Binomial-normal reversible-jump annealing

ID: binomial-normal-reversible-jump-annealing

For one-parameter binomial and two-parameter normal models, the displayed dimension-matching map has inverse and absolute Jacobian determinant . With auxiliary density and model-jump probabilities , an annealing target proportional to gives forward acceptance ratio
The reverse ratio is its reciprocal at the inverse map. Keep model-dependent likelihood constants. Comparing continuous densities directly with discrete masses is not invariant to measurement units; a scientifically meaningful comparison needs models for the same recorded observations with a compatible reference measure, for example bin-integrated normal probabilities for integer-valued measurements.

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