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An introduction to statistical computing : a simulation-based approach / Jochen Voss.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher number: EB00088144 | Recorded BooksSeries: Wiley series in computational statisticsPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118728024
  • 1118728025
  • 9781118728031
  • 1118728033
  • 9781118728055
  • 111872805X
  • 9781118728048
  • 1118728041
  • 1118357728
  • 9781118357729
  • 1299805329
  • 9781299805323
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Introduction to statistical computing.DDC classification:
  • 519.501/13 23
LOC classification:
  • QA276.4
Other classification:
  • MAT029000
Online resources:
Contents:
An Introduction to Statistical Computing; Contents; List of algorithms; Preface; Nomenclature; 1 Random number generation; 1.1 Pseudo random number generators; 1.1.1 The linear congruential generator; 1.1.2 Quality of pseudo random number generators; 1.1.3 Pseudo random number generators in practice; 1.2 Discrete distributions; 1.3 The inverse transform method; 1.4 Rejection sampling; 1.4.1 Basic rejection sampling; 1.4.2 Envelope rejection sampling; 1.4.3 Conditional distributions; 1.4.4 Geometric interpretation; 1.5 Transformation of random variables; 1.6 Special-purpose methods.
1.7 Summary and further readingExercises; 2 Simulating statistical models; 2.1 Multivariate normal distributions; 2.2 Hierarchical models; 2.3 Markov chains; 2.3.1 Discrete state space; 2.3.2 Continuous state space; 2.4 Poisson processes; 2.5 Summary and further reading; Exercises; 3 Monte Carlo methods; 3.1 Studying models via simulation; 3.2 Monte Carlo estimates; 3.2.1 Computing Monte Carlo estimates; 3.2.2 Monte Carlo error; 3.2.3 Choice of sample size; 3.2.4 Refined error bounds; 3.3 Variance reduction methods; 3.3.1 Importance sampling; 3.3.2 Antithetic variables; 3.3.3 Control variates.
3.4 Applications to statistical inference3.4.1 Point estimators; 3.4.2 Confidence intervals; 3.4.3 Hypothesis tests; 3.5 Summary and further reading; Exercises; 4 Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods; 4.1 The Metropolis-Hastings method; 4.1.1 Continuous state space; 4.1.2 Discrete state space; 4.1.3 Random walk Metropolis sampling; 4.1.4 The independence sampler; 4.1.5 Metropolis-Hastings with different move types; 4.2 Convergence of Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods; 4.2.1 Theoretical results; 4.2.2 Practical considerations; 4.3 Applications to Bayesian inference; 4.4 The Gibbs sampler.
4.4.1 Description of the method4.4.2 Application to parameter estimation; 4.4.3 Applications to image processing; 4.5 Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo; 4.5.1 Description of the method; 4.5.2 Bayesian inference for mixture distributions; 4.6 Summary and further reading; 4.6 Exercises; 5 Beyond Monte Carlo; 5.1 Approximate Bayesian Computation; 5.1.1 Basic Approximate Bayesian Computation; 5.1.2 Approximate Bayesian Computation with regression; 5.2 Resampling methods; 5.2.1 Bootstrap estimates; 5.2.2 Applications to statistical inference; 5.3 Summary and further reading; Exercises.
6 Continuous-time models6.1 Time discretisation; 6.2 Brownian motion; 6.2.1 Properties; 6.2.2 Direct simulation; 6.2.3 Interpolation and Brownian bridges; 6.3 Geometric Brownian motion; 6.4 Stochastic differential equations; 6.4.1 Introduction; 6.4.2 Stochastic analysis; 6.4.3 Discretisation schemes; 6.4.4 Discretisation error; 6.5 Monte Carlo estimates; 6.5.1 Basic Monte Carlo; 6.5.2 Variance reduction methods; 6.5.3 Multilevel Monte Carlo estimates; 6.6 Application to option pricing; 6.7 Summary and further reading; Exercises; Appendix A Probability reminders; A.1 Events and probability.
Summary: "This is a book about exploring random systems using computer simulation and thus, this book combines two different topic areas which have always fascinated me: the mathematical theory of probability and the art of programming computers"-- Provided by publisher.
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"This is a book about exploring random systems using computer simulation and thus, this book combines two different topic areas which have always fascinated me: the mathematical theory of probability and the art of programming computers"-- Provided by publisher.

An Introduction to Statistical Computing; Contents; List of algorithms; Preface; Nomenclature; 1 Random number generation; 1.1 Pseudo random number generators; 1.1.1 The linear congruential generator; 1.1.2 Quality of pseudo random number generators; 1.1.3 Pseudo random number generators in practice; 1.2 Discrete distributions; 1.3 The inverse transform method; 1.4 Rejection sampling; 1.4.1 Basic rejection sampling; 1.4.2 Envelope rejection sampling; 1.4.3 Conditional distributions; 1.4.4 Geometric interpretation; 1.5 Transformation of random variables; 1.6 Special-purpose methods.

1.7 Summary and further readingExercises; 2 Simulating statistical models; 2.1 Multivariate normal distributions; 2.2 Hierarchical models; 2.3 Markov chains; 2.3.1 Discrete state space; 2.3.2 Continuous state space; 2.4 Poisson processes; 2.5 Summary and further reading; Exercises; 3 Monte Carlo methods; 3.1 Studying models via simulation; 3.2 Monte Carlo estimates; 3.2.1 Computing Monte Carlo estimates; 3.2.2 Monte Carlo error; 3.2.3 Choice of sample size; 3.2.4 Refined error bounds; 3.3 Variance reduction methods; 3.3.1 Importance sampling; 3.3.2 Antithetic variables; 3.3.3 Control variates.

3.4 Applications to statistical inference3.4.1 Point estimators; 3.4.2 Confidence intervals; 3.4.3 Hypothesis tests; 3.5 Summary and further reading; Exercises; 4 Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods; 4.1 The Metropolis-Hastings method; 4.1.1 Continuous state space; 4.1.2 Discrete state space; 4.1.3 Random walk Metropolis sampling; 4.1.4 The independence sampler; 4.1.5 Metropolis-Hastings with different move types; 4.2 Convergence of Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods; 4.2.1 Theoretical results; 4.2.2 Practical considerations; 4.3 Applications to Bayesian inference; 4.4 The Gibbs sampler.

4.4.1 Description of the method4.4.2 Application to parameter estimation; 4.4.3 Applications to image processing; 4.5 Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo; 4.5.1 Description of the method; 4.5.2 Bayesian inference for mixture distributions; 4.6 Summary and further reading; 4.6 Exercises; 5 Beyond Monte Carlo; 5.1 Approximate Bayesian Computation; 5.1.1 Basic Approximate Bayesian Computation; 5.1.2 Approximate Bayesian Computation with regression; 5.2 Resampling methods; 5.2.1 Bootstrap estimates; 5.2.2 Applications to statistical inference; 5.3 Summary and further reading; Exercises.

6 Continuous-time models6.1 Time discretisation; 6.2 Brownian motion; 6.2.1 Properties; 6.2.2 Direct simulation; 6.2.3 Interpolation and Brownian bridges; 6.3 Geometric Brownian motion; 6.4 Stochastic differential equations; 6.4.1 Introduction; 6.4.2 Stochastic analysis; 6.4.3 Discretisation schemes; 6.4.4 Discretisation error; 6.5 Monte Carlo estimates; 6.5.1 Basic Monte Carlo; 6.5.2 Variance reduction methods; 6.5.3 Multilevel Monte Carlo estimates; 6.6 Application to option pricing; 6.7 Summary and further reading; Exercises; Appendix A Probability reminders; A.1 Events and probability.