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Digital sky surveys, high-precision astrometry from satellite data, deep-space data from orbiting telescopes, and the like have all increased the quantity and quality of astronomical data by orders of magnitude per year for several years. Making sense of this wealth of data requires sophisticated statistical techniques. Fortunately, statistical methodologies have similarly made great strides in recent years. Powerful synergies thus emerge when astronomers and statisticians join in examining astrostatistical problems and approaches.
The book begins with an historical overview and tutorial articles on basic cosmology for statisticians and the principles of Bayesian analysis for astronomers. As in earlier volumes in this series, research contributions discussing topics in one field are joined with commentary from scholars in the other. Thus, for example, an overview of Bayesian methods for Poissonian data is joined by discussions of planning astronomical observations with optimal efficiency and nested models to deal with instrumental effects.
The principal theme for the volume is the statistical methods needed to model fundamental characteristics of the early universe on its largest scales.
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Book Title: Statistical Challenges in Astronomy
Authors: Eric D. Feigelson, G. Jogesh Babu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b97240
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95546-9Published: 14 January 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3048-4Published: 03 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-21529-7Published: 26 May 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 506
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Cosmology, Statistical Theory and Methods