ABC model choice via random forests accepted!

“This revision represents a very nice response to the earlier round of reviews, including a significant extension in which the posterior probability of the selected model is now estimated (whereas previously this was not included). The extension is a very nice one, and I am happy to see it included.” Anonymous

Great news [at least for us], our paper on ABC model choice has been accepted by Bioninformatics! With the pleasant comment above from one anonymous referee. This occurs after quite a prolonged gestation, which actually contributed to a shift in our understanding and our implementation of the method. I am still a wee bit unhappy at the rejection by PNAS, but it paradoxically led to a more elaborate article. So all is well that ends well! Except the story is not finished and we have still exploring the multiple usages of random forests in ABC.