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No free lunch when estimating simulation parameters
We estimate the parameters of 21 simulation models using 9 estimation algorithms to discover which one is better at matching simulations with data. Unfortunately no single algorithm minimizes estimation error for all or even most the estimation tasks; instead algorithm varies for each simulation, and sometimes for each parameter of each simulation. Fortunately it is straightforward to use cross-validation to match to each simulation the best estimation algorithm for it. In terms of confidence intervals the results are more clear: bootstrap generates more precise prediction intervals than either quantiles or Approximate Bayesian Computation.
Date:
9 May 2019, 15:00
Venue:
Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details:
Seminar room A
Speaker:
Ernesto Carella (Oxford Martin School, Oxford University)
Organiser contact email address:
info@inet.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Susan Mousley
