TY - BOOK AU - Gamerman,Dani AU - Lopes,Hedibert Freitas TI - Markov chain Monte Carlo: stochastic simulation for Bayesian inference T2 - Texts in statistical science series SN - 9781584885870 U1 - 519.282 23 PY - 2006/// CY - Boca Raton PB - Chapman & Hall KW - Monte Carlo method KW - Markov processes KW - Bayesian statistical decision theory N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 1. Stochastic simulation -- 2. Bayesian inference -- 3. Approximate methods of inference -- 4. Markov chains -- 5. Gibbs sampling -- 6. Metropolis-Hastings algorithms -- 7. Further topics in MCMC N2 - This 2nd edition presents a concise, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to the methods of this valuable simulation technique. The second edition includes access to an internet site that provides the code, written in R and WinBUGS, used in many of the previously existing and new examples and exercises. More importantly, the self-explanatory nature of the codes will enable modification of the inputs to the codes and variation on many directions will be available for further exploration. ER -