Approximate Bayesian Computation and the fossil record

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• Simon Tavare (DAMTP/Oncology)
• Wednesday 14 November 2007, 15:00-16:00
• MR14, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

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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.

This talk is part of the Computational and Systems Biology series.

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