Monte Carlo statistical methods /

Main Author: Robert, Christian P., 1961-
Other Authors: Casella, George
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, c2004.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Random variable generation
  • Monte Carlo Integration
  • Controling Monte Carlo Variance
  • Monte Carlo optimization
  • Markov chains
  • The Metropolis-Hastings algorithm
  • The slice sampler
  • The two-stage Gibbs sampler
  • The multi-stage Gibbs sampler
  • Variable dimension models and reversible jump
  • Diagnosing convergence
  • Perfect sampling
  • Iterated and sequential importance sampling
  • Probability distributions
  • Notation.