For some of my current projects, I'm probably going to need to eventually estimate some models using Metropolis-Hastings sampling. I understand the basic concepts, and the software I use (R) has ...

In this paper we show global convergence, under very general assumptions, of iterative maximization procedures with cyclic fixing of groups of parameters, maximizing over the remaining parameters.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We introduce a deviance function that can be used in conjunction with the quasi-likelihood method. The need for such functions arises when the ...

A central question in computational and systems neuroscience is how signals carried by sensory neurons support perceptual judgments. To put these signals to use in behavioral tasks, the brain must ...