Parameter Redundancy and Identifiability (Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics)

Statistical and mathematical models are defined by parameters that describe different characteristics of those models. Ideally it would be possible to find parameter estimates for every parameter in that model, but, in some cases, this is not possible. For example, two parameters that only ever appear in the model as a product could not be estimated individually; only the product can be estimated. Such a model is said to be parameter redundant, or the parameters are described as non-identifiable. This book explains why parameter redundancy and non-identifiability is a problem and the different methods that can be used for detection, including in a Bayesian context. 
Key features of this book: 
Detailed discussion of the problems caused by parameter redundancy and non-identifiability 
Explanation of the different general methods for detecting parameter redundancy and non-identifiability, including symbolic algebra and numerical methods 
Chapter on Bayesian identifiability 
Throughout illustrative examples are used to clearly demonstrate each problem and method. Maple and R code are available for these examples 
More in-depth focus on the areas of discrete and continuous state-space models and ecological statistics, including methods that have been specifically developed for each of these areas 
This book is designed to make parameter redundancy and non-identifiability accessible and understandable to a wide audience from masters and PhD students to researchers, from mathematicians and statisticians to practitioners using mathematical or statistical models.

Science & Math

Cole, Diana

Biological Sciences

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Connect with your own spirit guide and transform your life Spirit Translator is a remarkable book that gives readers the tools to find and connect with their spirit guide. In her work as a spirit translator, Diana Cole has asked spirit thousands of questions on behalf of her clients and herself. These messages are distilled into the seven transformative truths for well-being and happiness that form the backbone of the book. She outlines her own walk with spirit; how she transformed a shattered career and broken relationships into a fulfilling life with the help of her spirit guide. Most importantly, Diana helps readers meet and begin a new relationship with their own spirit guides, a dialogue that will transform their lives. At its heart, Spirit Translator is a book of self-empowerment, giving readers the knowledge to begin a conversation with spirit that will be a lifelong source of well-being and love.

Spirit Translator

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

Essentials

Statistical and mathematical models are defined by parameters that describe different characteristics of those models. Ideally it would be possible to find parameter estimates for every parameter in that model, but, in some cases, this is not possible. For example, two parameters that only ever appear in the model as a product could not be estimated individually; only the product can be estimated. Such a model is said to be parameter redundant, or the parameters are described as non-identifiable. This book explains why parameter redundancy and non-identifiability is a problem and the different methods that can be used for detection, including in a Bayesian context. Key features of this book: <ul> <li>Detailed discussion of the problems caused by parameter redundancy and non-identifiability</li> <li>Explanation of the different general methods for detecting parameter redundancy and non-identifiability, including symbolic algebra and numerical methods</li> <li>Chapter on Bayesian identifiability</li> <li>Throughout illustrative examples are used to clearly demonstrate each problem and method. Maple and R code are available for these examples</li> <li>More in-depth focus on the areas of discrete and continuous state-space models and ecological statistics, including methods that have been specifically developed for each of these areas</li> </ul> This book is designed to make parameter redundancy and non-identifiability accessible and understandable to a wide audience from masters and PhD students to researchers, from mathematicians and statisticians to practitioners using mathematical or statistical models.

The Quotable is the quarterly publication of quotable writers. Each issue focuses on a theme and a quote. The theme for our October 2014 issue is "Danger." The issue features excellent short fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry by emerging writers.

The Quotable 14: Danger

Literature & Fiction

Cochran, Craig

LeHew, Laura

Hart, Gwen

Judge, Danny

Avery, Kelly Sokol

Banks, Lea

Druckenmiller, Brian

Frith, Susan

Fumai, Michael

Literary

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Connect with your own spirit guide and transform your life.

Spirit Translator: Seven Truths for Creating Well-Being and Connecting with Spirit

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BETWEEN SELVES explores how relationships continually form, fracture and reform our identities; how a parents’ long stable marriage affected the poet’s headlong, tempestuous search for love. These poems of marriage, conflict, divorce, heritage, desire, loss, mortality, forgetting and remembering, end with acceptance and self-acceptance: “I take nothing back./The sun has reached the day I’m in.”

Between Selves

Poetry

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