Introduction to Graphical Modelling - David Edwards - Hardcover - BK&DISK

A useful introduction to this topic for both students and researchers, with an emphasis on applications and practicalities rather than on a formal development. It is based on the popular software package for graphical modelling, MIM, freely available for downloading from the Internet. Following a description of some of the basic ideas of graphical modelling, subsequent chapters describe particular families of models, including log-linear models, Gaussian models, and models for mixed discrete and continuous variables. Further chapters cover hypothesis testing and model selection. Chapters 7 and 8 are new to this second edition and describe the use of directed, chain, and other graphs, complete with a summary of recent work on causal inference.Edwards, David is the author of 'Introduction to Graphical Modelling - David Edwards - Hardcover - BK&DISK' with ISBN 9780387944838 and ISBN 0387944834.