Bayesian Model Selection and Parameter Estimation Applied to Sea Floor Pressure Data

Author(s):  
D. Burton ◽  
G. J. Moore ◽  
W. J. Fitzgerald
Author(s):  
Therese M. Donovan ◽  
Ruth M. Mickey

This chapter provides a very brief introduction to Bayesian model selection. The “Survivor Problem” is expanded in this chapter, where the focus is now on comparing two models that predict how long a contestant will last in a game of Survivor: one model uses years of formal education as a predictor, and a second model uses grit as a predictor. Gibbs sampling is used for parameter estimation. Deviance Information Criterion (commonly abbreviated as DIC) is used as a guide for model selection. Details of how this measure is computed are described. The chapter also discusses model assessment (model fit) and Occam’s razor.


2015 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 361-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Chiachío ◽  
M. Chiachío ◽  
A. Saxena ◽  
S. Sankararaman ◽  
G. Rus ◽  
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