Approximate bayesian computation

MA Beaumont - Annual review of statistics and its application, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Many of the statistical models that could provide an accurate, interesting, and testable
explanation for the structure of a data set turn out to have intractable likelihood functions …

Predictive ecology in a changing world

N Mouquet, Y Lagadeuc, V Devictor… - Journal of applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In a rapidly changing world, ecology has the potential to move from empirical and
conceptual stages to application and management issues. It is now possible to make large …

[HTML][HTML] Facilitating parameter estimation and sensitivity analysis of agent-based models: A cookbook using NetLogo and R

JC Thiele, W Kurth, V Grimm - Journal of Artificial Societies and Social …, 2014 - jasss.org
Agent-based models are increasingly used to address questions regarding real-world
phenomena and mechanisms; therefore, the calibration of model parameters to certain data …

[HTML][HTML] Approximate Bayesian Computation for infectious disease modelling

A Minter, R Retkute - Epidemics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) techniques are a suite of model fitting
methods which can be implemented without a using likelihood function. In order to use ABC …

Past, present and future of software for Bayesian inference

E Štrumbelj, A Bouchard-Côté, J Corander… - Statistical …, 2024 - projecteuclid.org
Software tools for Bayesian inference have undergone rapid evolution in the past three
decades, following popularisation of the first generation MCMC-sampler implementations …

Experimental evolution of dispersal: Unifying theory, experiments and natural systems

N Lustenhouwer, F Moerman, F Altermatt… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is a central life history trait that affects the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of
populations and communities. The recent use of experimental evolution for the study of …

Adaptive approximate Bayesian computation for complex models

M Lenormand, F Jabot, G Deffuant - Computational Statistics, 2013 - Springer
We propose a new approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) algorithm that aims at
minimizing the number of model runs for reaching a given quality of the posterior …

How the spread of user-generated contents (UGC) shapes international tourism distribution: Using agent-based modeling to inform strategic UGC marketing

Y Zhang, J Gao, S Cole, P Ricci - Journal of Travel …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
While user-generated contents (UGC) are recognized as increasingly important to
destination marketing, many DMOs are uncertain how to strategically manage them to their …

A population data-driven workflow for COVID-19 modeling and learning

J Ozik, JM Wozniak, N Collier… - … Journal of High …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
CityCOVID is a detailed agent-based model that represents the behaviors and social
interactions of 2.7 million residents of Chicago as they move between and colocate in 1.2 …

Genome-wide signatures of synergistic epistasis during parallel adaptation in a Baltic Sea copepod

DB Stern, NW Anderson, JA Diaz, CE Lee - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
The role of epistasis in driving adaptation has remained an unresolved problem dating back
to the Evolutionary Synthesis. In particular, whether epistatic interactions among genes …