in the Parameter Space / 3.3.3.: |
Elementary Properties / 3.3.4.: |
Relationships between Sufficiency and Ancillarity / 3.3.5.: |
Sufficiency and Ancillarity in a Dominated Reduced Experiment / 3.3.6.: |
Jointly Admissible Reductions / 3.4.: |
Mutual Sufficiency / 3.4.1.: |
Mutual Exogeneity / 3.4.2.: |
Bayesian Cut / 3.4.3.: |
Joint Reductions in a Dominated Experiment / 3.4.4.: |
Joint Reductions in a Conditional Experiment / 3.4.5.: |
Some Examples / 3.4.6.: |
Comparison of Experiments / 3.5.: |
Comparison on the Sample Space: Sufficiency / 3.5.1.: |
Comparison on the Parameter Space: Encompassing / 3.5.2.: |
Optimal Reductions: Maximal Ancillarity and Minimal Sufficiency / 4.: |
Maximal Ancillarity / 4.1.: |
Projections of [sigma]-Fields / 4.3.: |
Definition and Elementary Properties / 4.3.1.: |
Projections and Conditional Independence / 4.3.3.: |
Minimal Sufficiency / 4.4.: |
Minimal Sufficiency in Unreduced and in Marginal Experiments / 4.4.1.: |
Elementary Properties of Minimal Sufficiency / 4.4.2.: |
Minimal Sufficiency in a Dominated Experiment / 4.4.3.: |
Minimal Sufficiency in Conditional Experiment / 4.4.4.: |
Optimal Mutual Sufficiency / 4.4.6.: |
Identification Among [sigma]-Fields / 4.5.: |
Identification in Bayesian Experiments / 4.6.: |
Identification in a Reduced Experiment / 4.6.1.: |
Exact and Totally Informative Experiments / 4.6.2.: |
Punctual Exact Estimability / 4.8.: |
Optimal Reductions: Further Results / 5.: |
Measurable Separability / 5.1.: |
Measurable Separability in Bayesian Experiments / 5.3.: |
Measurably Separated Bayesian Experiment / 5.3.1.: |
Basu Second Theorem / 5.3.2.: |
Strong Identification of [sigma]-Fields / 5.3.3.: |
Definition and General Properties / 5.4.1.: |
Strong Identification and Conditional Independence / 5.4.2.: |
Minimal Splitting / 5.4.3.: |
Completeness in Bayesian Experiments / 5.5.: |
Completeness and Sufficiency / 5.5.1.: |
Completeness and Ancillarity / 5.5.2.: |
Successive Reductions of a Bayesian Experiment / 5.5.3.: |
Identifiability of Mixtures / 5.5.4.: |
Sequential Experiments / 6.: |
Sequences of Conditional Independences / 6.1.: |
Definition of Sequential Experiments / 6.3.: |
Admissible Reductions in Sequential Experiments / 6.3.2.: |
Transitivity / 6.4.: |
Basic Theory / 6.4.1.: |
Markovian Property and Transitivity / 6.4.2.: |
Relations Among Admissible Reductions / 6.5.: |
Admissible Reductions in Joint Reductions / 6.5.1.: |
The Role of Transitivity: Further Results / 6.6.: |
Weakening of Transitivity Conditions / 6.6.1.: |
Necessity of Transitivity Conditions / 6.6.2.: |
Asymptotic Experiments / 7.: |
Limit of Sequences of Conditional Independences / 7.1.: |
Asymptotically Admissible Reductions / 7.3.: |
Asymptotic Properties of Sequential Experiments / 7.3.1.: |
Asymptotic Sufficiency / 7.3.2.: |
Asymptotic Admissibility of Joint Reductions / 7.3.3.: |
Asymptotically Admissible Reductions in Conditional Experiments / 7.3.4.: |
Asymptotic Exact Estimability / 7.4.: |
Exact Estimability and Bayesian Consistency / 7.4.1.: |
Estimability of Discrete [sigma]-Fields / 7.4.2.: |
Mutual Conditional Independence and Conditional 0-1 Laws / 7.6.: |
Mutual Conditional Independence / 7.6.1.: |
Sifted Sequences of [sigma]-Fields / 7.6.2.: |
Tail-Sufficient and Independent Bayesian Experiments / 7.7.: |
Bayesian Tail-Sufficiency / 7.7.1.: |
Bayesian Independence / 7.7.2.: |
Independent Tail-Sufficient Bayesian Experiments / 7.7.3.: |
An Example / 7.8.: |
Global and Sequential Analysis / 7.8.1.: |
Asymptotic Analysis / 7.8.2.: |
The Case [beta] = [infinity] / 7.8.3.: |
The Case [beta less than sign infinity] / 7.8.4.: |
Invariant Experiments / 8.: |
Invariance, Ergodicity and Mixing / 8.1.: |
Invariant Sets and Functions / 8.2.1.: |
Invariance as Point Properties / 8.2.2.: |
Invariance and Conditional Invariance of [sigma]-Fields / 8.2.3.: |
Ergodicity and Mixing / 8.2.4.: |
Existence of Invariant Measure / 8.2.5.: |
Randomization of the Set of Transformations / 8.2.6.: |
Construction and Definition of an Invariant Bayesian Experiment / 8.3.: |
Invariance and Reduction / 8.3.2.: |
Invariance and Exact Estimability / 8.3.3.: |
Invariance in Stochastic Processes / 9.: |
Bayesian Stochastic Processes and Representations / 9.1.: |
Representation of Experiments / 9.2.1.: |
Bayesian Stochastic Processes / 9.2.3.: |
Shift and Permutations / 9.2.4.: |
Standard Bayesian Stochastic Processes / 9.3.: |
Stationary Processes / 9.3.1.: |
Exchangeable and i.i.d. Processes / 9.3.2.: |
Moving Average Processes / 9.3.3.: |
Markovian Stationary Processes / 9.3.4.: |
Autoregressive Moving Average Processes / 9.3.5.: |
Conditional Stochastic Processes / 9.3.6.: |
Shift in Conditional Stochastic Processes / 9.4.1.: |
Conditional Shift-Invariance / 9.4.3.: |
Bibliography |
Author Index |
Subject Index |
Preface |
Notation |
Basic Tools and Notation from Probability Theory / 0.: |
Introduction / 0.1.: |
Measurable Spaces / 0.2.: |
[sigma]-Fields / 0.2.1.: |