Introduction to WinBUGS for ecologists: bayesian approach to regression, ANOVA, mixed models and related analyses

Bayesian statistics has exploded into biology and its sub-disciplines such asecology over the past decade. The free software program WinBUGS and its open-source sister OpenBugs is currently the only flexible and general-purpose program available with which the average ecologist can conduct their own standard and non-standard Bayesian statistics. Introduction to WINBUGS for Ecologists goes right to the heart of the matter by providing ecologists with a comprehensive, yet concise, guide to applying WinBUGS to the types of models that they use most often: linear (LM), generalized linear (GLM), linear mixed (LMM) and generalized linear mixed models (GLMM).Introduction to WinBUGS for Ecologists combines the use of simulated data sets "paired" analyses using WinBUGS (in a Bayesian framework for analysis) and in R (in a frequentist mode of inference) and uses a very detailed step-by-step tutorial presentation style that really lets the reader repeat every step of the application of a given mode in their own research. - Introduction to the essential theories of key models used by ecologists - Complete juxtaposition of classical analyses in R and Bayesian Analysis of the same models in WinBUGS- Provides every detail of R and WinBUGS code required to conduct all analyses- Written with ecological language and ecological examples- Companion Web Appendix that contains all code contained in the book, additional material (including more code and solutions to exercises)- Tutorial approach shows ecologists how to implement Bayesian analysis in practical problems that they face

• ISBN: 978-0-12-378605-0
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 12/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés