Parameter Estimation

Alexei Gilchrist

2 Probability Inference

Another of the key tasks of inference is to determine the value of a parameter in a model on the basis of observed data

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1 Parameter Estimation

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A brief introduction to Bayesian parameter estimation, the information contained in the posterior distribution, and why you shouldn't just report the mode or the mean.

2 Interesting Special Cases

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Some special cases of bayesian parameter estimation that reduce to well known procedures