Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy V

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Likelihood-Free Inference in Cosmology: Potential for the Estimation of Luminosity Functions....Pages 3-19
Commentary: Likelihood-Free Inference in Cosmology: Potential for the Estimation of Luminosity Functions....Pages 21-25
Robust, Data-Driven Inference in Non-linear Cosmostatistics....Pages 27-40
Simulation-Aided Inference in Cosmology....Pages 41-57
Commentary: Simulation-Aided Inference in Cosmology....Pages 59-64
The Matter Spectral Density from Lensed Cosmic Microwave Background Observations....Pages 65-77
Commentary: ‘The Matter Spectral Density from Lensed Cosmic Microwave Background Observations’....Pages 79-82
Needlets Estimation in Cosmology and Astrophysics....Pages 83-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Parameter Estimation and Model Selection in Extragalactic Astronomy....Pages 101-116
Commentary: Bayesian Model Selection and Parameter Estimation....Pages 117-125
Cosmological Bayesian Model Selection: Recent Advances and Open Challenges....Pages 127-140
Commentary: Cosmological Bayesian Model Selection....Pages 141-146
Measurement Error Models in Astronomy....Pages 147-162
Commentary: “Measurement Error Models in Astronomy” by Brandon C. Kelly....Pages 163-169
Asteroseismology: Bayesian Analysis of Solar-Like Oscillators....Pages 171-176
Semi-parametric Robust Event Detection for Massive Time-Domain Databases....Pages 177-187
Bayesian Analysis of Reverberation Mapping Data....Pages 189-195
Bayesian Mixture Models for Poisson Astronomical Images....Pages 197-202
Systematic Errors in High-Energy Astrophysics....Pages 203-207
Hierarchical Bayesian Models for Type Ia Supernova Inference....Pages 209-218
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Bayesian Flux Reconstruction in One and Two Bands....Pages 219-224
Commentary: Bayesian Analysis Across Astronomy....Pages 225-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Sparse Astronomical Data Analysis....Pages 239-253
Exploiting Non-linear Structure in Astronomical Data for Improved Statistical Inference....Pages 255-267
Surprise Detection in Multivariate Astronomical Data....Pages 269-273
On Statistical Cross-Identification in Astronomy....Pages 275-289
Commentary: On Statistical Cross-Identification in Astronomy....Pages 291-302
Data Compression Methods in Astrophysics....Pages 303-308
Commentary: Data Compression Methods in Astrophysics....Pages 309-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-325
Morphological Image Analysis and Sunspot Classification....Pages 327-327
Commentary: Morphological Image Analysis and Sunspot Classification....Pages 329-342
Learning About the Sky Through Simulations....Pages 343-346
Commentary: Learning About the Sky Through Simulations....Pages 347-359
Statistical Analyses of Data Cubes....Pages 361-366
Astronomical Transient Detection Controlling the False Discovery Rate....Pages 367-382
Commentary: Astronomical Transient Detection Controlling the False Discovery Rate....Pages 383-396
Slepian Wavelet Variances for Regularly and Irregularly Sampled Time Series....Pages 397-401
Commentary: Slepian Wavelet Variances for Regularly and Irregularly Samples Time Series....Pages 403-418
Front Matter....Pages 419-424
Astrostatistics in the International Arena....Pages 425-425
Front Matter....Pages 427-433
The R Statistical Computing Environment....Pages 425-425
Panel Discussion: The Future of Astrostatistics....Pages 435-447
Front Matter....Pages 449-465
Bayesian Estimation of log N — log S ....Pages 467-467
Techniques for Massive-Data Machine Learning in Astronomy....Pages 469-472
A Bayesian Approach to Gravitational Lens Model Selection....Pages 473-478
Identification of Outliers Through Clustering and Semi-supervised Learning for All Sky Surveys....Pages 479-481
Estimation of Moments on the Sphere by Means of Fast Convolution....Pages 483-485
Variability Detection by Change-Point Analysis....Pages 487-489
Evolution as a Confounding Parameter in Scaling Relations for Galaxies....Pages 491-493
Detecting Galaxy Mergers at High Redshift....Pages 495-496
Multi-component Analysis of a Sample of Bright X-Ray Selected Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 497-498
Applying the Background-Source Separation Algorithm to Chandra Deep Field South Data....Pages 499-500
Non-Gaussian Physics of the Cosmological Genus Statistic....Pages 501-504
Modeling Undetectable Flares....Pages 505-506
An F-Statistic Based Multi-detector Veto for Detector Artifacts in Gravitational Wave Data....Pages 507-509
Constrained Probability Distributions of Correlation Functions....Pages 511-513
Improving Weak Lensing Reconstructions in 3D Using Sparsity....Pages 515-517
Bayesian Predictions from the Semi-analytic Models of Galaxy Formation....Pages 519-521
Statistical Issues in Galaxy Cluster Cosmology....Pages 523-525
Statistical Analyses to Understand the Relationship Between the Properties of Exoplanets and Their Host Stars....Pages 527-529
Front Matter....Pages 531-532
Identifying High-z Gamma-Ray Burst Candidates Using Random Forest Classification....Pages 467-467
Fitting Distributions of Points Using τ 2 ....Pages 533-534
Theoretical Power Spectrum Estimation from Cosmic Microwave Background Data....Pages 535-537
Guilt by Association: Finding Cosmic Ray Sources Using Hierarchical Bayesian Clustering....Pages 539-542
Statistical Differences Between Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Classes Based on γ - and X-ray Observations....Pages 543-545
A Quasi-Gaussian Approximation for the Probability Distribution of Correlation Functions....Pages 547-549
New Insights into Galaxy Structure from GALPHAT....Pages 551-553
Back Matter....Pages 555-556
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