Re: [computer-go] Hint for good Bayes book wanted
On 7/23/07, chrilly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Phd in statistics. But Bayesian methods were at that time a non-topic. I know the general principles, but I want to learn a little bit more about the latest developments in the field. Bayes is now chic, there are many books about it. I assume also a lot of bad ones. Can anyone recommend me a good state of the art book about Bayesian inference. Should be somewhat in the applied direction, but also with a sound mathematical background. Chrilly You could try something like: Information Theory, Inference Learning Algorithms by David MacKay or maybe Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial by Devinderjit Sivia John Skilling Erik ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
Re: [computer-go] Hint for good Bayes book wanted
chrilly wrote: I have a Phd in statistics. But Bayesian methods were at that time a non-topic. I know the general principles, but I want to learn a little bit more about the latest developments in the field. Bayes is now chic, there are many books about it. I assume also a lot of bad ones. Can anyone recommend me a good state of the art book about Bayesian inference. Should be somewhat in the applied direction, but also with a sound mathematical background. Chrilly ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ I would suggest David MacKay's book, _Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms_ http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/itila/book.html Table of contents: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/itila/toc.html I have not read it, but from what I have seen of it, I believe you may like it. Wikipedia may also be a good starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_inference Rémi ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
Re: [computer-go] Hint for good Bayes book wanted
Thanks, I did also a search on Amazon and these two looked the most interesting ones. I can order now with greater confidence. Chrilly You could try something like: Information Theory, Inference Learning Algorithms by David MacKay or maybe Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial by Devinderjit Sivia John Skilling Erik ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
Re: [computer-go] Hint for good Bayes book wanted
Don't forget that David MacKay's book can be downloaded free from his site so you can see exactly what you are getting before you buy it. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/itila/book.html - George On 7/23/07, chrilly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, I did also a search on Amazon and these two looked the most interesting ones. I can order now with greater confidence. Chrilly You could try something like: Information Theory, Inference Learning Algorithms by David MacKay or maybe Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial by Devinderjit Sivia John Skilling Erik ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
Re: [computer-go] Hint for good Bayes book wanted
Absolutely the best book I've seen is: Christopher M. Bishop Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning It's totally awesome! Strong points: - It have both Bayesian and non Bayesian ways explained - the explanation is clear - figures are so helpful (and aesthetic) - it concentrates on prediction and classification and have algorithmic perspective (contrary to MacKay's book) There is a free chapter on graphical models: http://research.microsoft.com/~cmbishop/PRML/Bishop-PRML-sample.pdf Lukasz Lew On 7/23/07, chrilly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Phd in statistics. But Bayesian methods were at that time a non-topic. I know the general principles, but I want to learn a little bit more about the latest developments in the field. Bayes is now chic, there are many books about it. I assume also a lot of bad ones. Can anyone recommend me a good state of the art book about Bayesian inference. Should be somewhat in the applied direction, but also with a sound mathematical background. Chrilly ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
Re: [computer-go] Hint for good Bayes book wanted
I own that book and can also recommend it. - George On 7/23/07, Łukasz Lew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Absolutely the best book I've seen is: Christopher M. Bishop Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning It's totally awesome! Strong points: - It have both Bayesian and non Bayesian ways explained - the explanation is clear - figures are so helpful (and aesthetic) - it concentrates on prediction and classification and have algorithmic perspective (contrary to MacKay's book) There is a free chapter on graphical models: http://research.microsoft.com/~cmbishop/PRML/Bishop-PRML-sample.pdf Lukasz Lew On 7/23/07, chrilly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Phd in statistics. But Bayesian methods were at that time a non-topic. I know the general principles, but I want to learn a little bit more about the latest developments in the field. Bayes is now chic, there are many books about it. I assume also a lot of bad ones. Can anyone recommend me a good state of the art book about Bayesian inference. Should be somewhat in the applied direction, but also with a sound mathematical background. Chrilly ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
Re: [computer-go] Hint for good Bayes book wanted
I have the Neural Network Book from Bishop. It is also a good book. It puts Neural Nets into the proper statistical framework. Chrilly - Original Message - From: George Dahl To: computer-go Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [computer-go] Hint for good Bayes book wanted I own that book and can also recommend it. - George On 7/23/07, Łukasz Lew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Absolutely the best book I've seen is: Christopher M. Bishop Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning It's totally awesome! Strong points: - It have both Bayesian and non Bayesian ways explained - the explanation is clear - figures are so helpful (and aesthetic) - it concentrates on prediction and classification and have algorithmic perspective (contrary to MacKay's book) There is a free chapter on graphical models: http://research.microsoft.com/~cmbishop/PRML/Bishop-PRML-sample.pdf Lukasz Lew On 7/23/07, chrilly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Phd in statistics. But Bayesian methods were at that time a non-topic. I know the general principles, but I want to learn a little bit more about the latest developments in the field. Bayes is now chic, there are many books about it. I assume also a lot of bad ones. Can anyone recommend me a good state of the art book about Bayesian inference. Should be somewhat in the applied direction, but also with a sound mathematical background. Chrilly ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ -- ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
