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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483831603321

Autore

Barbu Adrian

Titolo

Monte Carlo Methods / / by Adrian Barbu, Song-Chun Zhu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

981-13-2971-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 422 p. 250 illus., 185 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

519.282

Soggetti

Mathematics - Data processing

Computer science - Mathematics

Mathematical statistics

Image processing - Digital techniques

Computer vision

Statistics

Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

Probability and Statistics in Computer Science

Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics

Statistical Theory and Methods

Statistics in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction to Monte Carlo Methods -- 2 Sequential Monte Carlo -- 3 Markov Chain Monte Carlo - the Basics -- 4 Metropolis Methods and Variants -- 5 Gibbs Sampler and its Variants -- 6 Cluster Sampling Methods -- 7 Convergence Analysis of MCMC -- 8 Data Driven Markov Chain Monte Carlo -- 9 Hamiltonian and Langevin Monte Carlo -- 10 Learning with Stochastic Gradient -- 11 Mapping the Energy Landscape.

Sommario/riassunto

This book seeks to bridge the gap between statistics and computer science. It provides an overview of Monte Carlo methods, including Sequential Monte Carlo, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Metropolis-Hastings, Gibbs Sampler, Cluster Sampling, Data Driven MCMC, Stochastic Gradient descent, Langevin Monte Carlo, Hamiltonian Monte



Carlo, and energy landscape mapping. Due to its comprehensive nature, the book is suitable for developing and teaching graduate courses on Monte Carlo methods. To facilitate learning, each chapter includes several representative application examples from various fields. The book pursues two main goals: (1) It introduces researchers to applying Monte Carlo methods to broader problems in areas such as Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, etc.; and (2) it makes it easier for scientists and engineers working in these areas to employ Monte Carlo methods to enhance their research.