Bayesian Statistics: An Introduction

by Peter M. Lee

Book Overview

Bayesian Statistics is the school of thought that combines prior beliefs with the likelihood of a hypothesis to arrive at posterior beliefs. The first edition of Peter Lee's book appeared in 1989, but the subject has moved ever onwards, with increasing emphasis on Monte Carlo based techniques.

This new fourth edition looks at recent techniques such as variational methods, Bayesian importance sampling, approximate Bayesian computation and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118332571
• ISBN13: 9781118332573
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"