Stochastic Musings: Perspectives from the Pioneers of the Late 20th Century

ISBN-13: 9780805846140 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 240 str.

Daniel F. Johnson;Panaretos; John Panaretos

Opis

This volume features contributions from many of the leading scientists in probability and statistics from the latter part of the 20th century. It is designed to appeal to researchers, professionals and students interested in the history and development of statistics and probability, as well as in related areas such as physics, biometry, economics and mathematics. Academic and professional statisticians should benefit from the book's coverage of contemporary developments in the field, as well as reflections on the future directions of the discipline.

Recenzje

"...recommend the book to any new graduate student of statistics, wishing to get an idea of the breadth of the disipline, as seen by the masters."
—International Statistical Institute

"The volume features 17 contributions from leading scientists in probability and statistics from the latter part of the 20th century."
—ZDM & Mathematical Didactics

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. V. Barnett, Sample Ordering for Effective Statistical Inference With Particular Reference to Environmental Issues. D. Bartholomew, A Unified Statistical Approach to Some Measurement Problems in the Social Sciences. D.R. Cox, Some Remarks on Statistical Aspects of Econometrics. B. Efron, The Statistical Century. D. Freedman, From Association to Causation: Some Remarks on the History of Statistics. J. Gani, Scanning a Lattice for a Particular Pattern. D. Karlis, E. Xekalaki, Mixtures Everywhere. L. Kish, New Paradigms (Models) for Probability Sampling. S. Kotz, N.L. Johnson, Limit Distributions of Uncorrelated but Dependent Distributions on the Unit Square. I. Moustaki, Latent Variable Models With Covariates. S. Nadarajah, S. Kotz, Some New Elliptical Distributions. J. Panaretos, Z. Tsourti, Extreme Value Index Estimators and Smoothing Alternatives: A Critical Review. R.C. Rao, B.M. Rao, D.N. Shanbhag, On Convex Sets of Multivariate Distributions and Their Extreme Points. J. Teugels, The Lifespan of a Renewal. W. Urfer, K. Emrich, Maximum Likelihood Estimates of Genetic Effects. E. Xekalaki, J. Panaretos, S. Psarakis, A Predictive Model Evaluation and Selection Approach--The Correlated Gamma Ratio Distribution. V.M. Zolotarev, Convergence Rate Estimates in Functional Limit Theorems.

O autorze

John Panaretos