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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140556803321

Autore

Liang F (Faming), <1970->

Titolo

Advanced Markov chain Monte Carlo methods : learning from past samples / / Faming Liang, Chuanhai Liu, Raymond J. Carroll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2010

ISBN

1-119-95680-3

1-282-66156-6

9786612661563

0-470-66972-1

0-470-66973-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Collana

Wiley Series in Computational Statistics

Altri autori (Persone)

LiuChuanhai <1959->

CarrollRaymond J

Disciplina

518/.282

Soggetti

Monte Carlo method

Markov processes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Advanced Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Publisher's Acknowledgments; 1 Bayesian Inference and Markov Chain Monte Carlo; 2 The Gibbs Sampler; 3 The Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm; 4 Auxiliary Variable MCMC Methods; 5 Population-Based MCMC Methods; 6 Dynamic Weighting; 7 Stochastic Approximation Monte Carlo; 8 Markov Chain Monte Carlo with Adaptive Proposals; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are now an indispensable tool in scientific computing. This book discusses recent developments of MCMC methods with an emphasis on those making use of past sample information during simulations. The application examples are drawn from diverse fields such as bioinformatics, machine learning, social science, combinatorial optimization, and computational physics. Key Features:Expanded coverage of the stochastic approximation Monte Carlo and dynamic weighting algorithms that are essentially immune to local trap problems.A detailed discus