Search Results - "Hobson, M"

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation by Hobson, John M.

“…John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the Rise of the West. It is often assumed that since Ancient Greek times Europeans have…”
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MultiNest: an efficient and robust Bayesian inference tool for cosmology and particle physics by Feroz, F., Hobson, M. P., Bridges, M.

“…We present further development and the first public release of our multimodal nested sampling algorithm, called MultiNest. This Bayesian inference tool…”
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Multimodal nested sampling: an efficient and robust alternative to Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods for astronomical data analyses by Feroz, F., Hobson, M. P.

“…In performing a Bayesian analysis of astronomical data, two difficult problems often emerge. First, in estimating the parameters of some model for the data,…”
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polychord: next-generation nested sampling by Handley, W. J., Hobson, M. P., Lasenby, A. N.

“…polychord is a novel nested sampling algorithm tailored for high-dimensional parameter spaces. This paper coincides with the release of polychord v1.6, and…”
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Bayesian analysis of radial velocity data of GJ667C with correlated noise: evidence for only two planets by Feroz, F., Hobson, M. P.

“…GJ667C is the least massive component of a triple star system which lies at a distance of about 6.8 pc (22.1 light-year) from the Earth. GJ667C has received…”
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BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF COSMIC RAY PROPAGATION: EVIDENCE AGAINST HOMOGENEOUS DIFFUSION by Jóhannesson, G., Austri, R. Ruiz de, Vincent, A. C., Moskalenko, I. V., Orlando, E., Porter, T. A., Strong, A. W., Trotta, R., Feroz, F., Graff, P., Hobson, M. P.

“…ABSTRACT We present the results of the most complete scan of the parameter space for cosmic ray (CR) injection and propagation. We perform a Bayesian search of…”
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The interpretation of mu suppression as an index of mirror neuron activity: past, present and future by Hobson, Hannah M., Bishop, Dorothy V. M.

“…Mu suppression studies have been widely used to infer the activity of the human mirror neuron system (MNS) in a number of processes, ranging from action…”
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Bayesian model selection without evidences: application to the dark energy equation-of-state by Hee, S., Handley, W. J., Hobson, M. P., Lasenby, A. N.

“…A method is presented for Bayesian model selection without explicitly computing evidences, by using a combined likelihood and introducing an integer model…”
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temponest: a Bayesian approach to pulsar timing analysis by Lentati, L., Alexander, P., Hobson, M. P., Feroz, F., van Haasteren, R., Lee, K. J., Shannon, R. M.

“…A new Bayesian software package for the analysis of pulsar timing data is presented in the form of temponest which allows for the robust determination of the…”
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Efficient Bayesian inference for multimodal problems in cosmology by Shaw, J. R., Bridges, M., Hobson, M. P.

“…Bayesian model selection provides the cosmologist with an exacting tool to distinguish between competing models based purely on the data via the Bayesian…”
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Detecting extrasolar planets from stellar radial velocities using Bayesian evidence by Feroz, F., Balan, S. T., Hobson, M. P.

“…Stellar radial velocity (RV) measurements have proven to be a very successful method for detecting extrasolar planets. Analysing RV data to determine the…”
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A fast Bayesian approach to discrete object detection in astronomical data sets – PowellSnakes I by Carvalho, Pedro, Rocha, Graça, Hobson, M. P.

“…A new fast Bayesian approach is introduced for the detection of discrete objects immersed in a diffuse background. This new method, called PowellSnakes, speeds…”
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Comment on Eur. Phys. J. C 77, 412 (2017) and Eur. Phys. J. C 81, 213 (2021) by Barker, W. E. V., Hobson, M. P., Lasenby, A. N.

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A Bayesian analysis of regularized source inversions in gravitational lensing by Suyu, S. H., Marshall, P. J., Hobson, M. P., Blandford, R. D.

“…Strong gravitational lens systems with extended sources are of special interest because they provide additional constraints on the models of the lens systems…”
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polychord: nested sampling for cosmology by Handley, W. J., Hobson, M. P., Lasenby, A. N.

“…polychord is a novel nested sampling algorithm tailored for high-dimensional parameter spaces. In addition, it can fully exploit a hierarchy of parameter…”
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Constraining the dark energy equation of state using Bayes theorem and the Kullback–Leibler divergence by Hee, S., Vázquez, J. A., Handley, W. J., Hobson, M. P., Lasenby, A. N.

“…Abstract Data-driven model-independent reconstructions of the dark energy equation of state w(z) are presented using Planck 2015 era cosmic microwave…”
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PowellSnakes II: a fast Bayesian approach to discrete object detection in multi-frequency astronomical data sets by Carvalho, Pedro, Rocha, Graça, Hobson, M. P., Lasenby, A.

“…PowellSnakes (PwS) is a Bayesian algorithm for detecting compact objects embedded in a diffuse background, and was selected and successfully employed by the…”
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A simple and robust method for automated photometric classification of supernovae using neural networks by Karpenka, N. V., Feroz, F., Hobson, M. P.

“…A method is presented for automated photometric classification of supernovae (SNe) as Type Ia or non-Ia. A two-step approach is adopted in which (i) the SN…”
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Generative pulsar timing analysis by Lentati, L, Alexander, P, Hobson, M P

“…A new Bayesian method for the analysis of folded pulsar timing data is presented that allows for the simultaneous evaluation of evolution in the pulse profile…”
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Titering lentiviral vectors: comparison of DNA, RNA and marker expression methods by SASTRY, L, JOHNSON, T, HOBSON, M. J, SMUCKER, B, CORNETTA, K

“…To better characterize lentiviral vector supernatants, we compared three methods of titer assessment. These titer methods include assessment of vector RNA…”
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