The BUGS Book
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The BUGS Book

A Practical Introduction to Bayesian Analysis

  1. 399 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The BUGS Book

A Practical Introduction to Bayesian Analysis

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Bayesian statistical methods have become widely used for data analysis and modelling in recent years, and the BUGS software has become the most popular software for Bayesian analysis worldwide. Authored by the team that originally developed this software, The BUGS Book provides a practical introduction to this program and its use. The text presents

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. 1. Introduction: Probability and parameters
  5. 2. Monte Carlo simulations using BUGS
  6. 3. Introduction to Bayesian inference
  7. 4. Introduction to Markov chain Monte Carlo methods
  8. 5. Prior distributions
  9. 6. Regression models
  10. 7. Categorical data
  11. 8. Model checking and comparison
  12. 9. Issues in Modelling
  13. 10. Hierarchical models
  14. 11. Specialised models
  15. 12. Different implementations of BUGS
  16. Appendix A: BUGS language syntax
  17. Appendix B: Functions in BUGS
  18. Appendix C: Distributions in BUGS
  19. Bibliography