Bayesian Statistics in Action: BAYSM 2016, Florence, Italy, June 19-21

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Sequential Monte Carlo Methods in Random Intercept Models for Longitudinal Data....Pages 3-9
On the Truncation Error of a Superposed Gamma Process....Pages 11-19
On the Study of Two Models for Integer-Valued High-Frequency Data....Pages 21-30
Identification and Estimation of Principal Causal Effects in Randomized Experiments with Treatment Switching....Pages 31-37
A Bayesian Joint Dispersion Model with Flexible Links....Pages 39-49
Local Posterior Concentration Rate for Multilevel Sparse Sequences....Pages 51-66
Likelihood Tempering in Dynamic Model Averaging....Pages 67-77
Localization in High-Dimensional Monte Carlo Filtering....Pages 79-89
Linear Inverse Problem with Range Prior on Correlations and Its Variational Bayes Inference....Pages 91-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Assessment of Climate Model Biases....Pages 105-113
An Application of Bayesian Seemingly Unrelated Regression Models with Flexible Tails....Pages 115-125
Bayesian Inference of Stochastic Pursuit Models from Basketball Tracking Data....Pages 127-137
Identification of Patient-Specific Parameters in a Kinetic Model of Fluid and Mass Transfer During Dialysis....Pages 139-149
A Bayesian Nonparametric Approach to Ecological Risk Assessment....Pages 151-159
Approximate Bayesian Computation Methods in the Identification of Atmospheric Contamination Sources for DAPPLE Experiment....Pages 161-171
Bayesian Survival Analysis to Model Plant Resistance and Tolerance to Virus Diseases....Pages 173-181
Randomization Inference and Bayesian Inference in Regression Discontinuity Designs: An Application to Italian University Grants....Pages 183-191
Bayesian Methods for Microsimulation Models....Pages 193-202
A Bayesian Model for Describing and Predicting the Stochastic Demand of Emergency Calls....Pages 203-212
Flexible Parallel Split-Merge MCMC for the HDP....Pages 213-221
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Bayesian Inference for Continuous Time Animal Movement Based on Steps and Turns....Pages 223-230
Explaining the Lethality of Boko Haram’s Terrorist Attacks in Nigeria, 2009–2014: A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach....Pages 231-239
Optimizing Movement of Cooperating Pedestrians by Exploiting Floor-Field Model and Markov Decision Process....Pages 241-251