The 18th Conference of IASC-ERS, COMPSTAT 2008, is held in Porto, P- tugal, fromAugust24thtoAugust29th2008, locallyorganisedbytheFaculty of Economics of the University of Porto. COMPSTAT is an initiative of the European Regional Section of the Int- national Association for Statistical Computing (IASC-ERS), a section of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). COMPSTAT conferences started in 1974 in Wien; previous editions of COMPSTAT were held in Berlin (2002), Prague (2004) and Rome (2006). It is one of the most prestigious world conferences in Computational Statistics, regularly...
The 18th Conference of IASC-ERS, COMPSTAT 2008, is held in Porto, P- tugal, fromAugust24thtoAugust29th2008, locallyorganisedbytheFaculty of Economics ...
Data where for each entity and variable a distribution is given is called distributional data. In the era of "Big Data," this type of data is becoming more and more prevalent. This edited book presents a synthesis of research in this area over the last twenty years or so. It has been carefully edited to ensure it is consistent with respect to style, level, notation, etc. Each chapter includes real data examples to illustrate the topics and software where appropriate.
Data where for each entity and variable a distribution is given is called distributional data. In the era of "Big Data," this type of data is becom...
