Advanced Statistical Methods for Astrophysical Probes of Cosmology

1. Introduction
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2. Cosmology Background
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3. Dark Energy and Apparent Late Time Acceleration
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4. Supernovae Ia
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5. Statistical Techniques
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6. Bayesian Doubt: Should We Doubt the Cosmological Constant?
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7. Bayesian Parameter Inference for SNe Ia Data
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8. Robustness to Systematic Error for Future Dark Energy Probes
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9. Summary and Conclusions
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Keywords: Physics, Cosmology, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity