Gaussian limit theorem for posterior distribution in the problem on conflicting experts’ opinions

Ksenia Kasianova, Mark Kelbert

Abstract


Suppose we have $n$ experts who have their prior opinion about the unknown probability $q$  in the experiment with a binary outcome. It is known that experts' opinions are in conflict with each other. To model "conflicting" experts' opinions  a prior distribution based on Selberg's integral is constructed. We prove a theorem regarding the limiting properties of the posterior distribution. Also, differential entropy and Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence of such posterior are studied.


Keywords


Differential entropy; Gaussian limiting theorem; Kullback-Leibler divergence; Selberg's integral; Multivariate Selberg Beta distribution; Expert elicitation

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ISSN: 1331-0623 (Print), 1848-8013 (Online)