用贝叶斯后验构建不确定集,提升决策鲁棒性。
Decision Making under the Exponential Family: Distributionally Robust Optimisation with Bayesian Ambiguity Sets
- 基于后验分布构造模糊集,优化最坏情况风险
- 在报童和投资组合问题上优于现有贝叶斯鲁棒方法
- 支持共轭指数族,适合数据有限的决策场景
不确定性下的决策挑战源于数据生成过程(DGP)未知。贝叶斯推断通过参数后验信念估计DGP,但基于这些信念最小化期望风险可能导致次优决策,尤其在模型不确定性或观测噪声较大时。为此,本文提出分布鲁棒优化与贝叶斯模糊集(DRO-BAS),通过在后验驱动的模糊集中优化最坏情况风险来应对模型不确定性。我们构建了两种模糊集:基于后验期望(DRO-BAS(PE))和后验预测(DRO-BAS(PP))。在特定条件下,两者均具备强对偶形式,可转化为高效的单阶段随机规划,通过样本平均近似求解。DRO-BAS(PE)适用于所有共轭指数族,而DRO-BAS(PP)则需预测分布矩生成函数满足条件。实验显示,该方法在报童问题中优于现有贝叶斯鲁棒优化,在投资组合问题上实现相当鲁棒性的同时显著更快求解。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Decision making under uncertainty is challenging as the data-generating process (DGP) is often unknown. Bayesian inference proceeds by estimating the DGP through posterior beliefs on the model's parameters. However, minimising the expected risk under these beliefs can lead to suboptimal decisions due to model uncertainty or limited, noisy observations. To address this, we introduce Distributionally Robust Optimisation with Bayesian Ambiguity Sets (DRO-BAS) which hedges against model uncertainty by optimising the worst-case risk over a posterior-informed ambiguity set. We provide two such sets, based on posterior expectations (DRO-BAS(PE)) or posterior predictives (DRO-BAS(PP)) and prove that both admit, under conditions, strong dual formulations leading to efficient single-stage stochastic programs which are solved with a sample average approximation. For DRO-BAS(PE) this covers all conjugate exponential family members while for DRO-BAS(PP) this is shown under conditions on the predictive's moment generating function. Our DRO-BAS formulations outperform existing Bayesian DRO on the Newsvendor problem and achieve faster solve times with comparable robustness on the Portfolio problem.
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