Comparison of Slice sampling and Gibbs sampling

Question

To me, the two are similar in the sense that slice sampling is just Gibbs sampling for the uniform distribution over the area under the plot of the density function. Is that right?

I was wondering if someone can compare between slice sampling and Gibbs sampling.

For example, in terms of rate of convergence, which one is better?

If you can think about other aspects, please feel free to reply.

Thanks and regards!

Answer 1

I am not sure if the question is well posed.

If you can use both the gibbs sampler and slice sampling to sample from a posterior I would use the gibbs sampler as the slice sampler seems unnecessary to me. Use of a slice sampler introduces additional variables which at the very least increases run time for the sampler. So, I am not sure why one would use the slice sampler if we can use the gibbs sampler. If you cannot use the gibbs but you can use the slice then your question seems irrelevant.

Thus, I am not sure why one would consider handicapping the sampler by using the slice when a gibbs sampler can be used.