عنوان

Bayesian probability theory :

(Number (ISBN

1107035902

(Number (ISBN

9781107035904

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Title Proper

Bayesian probability theory :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

applications in the physical sciences /

First Statement of Responsibility

Wolfgang von der Linden (Graz University of Technology, Institute for Theoretical and Computational Physics, Graz Austria), Volker Dose (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany), Udo von Toussaint (Max Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany).

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 637 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

26 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 620-630) and index.

Text of Note

The meaning of probability -- Basic definitions for frequent statistics and Bayesian inference -- Bayesian inference -- Combinatrics -- Random walks -- Limit theorems -- Continuous distributions -- The central limit theorem -- Poisson processes and waiting times -- Prior probabilities by transformation invariance -- Testable information and maximum entropy -- Qualified maximum entropy -- Global smoothness -- Bayesian parameter estimation -- Frequentist parameter estimation -- The Cramer-Rao inequality -- The Bayesian way -- The frequentist approach -- Sampling distributions -- Comparison of Bayesian and frequentist hypothesis tests -- Regression -- Consistent inference on inconsistent data -- Unrecognized signal contributions -- Change point problems -- Function estimation -- Integral equations -- Model selection -- Bayesian experimental design -- Numerical integration -- Monte Carlo methods -- Nested sampling.

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Bayesian statistical decision theory.

Probabilities.

Linden, Wolfgang von der

Dose, Volker

Toussaint, Udo von

Date of Transaction

20140823044900.0

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Electronic name

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