STA 376: Advanced Modeling and Scientific Computing
Examples

Optimization

Illustrative examples using the ovarian cancer survival data and a Weibull proportional hazards model.


Approximation

Illustrative examples using the ovarian cancer survival data and a Weibull proportional hazards model.



Integration

Latent class example.

Multiple quadrature using dcuhre.f:
Simple importance sampler implemented in R/Splus:
Simple importance sampler implemented in C using BLAS, LAPACK and RANDLIB (see links below for documentation on use of these libraries):
Markov chain Monte Carlo examples:

Two component Weibull survival model example. Illustrates sensitivity to choice of algorithm, starting values and tuning parameters in a low-dimensional, stylized setting.

Miscellany



last updated 1 March 2002