Selecting Models from Data

Selecting Models from Data
Author: P. Cheeseman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1461226600

This volume is a selection of papers presented at the Fourth International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics held in January 1993. These biennial workshops have succeeded in bringing together researchers from Artificial Intelligence and from Statistics to discuss problems of mutual interest. The exchange has broadened research in both fields and has strongly encour aged interdisciplinary work. The theme ofthe 1993 AI and Statistics workshop was: "Selecting Models from Data". The papers in this volume attest to the diversity of approaches to model selection and to the ubiquity of the problem. Both statistics and artificial intelligence have independently developed approaches to model selection and the corresponding algorithms to implement them. But as these papers make clear, there is a high degree of overlap between the different approaches. In particular, there is agreement that the fundamental problem is the avoidence of "overfitting"-Le., where a model fits the given data very closely, but is a poor predictor for new data; in other words, the model has partly fitted the "noise" in the original data.

Model Selection and Multimodel Inference

Model Selection and Multimodel Inference
Author: Kenneth P. Burnham
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2007-05-28
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0387224564

A unique and comprehensive text on the philosophy of model-based data analysis and strategy for the analysis of empirical data. The book introduces information theoretic approaches and focuses critical attention on a priori modeling and the selection of a good approximating model that best represents the inference supported by the data. It contains several new approaches to estimating model selection uncertainty and incorporating selection uncertainty into estimates of precision. An array of examples is given to illustrate various technical issues. The text has been written for biologists and statisticians using models for making inferences from empirical data.

Data-Driven Science and Engineering

Data-Driven Science and Engineering
Author: Steven L. Brunton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2022-05-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1009098489

A textbook covering data-science and machine learning methods for modelling and control in engineering and science, with Python and MATLAB®.

R for Data Science

R for Data Science
Author: Hadley Wickham
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2016-12-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1491910364

Learn how to use R to turn raw data into insight, knowledge, and understanding. This book introduces you to R, RStudio, and the tidyverse, a collection of R packages designed to work together to make data science fast, fluent, and fun. Suitable for readers with no previous programming experience, R for Data Science is designed to get you doing data science as quickly as possible. Authors Hadley Wickham and Garrett Grolemund guide you through the steps of importing, wrangling, exploring, and modeling your data and communicating the results. You'll get a complete, big-picture understanding of the data science cycle, along with basic tools you need to manage the details. Each section of the book is paired with exercises to help you practice what you've learned along the way. You'll learn how to: Wrangle—transform your datasets into a form convenient for analysis Program—learn powerful R tools for solving data problems with greater clarity and ease Explore—examine your data, generate hypotheses, and quickly test them Model—provide a low-dimensional summary that captures true "signals" in your dataset Communicate—learn R Markdown for integrating prose, code, and results

Data Segmentation and Model Selection for Computer Vision

Data Segmentation and Model Selection for Computer Vision
Author: Alireza Bab-Hadiashar
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2012-08-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 038721528X

This edited volume explores several issues relating to parametric segmentation including robust operations, model selection criteria and automatic model selection, plus 2D and 3D scene segmentation. Emphasis is placed on robust model selection with techniques such as robust Mallows Cp, least K-th order statistical model fitting (LKS), and robust regression receiving much attention. With contributions from leading researchers, this is a valuable resource for researchers and graduated students working in computer vision, pattern recognition, image processing and robotics.

Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Models for Correlated Data

Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Models for Correlated Data
Author: Edward F. Vonesh
Publisher: SAS Institute
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2014-07-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1629592307

Edward Vonesh's Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Models for Correlated Data: Theory and Applications Using SAS is devoted to the analysis of correlated response data using SAS, with special emphasis on applications that require the use of generalized linear models or generalized nonlinear models. Written in a clear, easy-to-understand manner, it provides applied statisticians with the necessary theory, tools, and understanding to conduct complex analyses of continuous and/or discrete correlated data in a longitudinal or clustered data setting. Using numerous and complex examples, the book emphasizes real-world applications where the underlying model requires a nonlinear rather than linear formulation and compares and contrasts the various estimation techniques for both marginal and mixed-effects models. The SAS procedures MIXED, GENMOD, GLIMMIX, and NLMIXED as well as user-specified macros will be used extensively in these applications. In addition, the book provides detailed software code with most examples so that readers can begin applying the various techniques immediately. This book is part of the SAS Press program.

Longitudinal Data Analysis

Longitudinal Data Analysis
Author: Garrett Fitzmaurice
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 633
Release: 2008-08-11
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 142001157X

Although many books currently available describe statistical models and methods for analyzing longitudinal data, they do not highlight connections between various research threads in the statistical literature. Responding to this void, Longitudinal Data Analysis provides a clear, comprehensive, and unified overview of state-of-the-art theory

Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data

Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data
Author: Robert Elashoff
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1315357186

Longitudinal studies often incur several problems that challenge standard statistical methods for data analysis. These problems include non-ignorable missing data in longitudinal measurements of one or more response variables, informative observation times of longitudinal data, and survival analysis with intermittently measured time-dependent covariates that are subject to measurement error and/or substantial biological variation. Joint modeling of longitudinal and time-to-event data has emerged as a novel approach to handle these issues. Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data provides a systematic introduction and review of state-of-the-art statistical methodology in this active research field. The methods are illustrated by real data examples from a wide range of clinical research topics. A collection of data sets and software for practical implementation of the joint modeling methodologies are available through the book website. This book serves as a reference book for scientific investigators who need to analyze longitudinal and/or survival data, as well as researchers developing methodology in this field. It may also be used as a textbook for a graduate level course in biostatistics or statistics.

Handbook of Data Analysis

Handbook of Data Analysis
Author: Melissa A Hardy
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 729
Release: 2009-06-17
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1446242897

A fundamental book for social researchers. It provides a first-class, reliable guide to the basic issues in data analysis. Scholars and students can turn to it for teaching and applied needs with confidence.

Feature Engineering and Selection

Feature Engineering and Selection
Author: Max Kuhn
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2019-07-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351609467

The process of developing predictive models includes many stages. Most resources focus on the modeling algorithms but neglect other critical aspects of the modeling process. This book describes techniques for finding the best representations of predictors for modeling and for nding the best subset of predictors for improving model performance. A variety of example data sets are used to illustrate the techniques along with R programs for reproducing the results.