From the reviews of the first edition:

"Although the book is written as a textbook, with many carefully worked out examples and exercises, it will be very useful for the researcher since the authors discuss their favorite research topics (Monte Carlo optimization and convergence diagnostics) going through many relevant references...This book is a comprehensive treatment of the subject and will be an essential reference for statisticians working with McMC." -Mathematical Reviews

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We have sold 4300 copies worldwide of the first edition (1999).

This new edition contains five completely new chapters covering new developments.

Inhalt

Introduction * Random Variable Generation * Monte Carlo Integration * Controlling Monte Carlo Variance * Monte Carlo Optimization * Markov Chains * The Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm * The Slice Sampler * The Two-Stage Gibbs Sampler * The Multi-Stage Gibbs Sampler * Variable Dimension Models and Reversible Jump * Diagnosing Convergence * Perfect Sampling * Iterated and Sequential Importance Sampling