What is Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Why it Matters

This book presents a narrative account of Markov Chain Monte Carlo at a popular level. The author relies on history to provide a unifying narrative thread; on the centuries-old tension between "classical" and Bayesian approaches, as a plot theme that can highlight the importance of MCMC in changing the practice of statistics; and on applied examples and on metaphor in the hope of conveying the concepts without making technical demands of the reader.

Aceasta carte prezinta o relatare narativa a lantului Markov Monte Carlo la nivel popular. Autorul se bazeaza pe istorie pentru a oferi un fir narativ unificator; asupra tensiunii vechi de secole dintre abordarile „clasice” si abordarile bayesiene, ca tema intriganta care poate evidentia importanta MCMC in schimbarea practicii statisticii; si pe exemple aplicate si pe metafora in speranta de a transmite conceptele fara a face cerinte tehnice ale cititorului.