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Statistical and Inductive Inference by Minimum Message Length (Hardcover, 2005 ed.) Loot Price: R4,607
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Statistical and Inductive Inference by Minimum Message Length (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): C.S. Wallace

Statistical and Inductive Inference by Minimum Message Length (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

C.S. Wallace

Series: Information Science and Statistics

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The Minimum Message Length (MML) Principle is an information-theoretic approach to induction, hypothesis testing, model selection, and statistical inference. MML, which provides a formal specification for the implementation of Occam's Razor, asserts that the a ~besta (TM) explanation of observed data is the shortest. Further, an explanation is acceptable (i.e. the induction is justified) only if the explanation is shorter than the original data.

This book gives a sound introduction to the Minimum Message Length Principle and its applications, provides the theoretical arguments for the adoption of the principle, and shows the development of certain approximations that assist its practical application. MML appears also to provide both a normative and a descriptive basis for inductive reasoning generally, and scientific induction in particular. The book describes this basis and aims to show its relevance to the Philosophy of Science.

Statistical and Inductive Inference by Minimum Message Length will be of special interest to graduate students and researchers in Machine Learning and Data Mining, scientists and analysts in various disciplines wishing to make use of computer techniques for hypothesis discovery, statisticians and econometricians interested in the underlying theory of their discipline, and persons interested in the Philosophy of Science. The book could also be used in a graduate-level course in Machine Learning and Estimation and Model-selection, Econometrics and Data Mining.

"Any statistician interested in the foundations of the discipline, or the deeper philosophical issues of inference, will find this volume a rewarding read." Short Book Reviews of theInternational Statistical Institute, December 2005

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin: United States
Series: Information Science and Statistics
Release date: May 2005
First published: 2005
Authors: C.S. Wallace
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Edition: 2005 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-0-387-23795-4
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics
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LSN: 0-387-23795-X
Barcode: 9780387237954

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