For some of my current projects, I'm probably going to need to eventually estimate some models using Metropolis-Hastings sampling. I understand the basic concepts, and the software I use (R) has ...

In this paper, parametric and empirical likelihood functions or surfaces are compared. In particular, first- and second-order expansions for log likelihood functions are developed in nonparametric and ...

The Canadian Journal of Statistics / La Revue Canadienne de Statistique, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Dec., 1998), pp. 583-599 (17 pages) Due to the irregularity of finite mixture models, the commonly used ...

The ability to detect, discriminate and identify sensory signals is limited by how efficiently information in sensory representations is put to use in the control of behavior. A stimulus activates a ...