Multivariate receptor models and model uncertainty

Eun Sug Park; Man Suk Oh; Peter Guttorp

doi:10.1016/S0169-7439(01)00185-X

Multivariate receptor models and model uncertainty

Eun Sug Park, Man Suk Oh, Peter Guttorp

Department of Statistics

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Abstract

Estimation of the number of major pollution sources, the source composition profiles, and the source contributions are the main interests in multivariate receptor modeling. Due to lack of identifiability of the receptor model, however, the estimation cannot be done without some additional assumptions. A common approach to this problem is to estimate the number of sources, q, at the first stage, and then estimate source profiles and contributions at the second stage, given additional constraints (identifiability conditions) to prevent source rotation/transformation and the assumption that the q-source model is correct. These assumptions on the parameters (the number of sources and identifiability conditions) are the main source of model uncertainty in multivariate receptor modeling. In this paper, we suggest a Bayesian approach to deal with model uncertainties in multivariate receptor models by using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) schemes. Specifically, we suggest a method which can simultaneously estimate parameters (compositions and contributions), parameter uncertainties, and model uncertainties (number of sources and identifiability conditions). Simulation results and an application to air pollution data are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-67
Number of pages	19
Journal	Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems
Volume	60
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-7439(01)00185-X
State	Published - 28 Jan 2002

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Although the research described in this article has been funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency through agreement CR825173-01-0 to the University of Washington, it has not been subjected to the agency's required peer and policy review and therefore does not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.

Keywords

Factor analysis models
Latent variable models
Marginal likelihood
Model identifiability
Model uncertainty
Number of sources
Posterior model probability

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