Approximate Bayesian Computation and the fossil record
- đ¤ Speaker: Simon Tavare (DAMTP/Oncology)
- đ Date & Time: Wednesday 14 November 2007, 15:00 - 16:00
- đ Venue: MR14, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge
Abstract
Inferring the divergence time of primates using data from the fossil record provides an interesting problem in stochastic computation. I will introduce Approximate Bayesian Computation methods, and show how they can be used to address the fossil inference problem.
Series This talk is part of the Computational and Systems Biology series.
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Wednesday 14 November 2007, 15:00-16:00