STATS 102B
Introduction to Computation and Optimization for Statistics
Statistics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to computational methods and optimization useful for statisticians. Use of computer programming to solve statistical problems. Topics include vector/matrix computation, multivariate normal distribution, principal component analysis, clustering analysis, gradient-based optimization, EM algorithm for missing data, and dynamic programming.
P/NP or letter grading.
Requisites
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Requisites: courses 100B (or Mathematics 170S), 102A, Mathematics 33A.
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STATS 102B
- STATS 100BIntroduction to Mathematical Statistics
- STATS 100AIntroduction to Probability
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 170AProbability Theory I
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