Introduction to Bayesian Computing
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Description
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The students will be able to estimate a complex Bayesian model and to provide estimates uncertainty quantifications.
COURSE PREREQUISITES
Students need to have passed the exam "Introduction to Data Science"
COURSE DESCRIPTION
- Markov chains
- Monte Carlo simulation
- Importance sampling
- Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods
- Adaptive MCMC
- MCMC convergence diagnostics
- Approximate Bayesian Computation
LEARNING METHODS
Weekly lectures will be complemented with tutorials and practicals (with R statistical software)
EXAMINATION INFORMATION
A final exam worth 100% of the final grade.
REFERENCES
Students are requested to bring to class their own laptop with the R statistical software installed.
The material needed for this course will be provided during the course itself in the form of slides, papers and reference books.
Examples of reference books are:
- Bayesian Essentials with R, Jean-Michel Marin, Christian P. Robert
- Introducing Monte Carlo Methods with R, Christian Robert, George Casella
- Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Practice, W.R. Gilks, S. Richardson, David Spiegelhalter
- Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Stochastic Simulation for Bayesian Inference, Second Edition, Dani Gamerman and Hedibert F. Lopes
Education
- Master of Science in Computational Science, Elective course, Lecture, 2nd year
- Master of Science in Computational Science, Elective course, 1st year