Bayesian Computation with R (Paperback, 2nd ed. 2009)

There has been dramatic growth in the development and application of Bayesian inference in statistics. Berger (2000) documents the increase in Bayesian activity by the number of published research articles, the number of books, andtheextensivenumberofapplicationsofBayesianarticlesinapplied disciplines such as science and engineering. One reason for the dramatic growth in Bayesian modeling is the availab- ity of computational algorithms to compute the range of integrals that are necessary in a Bayesian posterior analysis. Due to the speed of modern c- puters, it is now possible to use the Bayesian paradigm to 't very complex models that cannot be 't by alternative frequentist methods. To 't Bayesian models, one needs a statistical computing environment. This environment should be such that one can: write short scripts to de?ne a Bayesian model use or write functions to summarize a posterior distribution use functions to simulate from the posterior distribution construct graphs to illustrate the posterior inference An environment that meets these requirements is the R system. R provides a wide range of functions for data manipulation, calculation, and graphical d- plays. Moreover, it includes a well-developed, simple programming language that users can extend by adding new functions. Many such extensions of the language in the form of packages are easily downloadable from the Comp- hensive R Archive Network (CRAN)

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Use R!
Release date:	May 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Jim Albert
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	298
Edition:	2nd ed. 2009
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-92297-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Numerical analysis Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Combinatorics & graph theory Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Computer modelling & simulation Books > Computing & IT > Computer software packages > Other software packages > Mathematical & statistical software Promotions
LSN:	0-387-92297-0
Barcode:	9780387922973

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