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Lectures on Algebraic Statistics [electronic resource] /by Mathias Drton, Bernd Sturmfels, Seth Sullivant.

by Drton, Mathias [author.]; Sturmfels, Bernd [author.]; Sullivant, Seth [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Oberwolfach Seminars: 39Publisher: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2009.Description: VIII, 172 p. online resource.ISBN: 9783764389055.Subject(s): Statistics | Geometry, algebraic | Distribution (Probability theory) | Mathematical statistics | Statistics | Statistical Theory and Methods | Algebraic Geometry | Probability Theory and Stochastic ProcessesDDC classification: 519.5 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Markov Bases -- Likelihood Inference -- Conditional Independence -- Hidden Variables -- Bayesian Integrals -- Exercises -- Open Problems.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: How does an algebraic geometer studying secant varieties further the understanding of hypothesis tests in statistics? Why would a statistician working on factor analysis raise open problems about determinantal varieties? Connections of this type are at the heart of the new field of "algebraic statistics". In this field, mathematicians and statisticians come together to solve statistical inference problems using concepts from algebraic geometry as well as related computational and combinatorial techniques. The goal of these lectures is to introduce newcomers from the different camps to algebraic statistics. The introduction will be centered around the following three observations: many important statistical models correspond to algebraic or semi-algebraic sets of parameters; the geometry of these parameter spaces determines the behaviour of widely used statistical inference procedures; computational algebraic geometry can be used to study parameter spaces and other features of statistical models.
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Markov Bases -- Likelihood Inference -- Conditional Independence -- Hidden Variables -- Bayesian Integrals -- Exercises -- Open Problems.

How does an algebraic geometer studying secant varieties further the understanding of hypothesis tests in statistics? Why would a statistician working on factor analysis raise open problems about determinantal varieties? Connections of this type are at the heart of the new field of "algebraic statistics". In this field, mathematicians and statisticians come together to solve statistical inference problems using concepts from algebraic geometry as well as related computational and combinatorial techniques. The goal of these lectures is to introduce newcomers from the different camps to algebraic statistics. The introduction will be centered around the following three observations: many important statistical models correspond to algebraic or semi-algebraic sets of parameters; the geometry of these parameter spaces determines the behaviour of widely used statistical inference procedures; computational algebraic geometry can be used to study parameter spaces and other features of statistical models.

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