Subject
Mathematics
Program
PhD
Location
Côte-des-Neiges
Instruction mode
Credits
3
Description
Presentation and discussion of advanced methods in data analysis and statistical learning.
The theoretical concepts and ideas underlying these methods will be discussed in detail. The practical use of these methods will also be discussed using examples from several research areas in management. To this end, the language R will be the tool of choice as most recent methods appear in R.
Themes covered
- Regularization and variable selection in regression models
- Advanced tree-based methods and boosting
- Prediction intervals
- Analysis of functionnal data
- Analysis of spatial data
Important notes
Course in French : MATH 70611
Equivalent course(s) : MATH 60611(A), MATH 80619(A)