Seeing the wood for the trees: philosophical aspects of classical, Bayesian and likelihood approaches in statistical inference and some implications for phylogenetic analysis

2014/07/18 by Daniel Barker · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · #Approximate Bayesian computation #Artificial intelligence #Bayesian inference #Bayesian probability #Bayesian statistics #Computer science #Epistemology #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Frequentist inference #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Inference #Mathematics #Philosophy #Philosophy and History of Science #Philosophy of biology #Philosophy of science #Statistical inference #Statistics

paper · doi:10.1007/s10539-014-9455-x

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