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Information Science and Statistics Ser.: Sequential Monte Carlo Methods in Practice by Neil Gordon (2001, Hardcover)
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PublisherSpringer New York
ISBN-100387951466
ISBN-139780387951461
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Number of PagesXxviii, 582 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSequential Monte Carlo Methods in Practice
Publication Year2001
SubjectProbability & Statistics / Stochastic Processes, Probability & Statistics / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMathematics
AuthorNeil Gordon
SeriesInformation Science and Statistics Ser.
FormatHardcover
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ReviewsFrom the reviews: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION "a? a remarkable, successful effort at making these ideas available to statisticians. It gives an overview, presents available theory, gives a splendid development of various bells and whistles important in practical implementation, and finally gives a large number of detailed examples and case studiesa? The authors and editors have been careful to write in a unified, readable waya? I find it remarkable that the editors and authors have combined to produce an accessible bible that will be studied and used for years to come.", From the reviews: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION "...a remarkable, successful effort at making these ideas available to statisticians. It gives an overview, presents available theory, gives a splendid development of various bells and whistles important in practical implementation, and finally gives a large number of detailed examples and case studies...The authors and editors have been careful to write in a unified, readable way...I find it remarkable that the editors and authors have combined to produce an accessible bible that will be studied and used for years to come." "Usually, very few volumes edited from papers contributed by many different authors result in books which can serve as either good textbooks or as useful reference. However, in the case of this book, it is enough to read the foreword by Adrian Smith to realize that this particular volume is quite different. ... it is a good reference book for SMC." (Mohan Delampady, Sankhya: Indian Journal of Statistics, Vol. 64 (A), 2002) "In this book the authors present sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) methods ... . Over the last few years several closely related algorithms have appeared under the names 'boostrap filters', 'particle filters', 'Monte Carlo filters', and 'survival of the fittest'. The book under review brings together many of these algorithms and presents theoretical developments ... . This book will be of great value to advanced students, researchers, and practitioners who want to learn about sequential Monte Carlo methods for the computational problems of Bayesian Statistics." (E. Novak, Metrika, May, 2003) "This book provides a very good overview of the sequential Monte Carlo methods and contains many ideas on further research on methodologies and newer areas of application. ... It will be certainly a valuable reference book for students and researchers working in the area of on-line data analysis. ... the techniques discussed in this book are of great relevance to practitioners dealing with real time data." (Pradipta Sarkar, Technometrics, Vol. 45 (1), 2003), From the reviews: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION "…a remarkable, successful effort at making these ideas available to statisticians. It gives an overview, presents available theory, gives a splendid development of various bells and whistles important in practical implementation, and finally gives a large number of detailed examples and case studies…The authors and editors have been careful to write in a unified, readable way…I find it remarkable that the editors and authors have combined to produce an accessible bible that will be studied and used for years to come." "Usually, very few volumes edited from papers contributed by many different authors result in books which can serve as either good textbooks or as useful reference. However, in the case of this book, it is enough to read the foreword by Adrian Smith to realize that this particular volume is quite different. … it is a good reference book for SMC." (Mohan Delampady, Sankhya: Indian Journal of Statistics, Vol. 64 (A), 2002) "In this book the authors present sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) methods … . Over the last few years several closely related algorithms have appeared under the names 'boostrap filters', 'particle filters', 'Monte Carlo filters', and 'survival of the fittest'. The book under review brings together many of these algorithms and presents theoretical developments … . This book will be of great value to advanced students, researchers, and practitioners who want to learn about sequential Monte Carlo methods for the computational problems of Bayesian Statistics." (E. Novak, Metrika, May, 2003) "This book provides a very good overview of the sequential Monte Carlo methods and contains many ideas on further research on methodologies and newer areas of application. … It will be certainly a valuable reference book for students and researchers working in the area of on-line data analysis. … the techniques discussed in this book are of great relevance to practitioners dealing with real time data." (Pradipta Sarkar, Technometrics, Vol. 45 (1), 2003), From the reviews:JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION"…a remarkable, successful effort at making these ideas available to statisticians. It gives an overview, presents available theory, gives a splendid development of various bells and whistles important in practical implementation, and finally gives a large number of detailed examples and case studies…The authors and editors have been careful to write in a unified, readable way…I find it remarkable that the editors and authors have combined to produce an accessible bible that will be studied and used for years to come.""Usually, very few volumes edited from papers contributed by many different authors result in books which can serve as either good textbooks or as useful reference. However, in the case of this book, it is enough to read the foreword by Adrian Smith to realize that this particular volume is quite different. … it is a good reference book for SMC." (Mohan Delampady, Sankhya: Indian Journal of Statistics, Vol. 64 (A), 2002)"In this book the authors present sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) methods … . Over the last few years several closely related algorithms have appeared under the names 'boostrap filters', 'particle filters', 'Monte Carlo filters', and 'survival of the fittest'. The book under review brings together many of these algorithms and presents theoretical developments … . This book will be of great value to advanced students, researchers, and practitioners who want to learn about sequential Monte Carlo methods for the computational problems of Bayesian Statistics." (E. Novak, Metrika, May, 2003)"This book provides a very good overview of the sequential Monte Carlo methods and contains many ideas on further research on methodologies and newer areas of application. … It will be certainly a valuable reference book for students and researchers working in the area of on-line data analysis. … the techniques discussed in this book are of great relevance to practitioners dealing with real time data." (Pradipta Sarkar, Technometrics, Vol. 45 (1), 2003)
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal519.2/82
Table Of Content1 An Introduction to Sequential Monte Carlo Methods.- 2 Particle Filters -- A Theoretical Perspective.- 3 Interacting Particle Filtering With Discrete Observations.- 4 Sequential Monte Carlo Methods for Optimal Filtering.- 5 Deterministic and Stochastic Particle Filters in State-Space Models.- 6 RESAMPLE--MOVE Filtering with Cross-Model Jumps.- 7 Improvement Strategies for Monte Carlo Particle Filters.- 8 Approximating and Maximising the Likelihood for a General State-Space Model.- 9 Monte Carlo Smoothing and Self-Organising State-Space Model.- 10 Combined Parameter and State Estimation in Simulation-Based Filtering.- 11 A Theoretical Framework for Sequential Importance Sampling with Resampling.- 12 Improving Regularised Particle Filters.- 13 Auxiliary Variable Based Particle Filters.- 14 Improved Particle Filters and Smoothing.- 15 Posterior Cramér-Rao Bounds for Sequential Estimation.- 16 Statistical Models of Visual Shape and Motion.- 17 Sequential Monte Carlo Methods for Neural Networks.- 18 Sequential Estimation of Signals under Model Uncertainty.- 19 Particle Filters for Mobile Robot Localization.- 20 Self-Organizing Time Series Model.- 21 Sampling in Factored Dynamic Systems.- 22 In-Situ Ellipsometry Solutions Using Sequential Monte Carlo.- 23 Manoeuvring Target Tracking Using a Multiple-Model Bootstrap Filter.- 24 Rao-Blackwellised Particle Filtering for Dynamic Bayesian Networks.- 25 Particles and Mixtures for Tracking and Guidance.- 26 Monte Carlo Techniques for Automated Target Recognition.
SynopsisThis volume presents results in a very active area of research of interest to statisticians, engineers, and computer scientists. The emphasis is on the applications of these important methods., Monte Carlo methods are revolutionizing the on-line analysis of data in fields as diverse as financial modeling, target tracking and computer vision. These methods, appearing under the names of bootstrap filters, condensation, optimal Monte Carlo filters, particle filters and survival of the fittest, have made it possible to solve numerically many complex, non-standard problems that were previously intractable.This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of these techniques, including convergence results and applications to tracking, guidance, automated target recognition, aircraft navigation, robot navigation, econometrics, financial modeling, neural networks, optimal control, optimal filtering, communications, reinforcement learning, signal enhancement, model averaging and selection, computer vision, semiconductor design, population biology, dynamic Bayesian networks, and time series analysis. This will be of great value to students, researchers and practitioners, who have some basic knowledge of probability.Arnaud Doucet received the Ph. D. degree from the University of Paris-XI Orsay in 1997. From 1998 to 2000, he conducted research at the Signal Processing Group of Cambridge University, UK. He is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of Melbourne University, Australia. His research interests include Bayesian statistics, dynamic models and Monte Carlo methods.Nando de Freitas obtained a Ph.D. degree in information engineering from Cambridge University in 1999. He is presently a research associate with the artificial intelligence group of the University of California at Berkeley. His main research interests are in Bayesian statistics and the application of on-line and batch Monte Carlo methods to machine learning.Neil Gordon obtained a Ph.D. in Statistics from Imperial College, University of London in 1993. He is with the Pattern and Information Processing group at the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in the United Kingdom. His research interests are in time series, statistical data analysis, and pattern recognition with a particular emphasis on target tracking and missile guidance., Monte Carlo methods are revolutionising the on-line analysis of datain fields as diverse as financial modelling, target tracking andcomputer vision. These methods, appearing under the names of bootstrapfilters, condensation, optimal Monte Carlo filters, particle filtersand survial of the fittest, have made it possible to solve numericallymany complex, non-standarard problems that were previouslyintractable.This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of thesetechniques, including convergence results and applications totracking, guidance, automated target recognition, aircraft navigation,robot navigation, econometrics, financial modelling, neuralnetworks,optimal control, optimal filtering, communications,reinforcement learning, signal enhancement, model averaging andselection, computer vision, semiconductor design, population biology,dynamic Bayesian networks, and time series analysis. This will be ofgreat value to students, researchers and practicioners, who have somebasic knowledge of probability.Arnaud Doucet received the Ph. D. degree from the University of Paris-XI Orsay in 1997. From 1998 to 2000, he conducted research at theSignal Processing Group of Cambridge University, UK. He is currentlyan assistant professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering ofMelbourne University, Australia. His research interests includeBayesian statistics, dynamic models and Monte Carlo methods.Nando de Freitas obtained a Ph.D. degree in information engineeringfrom Cambridge University in 1999. He is presently a researchassociate with the artificial intelligence group of the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley. His main research interests are in Bayesianstatistics and the application of on-line and batch Monte Carlomethods to machine learning., The advent of cheap and massive computational power in conjunction with recent developments in applied statistics have stimulated many advancements in the field of sequential Monte Carlo simulation. Monte Carlo methods are very flexible in that they do not require any assumptions about the probability distributions of the data. Moreover, experimental evidence suggests that these methods lead to improved results. From a Bayesian perspective, Sequential Monte Carlo methods allow the computation of the posterior probability distributions of interest on-line. Yet, the methods can also be applied within a maximum likelihood context. As a result, they are being applied to a large number of interesting real problems such as computer vision, econometrics, and medical prognosis., Monte Carlo methods are revolutionizing the on-line analysis of data in fields as diverse as financial modeling, target tracking and computer vision. These methods, appearing under the names of bootstrap filters, condensation, optimal Monte Carlo filters, particle filters and survival of the fittest, have made it possible to solve numerically many complex, non-standard problems that were previously intractable. This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of these techniques, including convergence results and applications to tracking, guidance, automated target recognition, aircraft navigation, robot navigation, econometrics, financial modeling, neural networks, optimal control, optimal filtering, communications, reinforcement learning, signal enhancement, model averaging and selection, computer vision, semiconductor design, population biology, dynamic Bayesian networks, and time series analysis. This will be of great value to students, researchers and practitioners, who have some basic knowledge of probability. Arnaud Doucet received the Ph. D. degree from the University of Paris-XI Orsay in 1997. From 1998 to 2000, he conducted research at the Signal Processing Group of Cambridge University, UK. He is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of Melbourne University, Australia. His research interests include Bayesian statistics, dynamic models and Monte Carlo methods. Nando de Freitas obtained a Ph.D. degree in information engineering from Cambridge University in 1999. He is presently a research associate with the artificial intelligence group of the University of California at Berkeley. His main research interests are in Bayesian statistics and the application of on-line and batch Monte Carlo methods to machine learning. Neil Gordon obtained a Ph.D. in Statistics from Imperial College, University of London in 1993. He is with the Pattern and Information Processing group at the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in the United Kingdom. His research interests are in time series, statistical data analysis, and pattern recognition with a particular emphasis on target tracking and missile guidance.
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