Geometric ergodicity of Gibbs samplers for Bayesian error-in-variable regression

Abstract

Multivariate Bayesian error-in-variable (EIV) linear regression is considered to account for additional additive Gaussian error in the features and response. A 3-variable deterministic scan Gibbs sampler is constructed for multivariate EIV regression models using classical and Berkson errors with independent normal and inverse-Wishart priors. These Gibbs samplers are proven to always be geometrically ergodic which ensures a central limit theorem for many time averages from the Markov chains. We demonstrate the strengths and limitations of the Gibbs sampler with simulated data for large data problems, robustness to misspecification and also analyze a real-data example in astrophysics.