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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2013 iii Paper 34 4 e Solution by
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Let be one fixed model indicator with equal prior probabilities, and put . Within each model the parameters are already updated using the same past data. The Bayesian model averaging forecast is . Upon observing , Bayes theorem givesTaking the ratio cancels the denominator and gives the prescribed update because . Iteration yieldsThe weights are posterior model probabilities and their mixture is the full Bayesian predictive density. The indicator is fixed across days, rather than choosing a fresh model independently each morning.
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