Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial - Hardcover

Sivia, Devinderjit; Skilling, John

 
9780198568315: Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198568312 ISBN 13: 9780198568315
Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2006

Synopsis

Statistics lectures have been a source of much bewilderment and frustration for generations of students. This book attempts to remedy the situation by expounding a logical and unified approach to the whole subject of data analysis.

This text is intended as a tutorial guide for senior undergraduates and research students in science and engineering. After explaining the basic principles of Bayesian probability theory, their use is illustrated with a variety of examples ranging from elementary parameter estimation to image processing. Other topics covered include reliability analysis, multivariate optimization, least-squares and maximum likelihood, error-propagation, hypothesis testing, maximum entropy and experimental design.

The Second Edition of this successful tutorial book contains a new chapter on extensions to the ubiquitous least-squares procedure, allowing for the straightforward handling of outliers and unknown correlated noise, and a cutting-edge contribution from John Skilling on a novel numerical technique for Bayesian computation called 'nested sampling'.

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About the Author

Devinderjit Singh Sivia
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Chilton
Oxon
OX11 5DJ

John Skilling
Maximum Entropy Data Consultants
42 Southgate Street
Bury St Edmonds
Suffolk
IP33 2AZ


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Publisher
OUP Oxford
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198568312
ISBN 13 
9780198568315
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
260

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