Efficient Metropolis–Hastings Proposal Mechanisms for Bayesian Regression Tree Models

Bayesian regression trees are flexible non-parametric models that are well suited to many modern statistical regression problems. Many such tree models have been proposed, from the simple single-tree model to more complex tree ensembles. Their nonparametric formulation allows one to model datasets exhibiting complex non-linear relationships between the model predictors and observations. However, the mixing behavior of the Markov Chain Monte...