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Machine Learning Summer School 2004 - Berder Island
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Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods

author: Christian Robert, Université Paris - Dauphine

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0. A fundamental theorem of simulation
1. Markov chain basics
2. Slice sampling
3. Gibbs sampling
4. Metropolis-Hastings algorithms
5. Variable dimension models and reversible jump MCMC
6. Perfect sampling
7. Adaptive MCMC and population Monte Carlo

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0:03 Monte Carlo Methods
1:31 New [2004] edition:
2:03 1 Introduction
4:27 For a sample of...
5:24 Likelihood of...
6:38 Bayesian Methods
7:24 Bayesian Methods (cont.)
8:08 Posterior distribution central to Bayesian inference
8:21 Example 2 –Binomial–
9:30 A typology of Bayes computational problems
16:53 Example 3 —Mixture of two normal distributions–
19:39 Example 3 —Mixture of two normal distributions– (cont.)
20:35 Bayes estimator
21:29 Example 4 –AR(p) model–
23:39 Integration over the parameters of all models
24:36 Multiple layers of complexity
25:40 Summary
27:07 2. Monte Carlo Integration
27:12 2.1 Classical Monte Carlo integration
27:59 Accept-Reject Methods
30:04 Fundamental theorem of simulation
31:00 Accept-Reject method
32:51 Validation of the Accept-Reject method
33:09 Uniform repartition
34:41 Two interesting properties
35:29 Some intuitions
35:52 Example 5 –Normal from a Cauchy–
36:13 probability of acceptance ...
36:32 Monte Carlo integration
38:17 Monte Carlo integration (cont.)
39:09 Example 6 –Cauchy prior–
40:50 Example 6 –Cauchy prior– (cont.)
42:01 Range of estimators
43:26 2.2 Importance Sampling

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Comment1 Shashank SIngh, November 30, 2007 at 1:44 p.m.:

i am not able view these lecture as mms protocol is supported by university's proxy..
please make it flash video , or downloadeable at best..
bytheway i really appreciate the good effort you have put into this thing..it is really very helpfull :-)


Comment2 E.K., May 2, 2008 at 5:12 p.m.:

Worst camera-man ever. I'm feeling dizzy...


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