Bayesian inference in physics

U Von Toussaint - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
Bayesian inference provides a consistent method for the extraction of information from
physics experiments even in ill-conditioned circumstances. The approach provides a unified …

Sampling for digital soil map**: A tutorial supported by R scripts

DJ Brus - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
In the past decade, substantial progress has been made in model-based optimization of
sampling designs for map**. This paper is an update of the overview of sampling designs …

Sulfur dioxide in the mid-infrared transmission spectrum of WASP-39b

D Powell, AD Feinstein, EKH Lee, M Zhang, SM Tsai… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The recent inference of sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the atmosphere of the hot (approximately
1,100 K), Saturn-mass exoplanet WASP-39b from near-infrared JWST observations …

emcee v3: A Python ensemble sampling toolkit for affine-invariant MCMC

D Foreman-Mackey, WM Farr, M Sinha… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
emcee is a Python library implementing a class of affine-invariant ensemble samplers for
Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). This package has been widely applied to probabilistic …

Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation using the DREAM software package: Theory, concepts, and MATLAB implementation

JA Vrugt - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2016 - Elsevier
Bayesian inference has found widespread application and use in science and engineering
to reconcile Earth system models with data, including prediction in space (interpolation) …

Parameter estimation for compact binaries with ground-based gravitational-wave observations using the LALInference software library

J Veitch, V Raymond, B Farr, W Farr, P Graff, S Vitale… - Physical Review D, 2015 - APS
The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave (GW) detectors will begin
operation in the coming years, with compact binary coalescence events a likely source for …

Multivariate C opula A nalysis T oolbox (MvCAT): describing dependence and underlying uncertainty using a B ayesian framework

M Sadegh, E Ragno… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present a newly developed Multivariate Copula Analysis Toolbox (MvCAT) which
includes a wide range of copula families with different levels of complexity. MvCAT employs …

Estimation of global irrigation water use by the integration of multiple satellite observations

K Zhang, X Li, D Zheng, L Zhang… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantification of the global irrigation water use (IWU) is crucial to understanding the
anthropogenic disturbance of the natural hydrological cycle and optimal agricultural water …

Nightside clouds and disequilibrium chemistry on the hot Jupiter WASP-43b

TJ Bell, N Crouzet, PE Cubillos, L Kreidberg… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Hot Jupiters are among the best-studied exoplanets, but it is still poorly understood how their
chemical composition and cloud properties vary with longitude. Theoretical models predict …

The geography of COVID-19 spread in Italy and implications for the relaxation of confinement measures

E Bertuzzo, L Mari, D Pasetto, S Miccoli… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The pressing need to restart socioeconomic activities locked-down to control the spread of
SARS-CoV-2 in Italy must be coupled with effective methodologies to selectively relax …