Foundations of statistical algorithms. With references to R packages

MaRDI QIDQ2871231zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Claus Weihs, Olaf Mersmann, Uwe Ligges

Publication date 22 January 2014

Published in Chapman \& Hall CRC Computer Science \& Data Analysis Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

floating-point computationsimplementation in Riterationprecision of computationsrandomizationrepetitionscalability and parallelizationstatistical algorithmsTuring machinesverification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to statistics (62-01) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to statistics (62-04) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to numerical analysis (65-01) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to computer science (68-01)

Review text

This book represents a new and modern approach to presenting the foundations of statistical algorithms. It differs from other books on the market for at least three reasons:{\parindent=8mmNEWLINENEWLINE\begin{itemize}\item[(i)] it covers the historical development and clarifies the evolution of more powerful algorithms, NEWLINE\item[(ii)] it emphasizes certain recurring themes in all statistical algorithms, such as computation, assessment and verification, iteration, intuition, randomness, repetition scalability, and parallelization, NEWLINE\item[(iii)] it covers two topics neglected in other books, namely, systematic verification and scalability.NEWLINENEWLINE\end{itemize}}NEWLINENEWLINEEach chapter offers examples, exercises and solutions to the selected exercises. It also provides access to a website with supplementary material: program code for selected figures, simulations, and exercises. Most exercises are considered to be solved using \texttt{R}.NEWLINENEWLINEThe book is suitable for readers who not only want to understand current statistical algorithms, but also gain a deeper understanding of how the algorithms are constructed and how they operate. It is addressed first and foremost to students and lecturers teaching the foundations of statistical algorithms.

Recommendations

• Foundations and applications of statistics. An introduction using R
• Mathematical foundations of data science using R
• A First Course in Statistical Programming with R
• Numerical methods of statistics.
• R by example.

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• Computer age statistical inference. Algorithms, evidence, and data science
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 194187 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 194221 (Why is no real title available?)
• Computer age statistical inference. Algorithms, evidence, and data science
• ALGORITHMS, DATA STRUCTURES AND LANGUAGES – THE COMPUTATIONAL INGREDIENTS FOR INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS

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Uses Software

• Kernlab
• TestU01
• R
• LINPACK
• mvtnorm
• e1071
• gbm
• ggmap
• Rdsm
• soobench
• rjags
• CRAN Cluster
• biglm
• JAGS
• mixPHM
• EISPACK
• flexmix
• RScaLAPACK
• rpart
• GenSA
• Rmpi
• doMPI
• PVM
• ROI
• adabag
• dieharder
• CRAN Distributions
• CRAN MachineLearning
• Mahout
• snowfall
• C50
• caret
• Boruta
• foreach
• FSelector
• CRAN Optimization
• cmaes
• sprint
• multicore
• doMC
• doSNOW
• CRAN Task Views
• R2WinBUGS

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