On model selection in cosmology

We review some of the common methods for model selection: the goodness of fit, the likelihood ratio test, Bayesian model selection using Bayes factors, and the classical as well as the Bayesian information theoretic approaches. We illustrate these different approaches by comparing models for the...

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Main Author: Martin Kerscher, Jochen Weller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciPost 2019-06-01
Series:SciPost Physics Lecture Notes
Online Access:https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysLectNotes.9