Probabilistic models, such as hidden Markov models or Bayesian networks, are commonly used to model biological data. Much of their popularity can be attributed to the existence of efficient and robust ...

The evolution of DNA sequences can be described by discrete state continuous time Markov processes on a phylogenetic tree. We consider neighbor-dependent evolutionary models where the instantaneous ...

Series B (Statistical Methodology) of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society started out simply as the Supplement to the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society in the Society's centenary year ...

The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (Lasso) estimation of regression coefficients can be expressed as Bayesian posterior mode estimation of the regression coefficients under various ...