Gibbs updates for a Poisson count change point
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The full conditional distributions are and , in shape-rate notation. Conditional on the two rates, has weights . A Gibbs sampler cycles through these three draws. Each update preserves the joint posterior distribution; subtracting the largest log weight before exponentiation stabilizes the categorical draw. Averages of estimate the posterior probability of no observed change.
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