The Profile Sampler
剖面似然采样器
We consider frequentist inference for the parametric component θ separately from the nuisance parameter η in semiparametric models based on sampling from the posterior of the profile likelihood. We prove that this procedure gives a first-order–correct approximation to the maximum likelihood estimator and consistent estimation of the efficient Fisher information for θ, without computing derivatives or using complicated numerical approximations. An exact Bayesian…