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STAT878: Modern Computational Statistical Methods |
This unit offers students the opportunity to study some modern computational methods in statistics. The first half of the course covers maximum likelihood computations, Bayesian computations using Monte Carlo methods, missing data and the EM algorithm. The second half considers non-parametric curve estimation. The computing software MATLAB and S-plus are used.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
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E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Associate Professor Andrzej Kozek, Dr Jun Ma |
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| Corequisites: | STAT810 or STAT371 or permission of Dean of Division
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Graded
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| Offered By: |
EFS - Division of Economic and Financial Studies |
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