Parallelization experience with four canonical econometric models using ParMitISEM

Nalan Bastürk, S. Grassi*, L. Hoogerheide, Herman K. van Dijk

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Abstract

This paper presents the parallel computing implementation of the MitISEM algorithm, labeled Parallel MitISEM. The basic MitISEM algorithm provides an automatic and flexible method to approximate a non-elliptical target density using adaptive mixtures of Student-t densities, where only a kernel of the target density is required. The approximation can be used as a candidate density in Importance Sampling or Metropolis Hastings methods for Bayesian inference on model parameters and probabilities. We present and discuss four canonical econometric models using a Graphics Processing Unit and a multi-core Central Processing Unit version of the MitISEM algorithm. The results show that the parallelization of the MitISEM algorithm on Graphics Processing Units and multi-core Central Processing Units is straightforward and fast to program using MATLAB. Moreover the speed performance of the Graphics Processing Unit version is much higher than the Central Processing Unit one.
Original languageEnglish
Article number11
Number of pages20
JournalEconometrics
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2016

Keywords

  • Importance sampling
  • parallel computing
  • MitISEM
  • MCMC
  • MONTE-CARLO
  • REDUCED RANK
  • POSTERIOR
  • COMPUTATION
  • INTEGRATION
  • SIMULATION
  • DENSITIES
  • CHAIN

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