Just glanced at the introduction of this arXived paper over breakfast, back from my morning run: the exact title is “Model Selection for Likelihood-free Bayesian Methods Based on Moment Conditions: Theory and Numerical Examples” by Cheng Li and Wenxin Jiang. (The paper is 81 pages long.) I selected the paper for its title as it connected with an interrogation of ours on the manner to extend our empirical likelihood [A]BC work to model choice. We looked at this issue with Kerrie Mengersen and Judith Rousseau the last time Kerrie visited Paris but could not spot a satisfying entry… The current paper is of a theoretical nature, considering a moment defined model
![\mathbb{E}[g(D,\theta)]=0,](https://s0.wp.com/latex.php?latex=%5Cmathbb%7BE%7D%5Bg%28D%2C%5Ctheta%29%5D%3D0%2C&bg=000000&fg=B0B0B0&s=0&c=20201002)
where D denotes the data, as the dimension p of the parameter θ grows with n, the sample size. The approximate model is derived from a prior on the parameter θ and of a Gaussian quasi-likelihood on the moment estimating function g(D,θ). Examples include single index longitudinal data, quantile regression and partial correlation selection. The model selection setting is one of variable selection, resulting in 2p models to compare, with p growing to infinity… Which makes the practical implementation rather delicate to conceive. And the probability one of hitting the right model a fairly asymptotic concept. (At least after a cursory read from my breakfast table!)
