Practical Bayesian Inference: A Primer for Physical Scientists

Bailer-Jones, Coryn A. L.

ISBN 10: 1316642216 / ISBN 13: 9781316642214

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2015

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• Titolo: Practical Bayesian Inference: A Primer for Physical Scientists
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1316642216
• ISBN 13: 9781316642214
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

This book introduces the major concepts of probability and statistics, along with the necessary computational tools, for undergraduates and graduate students.

Informazioni sull?autore

Coryn A. L. Bailer-Jones was educated at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. He has worked on modelling the processing of metals and has done research into the properties of low mass stars and brown dwarfs. He is a senior staff member at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, where he leads a group working on the analysis of data from the Gaia survey mission. He also teaches statistics and physics at Universität Heidelberg. His main scientific interests are statistical inference, stars and our Galaxy, and the impact of astronomical phenomena on the Earth.