Monday 6 December 1999 - 4pm, Room 122, Pearson Building
Department of Statistical Science - University College London
Speaker : Prof. Tom Fearn (UCL)
Title : A Bayesian approach to variable selection in regression and
discriminant analysis
Abstract: The talk will describe a Bayesian decision theory approach to the
selection of variables in regression
and discrimination problems with very many explanatory variables. The
approach trades off
expected prediction or classification loss against a cost for the
variables. The methods are applied to
problems in near infrared spectroscopy.
Useful Web sites:
The programme of our statistical seminars is available at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Stats/research/journals.html
Map with instructions on how to get to our department:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Stats/map.html
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K. Skouras, Lecturer in Statistics, Department of Statistical Science,
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Tel: 0171-4193652 Fax: 0171-7383 4703
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