ABS06 - 2006 Applied Bayesian Statistics School
HIERARCHICAL MODELLING APPROACHES FOR SPATIAL DATA IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Bertinoro (FC), Italy
17 - 21 July, 2006
READING
Background reading
Basic Bayesian books at the level of
Lee, P. (2004).
Bayesian Statistics, an Introduction - 3rd Edition. Hodder Education.
Carlin, B.P. and Louis, T.A. (2000).
Bayes and Empirical Bayes Methods for Data Analysis - 2nd Edition, Chapman & Hall.
Gelman A., Carlin J.B., Stern H.S. and Rubin D.B. (2004).
Bayesian Data Analysis - 2nd Edition, Chapman & Hall.
Your favourite linear algebra and mathematical statistics textbook at the undergraduate level.
Textbook and notes
Textbook
Banerjee S., Carlin B.P. and Gelfand A.E. (2004).
Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data, Chapman & Hall.
Notes and tutorials
The notes will be made available on the web.
Some quick background on the basics of Bayesian inference and MCMC methods will be given in the course.