Meta-Kriging: Scalable Bayesian Modeling and Inference for Massive Spatial Datasets

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• Personal Author:
  Banerjee S ; Guhaniyogi R
• Description:
  Spatial process models for analyzing geostatistical data entail computations that become prohibitive as the number of spatial locations becomes large. There is a burgeoning literature on approaches for analyzing large spatial datasets. In this article, we propose a divide-and-conquer strategy within the Bayesian paradigm. We partition the data into subsets, analyze each subset using a Bayesian spatial process model, and then obtain approximate posterior inference for the entire dataset by combining the individual posterior distributions from each subset. Importantly, as often desired in spatial analysis, we offer full posterior predictive inference at arbitrary locations for the outcome as well as the residual spatial surface after accounting for spatially oriented predictors. We call this approach "spatial meta-kriging" (SMK). We do not need to store the entire data in one processor, and this leads to superior scalability. We demonstrate SMK with various spatial regression models including Gaussian processes with Matern and compactly supported correlation functions. The approach is intuitive, easy to implement, and is supported by theoretical results presented in the supplementary material available online. Empirical illustrations are provided using different simulation experiments and a geostatistical analysis of Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature data. Supplementary materials for this article are available online. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Bayesian Inference Exposure Assessment Gaussian Process Models Low-rank Models M-posterior Mathematical Models Models Posterior Consistency Spatial Process Models Statistical Analysis Tapered Gaussian Processes

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• ISSN:
  0040-1706
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  430-444
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055691
• Citation:
  Technometrics 2018 Oct; 60(4):430-444
• Contact Point Address:
  Rajarshi Guhaniyogi, Department of Applied Math and Stat, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, SOE 2
• Email:
  rguhaniy@ucsc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20130901
• Source Full Name:
  Technometrics
• End Date:
  20170831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eaa6d4b89edea943e99385972201b2ee310e8a3720fdbd5b8f98b79be8b67eacf8bd11675c5f73e01af56af852659ac8a20010b1fba04a615009ebb52027c461
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213481/cdc_213481_DS1.pdf
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