Nordic Informatics Network in the Agricultural Sciences
Literature and software
Week 1: Randomisation and bootstrap methods
Course material (handed out at the beginning of or during the course)
- Lecture notes, by Steve Buckland,
- Excerpts of Meet Minitab Guide, downloadable from http://www.minitab.com,
- Copies of overheads from all lectures,
- Exercises.
Additional reading (available at the course)
- Manly, B.F., 1997. Randomization, Bootstrap and Monte Carlo Methods in Biology. Chapman and Hall / CRC Press.
- Davison, A.C. and Hinkley, D.V., 1997. Bootstrap Methods and their Application. Cambridge University Press.
Software
- Minitab demo 12, downloadable here.
- SAS bootstrap macros: file jackboot.sas, downloadable here.
Week 2: Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods
Course material
- Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Practice. Eds. Gilks, W.R., Richardson, S. and Spiegelhalter, D., 1996. Chapman and Hall / CRC Press.
- Excerpts from WinBUGS User Manual and BUGS Examples Guide, downloadable from http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/bugs/,
- Copies of overheads from all lectures,
- Exercises.
Additional reading (available at the course)
- Gelman, A., Carlin, J.B., Stern, H.S. and Rubin, D.B., 1995. Bayesian Data Analysis. Chapman and Hall / CRC Press.
Software
- Java applets for MCMC demonstration, accessible here.
- WinBUGS program, downloadable here.
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Author: phd@dina.kvl.dk. Updated: 22 June 1999