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1	Bayesian Computation with R more books like this by Jim Albert add to wishlist There has been a dramatic growth in the development and application of Bayesian inferential methods. Some of this growth is due to the availability of powerful simulation-based algorithms to summarize posterior distributions. There has been also a growing interest in the use of the system R for statistical analyses. R's open source nature, free ... see all copies from $12.82! new only from $17.32! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach more books like this by Colin Howson add to wishlist This book gives a clear comprehensive explanation and defense of the Bayesian account of scientific reasoning. It will be read not only by philosophers and theorists of scientific method but also by working scientists, uneasy about the justification of the statistical methods now in use. Since the book is designed to explain to the uninitiated the ... see all copies from $8.92! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
3	Bayesian Networks and Decision Graphs more books like this by Finn B Jensen add to wishlist Probabilistic graphical models and decision graphs are powerful modeling tools for reasoning and decision making under uncertainty. As modeling languages they allow a natural specification of problem domains with inherent uncertainty, and from a computational perspective they support efficient algorithms for automatic construction and query ... see all copies from $36.00! new only from $62.52! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial more books like this by D S Sivia add to wishlist 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. ... see all copies from $39.52! new only from $39.52! \| SVS
5	Bayesian Methods: An Analysis for Statisticians and Interdisciplinary Researchers more books like this by Thomas Leonard, John S J Hsu add to wishlist This book describes the Bayesian approach to statistics at a level suitable for final year undergraduate and Masters students. It is unique in presenting Bayesian statistics with a practical flavor and an emphasis on mainstream statistics, showing how to infer scientific, medical, and social conclusions from numerical data. The authors draw on ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $31.12! \| SVS
6	Likelihood, Bayesian and MCMC Methods in Quantitative Genetics more books like this by Daniel Sorensen, Daniel Gianola add to wishlist Over the last ten years the introduction of computer intensive statistical methods has opened new horizons concerning the probability models that can be fitted to genetic data, the scale of the problems that can be tackled and the nature of the questions that can be posed. In particular, the application of Bayesian and likelihood methods to ... see all copies from $79.93! new only from $79.93! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Bayesian Data Analysis, Second Edition more books like this by Andrew Gelman, John B Carlin, Hal S Stern add to wishlist Incorporating new and updated information, this second edition of the bestselling text in Bayesian data analysis continues to emphasize practice over theory, describing how to conceptualize, perform, and critique statistical analysis from a Bayesian perspective. Its world-class authors provide guidance on all aspects of Bayesian data analysis and ... see all copies from $61.94! new only from $72.81! \| SVS
8	Introduction to Bayesian Statistics more books like this by William M Bolstad add to wishlist Praise for the First Edition - 'I cannot think of a better book for teachers of introductory statistics who want a readable and pedagogically sound text to introduce Bayesian statistics'. - "Statistics in Medical Research". '[This book] is written in a lucid conversational style, which is so rare in mathematical writings. It does an excellent job ... see all copies from $56.94! new only from $64.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Rethinking the Foundations of Statistics more books like this by Joseph B Kadane, Mark J Schervish, Teddy Seidenfeld add to wishlist This important collection of essays is a synthesis of foundational studies in Bayesian decision theory and statistics. An overarching topic of the collection is understanding how the norms for Bayesian decision making should apply in settings with more than one rational decision maker and then tracing out some of the consequences of this turn for ... see all copies from $26.62! new only from $37.89! \| SVS
10	Modeling and Reasoning with Bayesian Networks more books like this by Adnan Darwiche add to wishlist A thorough introduction to the formal foundations and practical applications of Bayesian networks. It provides an extensive discussion of techniques for building Bayesian networks that model real-world situations, including techniques for synthesizing models from design, learning models from data, and debugging models using sensitivity analysis. ... see all copies from $84.12! new only from $84.12!
11 view cover	Bayesian Epistemology more books like this by Luc Bovens, Stephan Hartmann add to wishlist Probabilistic models have much to offer to philosophy. We continually receive information from a variety of sources: from our senses, from witnesses, from scientific instruments. When considering whether we should believe this information, we assess whether the sources are independent, how reliable they are, and how plausible and coherent the ... see all copies from $41.15! new only from $48.68! \| SVS
12 view cover	Bayesian Statistics: An Introduction more books like this by Peter M Lee add to wishlist Bayesian Statistics is the school of thought that uses all information surrounding the likelihood of an event rather than just that collected experimentally. Among statisticians the Bayesian approach continues to gain adherents and this new edition of Peter Lee's well-established introduction maintains the clarity of exposition and use of examples ... see all copies from $15.29! new only from $45.44! \| first editions
13 view cover	Stochastic processes and filtering theory more books like this by Andrew H. Jazwinski add to wishlist This book presents a unified treatment of linear and nonlinear filtering theory for engineers, with sufficient emphasis on applications to enable the reader to use the theory. The need for this book is twofold. First, although linear estimation theory is relatively well known, it is largely scattered in the journal literature and has not been ... see all copies from $14.95! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach more books like this by Jeff Gill add to wishlist Requiring only a background in introductory statistics, calculus, and matrix algebra, "Bayesian Methods: A Social and Behavioral Sciences Approach" provides detailed explanations of derivations and theories using a computationally oriented approach. The second edition of this popular text features new updates on such topics as MCMC algorithms, ... see all copies from $55.60! new only from $73.33!
15 view cover	Bayesian Theory more books like this by Jos? M Bernardo, Adrian F M Smith add to wishlist This text, now available in paperback, provides a thorough account of key basic concepts and theoretical results, with particular emphasis on viewing statistical inference as a special case of decision theory. Information-theoretic concepts play a central role in the development, which provides, in particular, a detailed treatment of the problem ... see all copies from $62.31! new only from $74.58! \| SVS
16 view cover	Bayesian Modeling Using Winbugs more books like this by Ioannis Ntzoufras add to wishlist A hands-on introduction to the principles of Bayesian modeling. Using "WinBUGS Bayesian Modeling Using WinBUGS" provides an easily accessible introduction to the use of WinBUGS programming techniques in a variety of Bayesian modeling settings. The author provides an accessible treatment of the topic, offering readers a smooth introduction to the ... see all copies from $90.12! new only from $90.12! \| SVS
17 view cover	Bayesian Survival Analysis more books like this by Joseph George Ibrahim, Ming-Hui Chen, Debajyoti Sinha add to wishlist Survival analysis arises in many fields of study including medicine, biology, engineering, public health, epidemiology, and economics. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of Bayesian survival analysis. Several topics are addressed, including parametric models, semiparametric models based on prior processes, proportional and non ... see all copies from $43.74! new only from $43.74! \| SVS
18 view cover	Bayesian Reliability more books like this by Michael S Hamada, Alyson G Wilson, C Shane Reese add to wishlist Bayesian Reliability presents modern methods and techniques for analyzing reliability data from a Bayesian perspective. The adoption and application of Bayesian methods in virtually all branches of science and engineering have significantly increased over the past few decades. This increase is largely due to advances in simulation-based ... see all copies from $14.98! new only from $14.98! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Bayesian Choice more books like this by Christian P Robert add to wishlist This work is the winner of the 2004 DeGroot Prize. The DeGroot Prize is awarded every two years by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis in recognition of an important, timely, thorough and notably original contribution to the statistics literature. This graduate-level textbook presents an introduction to Bayesian statistics and decision ... see all copies from $41.75! new only from $43.74! \| SVS
20 view cover	Bayesian Econometric Methods more books like this by Gary Koop, Dale L Poirier, Justin L Tobias add to wishlist A new book in the Econometric Exercises series, this volume contains questions and answers to provide students with useful practice, as they attempt to master Bayesian econometrics. In addition to many theoretical exercises, this book contains exercises designed to develop the computational tools used in modern Bayesian econometrics. The latter ... see all copies from $27.94! new only from $38.20!
21 view cover	Bayesian Core: A Practical Approach to Computational Bayesian Statistics more books like this by Jean-Michel Marin add to wishlist This Bayesian modeling book is intended for practitioners and applied statisticians looking for a self-contained entry to computational Bayesian statistics. Focusing on standard statistical models and backed up by discussed real datasets available from the book website, it provides an operational methodology for conducting Bayesian inference, ... see all copies from $43.53! new only from $55.57! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Bayesian Statistical Modelling more books like this by Peter Congdon add to wishlist Bayesian methods combine the evidence from the data at hand with previous quantitative knowledge to analyse practical problems in a wide range of areas. The calculations were previously complex, but it is now possible to routinely apply Bayesian methods due to advances in computing technology and the use of new sampling methods for estimating ... see all copies from $63.25! new only from $66.25! \| first editions
23 view cover	Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics and Estimation for Social Scientists more books like this by Scott M Lynch add to wishlist "Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics and Estimation for Social Scientists" covers the complete process of Bayesian statistical analysis in great detail from the development of a model through the process of making statistical inference. The key feature of this book is that it covers models that are most commonly used in social science ... see all copies from $58.12! new only from $60.96! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering: 25th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering more books like this by Kevin H Knuth (Editor), Ali E Abbas (Editor), Robin D Morris (Editor) add to wishlist All papers were peer-reviewed. For over 25 years the MaxEnt workshops have explored Bayesian and Maximum Entropy methods in scientific, engineering, and signal processing applications. This proceedings volume covers all aspects of probabilistic inference such as techniques, applications, and foundations. Applications include physics, space science ... see all copies from $101.47! new only from $101.47! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	An Introduction to Decision Theory more books like this by Martin Peterson add to wishlist This up-to-date introduction to decision theory offers comprehensive and accessible discussions of decision-making under ignorance and risk, the foundations of utility theory, the debate over subjective and objective probability, Bayesianism, causal decision theory, game theory, and social choice theory. No mathematical skills are assumed, and all ... see all copies from $22.77! new only from $22.77! \| SVS

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