Statistical modeling lies at the heart of data science. Well-crafted statistical models allow data scientists to draw conclusions about the world from the limited information present in their data. In ...

Statistical language models assign probabilities to sequences of words, and are used in systems that perform text summarization, machine translation, question answering, information extraction, text ...

Statistical modelling of zero-inflated count data addresses datasets in which the frequency of zero outcomes exceeds that predicted by standard count distributions. Such phenomena arise across ...

Dynamic statistical modelling of social networks encompasses the development and application of quantitative frameworks to capture how social ties form, evolve and dissolve over time. Rather than ...