Bayesian Statistics in Action

Part I. Theory and Methods

1. Sequential Monte Carlo Methods in Random Intercept Models for Longitudinal Data
Danilo Alvares, Carmen Armero, Anabel Forte, Nicolas Chopin

2. On the Truncation Error of a Superposed Gamma Process
Julyan Arbel, Igor Prünster

3. On the Study of Two Models for Integer-Valued High-Frequency Data
Andrea Cremaschi, Jim E. Griffin

4. Identification and Estimation of Principal Causal Effects in Randomized Experiments with Treatment Switching
Emanuele Gramuglia

5. A Bayesian Joint Dispersion Model with Flexible Links
Rui Martins

6. Local Posterior Concentration Rate for Multilevel Sparse Sequences
Eduard Belitser, Nurzhan Nurushev

7. Likelihood Tempering in Dynamic Model Averaging
Jan Reichl, Kamil Dedecius

8. Localization in High-Dimensional Monte Carlo Filtering
Sylvain Robert, Hans R. Künsch

9. Linear Inverse Problem with Range Prior on Correlations and Its Variational Bayes Inference
Ondřej Tichý, Václav Šmídl

Part II. Applications and Case Studies

10. Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Assessment of Climate Model Biases
Maeregu Woldeyes Arisido, Carlo Gaetan, Davide Zanchettin, Angelo Rubino

11. An Application of Bayesian Seemingly Unrelated Regression Models with Flexible Tails
Charles Au, S. T. Boris Choy

12. Bayesian Inference of Stochastic Pursuit Models from Basketball Tracking Data
Harish S. Bhat, R. W. M. A. Madushani, Shagun Rawat

13. Identification of Patient-Specific Parameters in a Kinetic Model of Fluid and Mass Transfer During Dialysis
Camilla Bianchi, Ettore Lanzarone, Giustina Casagrande, Maria Laura Costantino

14. A Bayesian Nonparametric Approach to Ecological Risk Assessment
Guillaume Kon Kam King, Julyan Arbel, Igor Prünster

15. Approximate Bayesian Computation Methods in the Identification of Atmospheric Contamination Sources for DAPPLE Experiment
Piotr Kopka, Anna Wawrzynczak, Mieczyslaw Borysiewicz

16. Bayesian Survival Analysis to Model Plant Resistance and Tolerance to Virus Diseases
Elena Lázaro, Carmen Armero, Luis Rubio

17. Randomization Inference and Bayesian Inference in Regression Discontinuity Designs: An Application to Italian University Grants
Federica Licari

18. Bayesian Methods for Microsimulation Models
Consuelo R. Nava, Cinzia Carota, Ugo Colombino

19. A Bayesian Model for Describing and Predicting the Stochastic Demand of Emergency Calls
Vittorio Nicoletta, Ettore Lanzarone, Alessandra Guglielmi, Valérie Bélanger, Angel Ruiz

20. Flexible Parallel Split-Merge MCMC for the HDP
Debora Parisi, Stefania Perego

21. Bayesian Inference for Continuous Time Animal Movement Based on Steps and Turns
Alison Parton, Paul G. Blackwell, Anna Skarin

22. Explaining the Lethality of Boko Haram’s Terrorist Attacks in Nigeria, 2009–2014: AHierarchical Bayesian Approach
André Python, Janine Illian, Charlotte Jones-Todd, Marta Blangiardo

23. Optimizing Movement of Cooperating Pedestrians by Exploiting Floor-Field Model and Markov Decision Process
Vladimíra Sečkárová, Pavel Hrabák

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