Download or read book Bayesian Core: A Practical Approach to Computational Bayesian Statistics written by Jean-Michel Marin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-26 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Bayesian modeling book is intended for practitioners and applied statisticians looking for a self-contained entry to computational Bayesian statistics. Focusing on standard statistical models and backed up by discussed real datasets available from the book website, it provides an operational methodology for conducting Bayesian inference, rather than focusing on its theoretical justifications. Special attention is paid to the derivation of prior distributions in each case and specific reference solutions are given for each of the models. Similarly, computational details are worked out to lead the reader towards an effective programming of the methods given in the book.