Introduction to Bayesian Computing
Persone
Descrizione
Prerequisites: students need to have had an introduction to the Bayesian paradigm: prior, likelihood and posterior distribution. Topics that will be covered: Advanced Bayesian inference, Markov chains, Monte Carlo simulation, Importance sampling, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, Adaptive MCMC, MCMC convergence diagnostics, Approximate Bayesian Computation.
Obiettivi
The students will be able to estimate a complex Bayesian model and to provide corresponding uncertainty quantifications. COURSE PREREQUISITES Students need to have passed the exam “Introduction to Data Science”
Modalità di insegnamento
In presenza
Impostazione pedagogico-didattica
Weekly lectures will be complemented with tutorials and practicals (with R statistical software)
Modalità d’esame
A final exam worth 100% of the final grade.
Offerta formativa
- Master of Science in Computational Science, Lezione, A scelta, 1° anno
- Master of Science in Computational Science, Lezione, A scelta, 2° anno
Prerequisito
- Introduction to Data Science, Wit E. J., Ceoldo G., SA 2021-2022
