Markov Bases in Algebraic Statistics

Exact tests for contingency tables and discrete exponential families.- Markov chain Monte Carlo methods over discrete sample space.- Toric ideals and their Gröbner bases.- Definition of Markov bases and other bases.- Structure of minimal Markov bases.- Method of distance reduction.- Symmetry of Markov bases.- Decomposable models of contingency tables.- Markov basis for no-three-factor interaction models and some other hierarchical models.- Two-way tables with structural zeros and fixed subtable sums.- Regular factorial designs with discrete response variables.- Group-wise selection models.- The set of moves connecting specific fibers.- Disclosure limitation problem and Markov basis.- Gröbner basis techniques for design of experiments.- Running Markov chain without Markov bases.- References.- Index.