*Perhaps of interst.*
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*ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER TRAVELING COURSE - **Santa Fe, New Mexico - June 15,
2012*
This meeting will be a one-day short
course<http://tinyurl.com/MonteCarloShortCourse>,
Introducing Monte Carlo Methods with R, taught by renowned statistician and
teacher George Casella, from the University of Florida. The course is based
on material from the book *Introducing Monte Carlo Methods with
R*<http://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Monte-Carlo-Methods-Use/dp/1441915753>by
Christian Robert and Casella. Copies of all slides will be provided,
as
well as all R code. Course topics include a review of R syntax and
functions, Monte Carlo integration and optimization, and MCMC, including
several algorithms and techniques for diagnosing convergence. Course
registration <http://tinyurl.com/MonteCarloShortCourse> is open.
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J. T. Johnson
Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM
USA<http://www.analyticjournalism.com/>
505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h)
Twitter: jtjohnson
http://www.jtjohnson.com t...@jtjohnson.com
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