One of the main obstacles to the routine implementation of Bayesian methods has been the absence of efficient algorithms for carrying out the computational tasks implicit in the Bayesian approach. In ...

1 Introduction: Consequences of Numerical Inaccuracy 1 -- 1.1 Importance of Understanding Computational Statistics 1 -- 1.2 Brief History: Duhem to the Twenty-First Century 3 -- 1.3 Motivating Example ...