Chris Sherlock's Publications

Welcome to my research page! My research interests include Markov Chain Monte Carlo, hidden Markov Models, veterinary epidemiology, and spatial statistics.

My research publications and thesis are provided below.

Current

C. Sherlock and D. Elton; A class of spherical and elliptical distributions with Gaussian-like limit properties.; accepted for publication in the Journal of Probability and Statistics. [pdf]
T. Su, C. Sherlock, H. Clough, R. Cox; Spatial and temporal patterns in antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella Typhimurium amongst cattle in England and Wales; accepted for publication in Epidemiology and Infection.
C. Sherlock; Optimal scaling of the random walk Metropolis: general criteria for the 0.234 acceptance rule; resubmitted after revision. [poster pdf]
R. Allen, A. Folkard, G.A. Lancaster, C. Sherlock, B. Abram; Statistics for the Biological and Environmental Sciences: Improving Service Teaching for Postgraduates; submitted after revision.
C.Sherlock, T.Xifara, S.Telfer, M.Begon; A hidden Markov model for disease interactions in a host; in preparation.
A.Golightly, C.Sherlock, C.Gillespie; Simulation of and Bayesian inference for discrete-continuous reactions networks.; in preparation.
P.Fearnhead, V.Giagos, C.Sherlock; Inference for reaction networks using the Linear Noise Approximation.; in preparation.
C. Sherlock; Optimal blocking and shaping of the random walk Metropolis; in preparation.
J.F. Lunn, A.R. Lew, P. Tomlin, H. Basu, C. Lewis, C. Sherlock, J. Roach, K. Rakshi, and T. Martland; Social Understanding in Children with Epilepsy; in preparation.
D.C. Archer, C. Sherlock, D. Costain; An investigation into the effects of horse age, time and geographical variation on IFEE risk: a nested case-control study; in preparation.

Complete

Williams, N.J., Sherlock C., Jones, T.R., Clough, H.E., Telfer, S.E., Begon, M., French, N.P., Bennett, M., and Hart, C.A. (2011); The prevalence of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli in sympatric wild rodents varies by season and host; Journal of Applied Microbiology 110(4), 962-970. [statistical appendix]
C. Sherlock, P. Fearnhead, G. Roberts (2010); The random walk Metropolis: linking theory and practice through a case study; Statistical Science 25(2), 172-190. [pdf]
C. Sherlock, G. Roberts (2009); Optimal scaling of the random walk Metropolis on elliptically symmetric unimodal targets; Bernoulli 15(3), 774-798. [pdf]
P. Fearnhead, C. Sherlock (2006); An exact Gibbs sampler for the Markov modulated Poisson process. J.R.Statist.Soc. B. 68, 5, pp767-784. [pdf].
C. Sherlock; Methodology for inference on the Markov modulated Poisson process and theory for optimal scaling of the random walk Metropolis, PhD Thesis, Lancaster University. [pdf]

Comments and contributions

P. Fearnhead, V. Giagos, C. Sherlock (2011); Comment on: Parameter inference for stochastic kinetic models of bacterial gene regulation: a Bayesian approach to systems biology., Bayesian Statistics 9, the Valencia 9 conference proceedings, Oxford University Press.
C. Sherlock, P. Fearnhead (2007); Comment on: Estimating the Integrated Likelihood via Posterior Simulation Using the Harmonic Mean Identity, Bayesian Statistics 8, the Valencia 8 conference proceedings, Oxford University Press.
C. Sherlock (2005); Contribution to discussion of Bayesian analysis of single-molecule experimental data, JRSS Series C 54, 500.