# 839 search results for "latex"

## Random variable generation (Pt 3 of 3)

January 12, 2011
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$Random variable generation (Pt 3 of 3)$

Ratio-of-uniforms This post is based on chapter 1.4.3 of Advanced Markov Chain Monte Carlo.  Previous posts on this book can be found via the  AMCMC tag. The ratio-of-uniforms was initially developed by Kinderman and Monahan (1977) and can be used for generating random numbers from many standard distributions. Essentially we transform the random variable of

## Reasons for Transitioning to Vim: Bringing LaTeX, R, Sweave and More under One Roof

January 10, 2011
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This post describes the reasons for my transition to Vim.Brief BackgroundOver the years I've used a lot of different text editors on Windows.In general, I've used whatever text editor came with a program.When I started using R, I moved from Rgui throug...

## Reasons for Transitioning to Vim: Bringing LaTeX, R, Sweave and More under One Roof

January 10, 2011
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This post describes the reasons for my transition to Vim. Brief Background Over the years I've used a lot of different text editors on Windows. In general, I've used whatever text editor came with a program. When I started using R, I moved from Rgui t...

## Arrogance sampling

January 7, 2011
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A new posting on arXiv by Benedict Escoto on a simulation method for approximating normalising constants (i.e. evidence) with an eye-catching name! Here is the abstract This paper describes a method for estimating the marginal likelihood or Bayes factors of Bayesian models using non-parametric importance sampling (“arrogance sampling”). This method can also be used to

## LaTeX Typesetting – Tables

January 2, 2011
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One area of LaTeX that is not always straightforward is producing tabular material. In this post we will look at some of the basics of creating tables in a LaTeX document. Fast Tube by Casper When creating tables there is a tabular environment that can be used and we need to specify the number of

## Le Monde puzzle [52|solution]

January 1, 2011
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$Le Monde puzzle [52|solution]$

I have now received the first issue of Le Monde magazine, including the solution to puzzle #52 I solved just in time by simulated annealing! The trick is in using the following theorem: Iter(1,x,y) is divisible by 10x-1 if and only if y is divisible by 10x-1. Then the value to be found is divisible

## R-bloggers in 2010: Top 14 R posts, site statistics and invitation for sponsors

January 1, 2011
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A year ago (on December 9th 2009), I wrote about founding R-bloggers.com, an (unofficial) online R journal written by bloggers who agreed to contribute their R articles to the site. In this post I wish to celebrate R-bloggers’ first birthday by sharing with you: Links to the top 14 posts of 2010 Reflections about the origin of R-bloggers Statistics

## one-dimensional integrals

December 25, 2010
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The foundamental idea of numerical integration is to estimate the area of the region in the xy-plane bounded by the graph of function f(x). The integral was esimated by divide x to small intervals, then add all the small approximations to give a total approximation. Read More: 468 Words Totally

## one-dimensional integrals

December 25, 2010
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$one-dimensional integrals$

The foundamental idea of numerical integration is to estimate the area of the region in the xy-plane bounded by the graph of function f(x). The integral was esimated by divide x to small intervals, then add all the small approximations to give a total approximation. Read More: 468 Words Totally

## Questions on the parallel Rao-Blackwellisation

December 21, 2010
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$Questions on the parallel Rao-Blackwellisation$

Pierre Jacob and I got this email from a student about our parallel Rao-Blackwellisation paper. Here are some parts of the questions and our answer: Although I understand how the strategy proposed in the paper helps in variance reduction, I do not understand why you set b=1 (mentioned in Section 3.2) and why it plays