abctools (version 1.0.2)

abctools-package: Tools for ABC analyses

Description

Tools for approximate Bayesian computation including summary statistic selection and assessing coverage.

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Details

ll{ Package: abctools Type: Package Version: 1.0.2 Date: 26-05-2015 License: GPL-2 LazyLoad: yes }

References

For details on methods for summary statistics selection, see

Blum, M. G. B, Nunes, M. A., Prangle, D. and Sisson, S. A. (2013) A comparative review of dimension reduction methods in approximate Bayesian computation. Stat. Sci. 28, Issue 2, 189--208. Fearnhead, P. and Prangle, D. (2012) Constructing summary statistics for approximate Bayesian computation: semi-automatic approximate Bayesian computation. J. R. Stat. Soc. B 74, Part 3, 1--28. Joyce, P. and P. Marjoram (2008) Approximately sufficient statistics and Bayesian computation. Stat. Appl. Gen. Mol. Biol. 7 Article 26. Nunes, M. A. and Balding, D. J. (2010) On Optimal Selection of Summary Statistics for Approximate Bayesian Computation. Stat. Appl. Gen. Mol. Biol. 9, Iss. 1, Art. 34. Details of ABC coverage methods appear in:

Prangle D., Blum M. G. B., Popovic G., Sisson S. A. (2014) Diagnostic tools of approximate Bayesian computation using the coverage property. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics 56, Issue 4, 309--329.

See Also

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