Bayesian modelling B (Math 34920) 2005/06

News

Starting Tuesday 21st February, the lectures are at 12.10 on Tuesday and 10.00 on Friday, both in SM4 (not SM3).

Error in Sheet 2: in question 7, I should have refered to slide 43, not slide 36.

Notes

Slides: 1 to 68 | 69 to 72 | 73 to 76 | 77 to 84 | 85 to 88

Handouts

Gibbs sampler for pump reliability data in R.
The same problem implemented in WinBugs
The R code modified to include random walk Metropolis updates of alpha.

Problem sheets

Sheets: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

WinBUGS software

If you want to experiment, the software can be freely downloaded from here. It is a little cumbersome to install, since you need first to install version 1.4, then a patch to upgrade to version 1.4.1, then a patch for unrestricted use. Also relevant:

Flash 'movie' demonstration of version 1.3
PDF manual for version 1.4

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