Markov Bases in Algebraic Statistics

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Markov Bases in Algebraic Statistics is written by Satoshi Aoki and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1461437199 (ISBN 10) and 9781461437192 (ISBN 13).

Algebraic statistics is a rapidly developing field, where ideas from statistics and algebra meet and stimulate new research directions. One of the origins of algebraic statistics is the work by Diaconis and Sturmfels in 1998 on the use of Gröbner bases for constructing a connected Markov chain for performing conditional tests of a discrete exponential family. In this book we take up this topic and present a detailed summary of developments following the seminal work of Diaconis and Sturmfels. This book is intended for statisticians with minimal backgrounds in algebra. As we ourselves learned algebraic notions through working on statistical problems and collaborating with notable algebraists, we hope that this book with many practical statistical problems is useful for statisticians to start working on the field.