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5 Conclusions<br />

has been defined as an extension of DP. An IBP can be used as a nonparametric prior<br />

over latent binary features in a hierarchical model. We have described several different<br />

approaches <strong>for</strong> defining and generalizing the distribution given by the IBP.<br />

We have summarized the MCMC techniques developed <strong>for</strong> inference on the IBP models.<br />

The modeling per<strong>for</strong>mance of an IBP model is demonstrated by successfully learning<br />

the features of handwritten digits. We have <strong>for</strong>mulated a nonparametric version of a<br />

choice model, elimination by aspects (EBA) and applied the slice sampling algorithm<br />

to infer latent features of alternatives in a choice experiment.<br />

The development and assessment of sophisticated models using DP and extensions as<br />

well as inference techniques <strong>for</strong> these models is an ongoing area of research. The flexibility<br />

and statistical strength of the nonparametric <strong>Bayesian</strong> models motivates application<br />

of these models to challenging real-world problems.<br />

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