| Description |
1 online resource (x, 366 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
On the estimation of size and mean value of a stigmatized characteristic of a hidden gang in a finite population / R. Arnah and S. Singh -- Unemployment, search and the gender wage gap: a structural model / C. Belzil and X. Zhang -- Kullback-Leibler optimization of density estimates / A. Berlinet and E. Brunel -- The asymptotic distribution of spacings of order statistics / M.G. Bickis -- Theoretical and computational issues in Bayesian analysis of multivariate ordinal categorical data with reference to an ophthalmologic Study / A. Biswas -- Second-order moments and mutual information in the analysis of time series / D.R. Brillinger -- Spatial association between community air pollution and heart disease: analysis of correlated data / S. Cakmak [and others] -- On the robustness of relative surprise inferences to the choice of prior / M. Evans and T. Zou -- Using survival analysis in pretern birth study / C.Y. Fu and S.H. Liu -- Asymptotic forms and bounds for tails of convolutions of compound geometric distributions, with applications / J. Cai and J. Garrido -- Improved finite-sample inference in overidentified models with weak instruments / N. Gospodinov -- Probability of correct selection of gamma versus GE or Weibull versus GE based on likelihood ratio test / R.D. Gupta, D. Kundu and A. Manglick -- Survey methodology for studying substance use prevention programs in schools / S.M. Jones, B.C. Sutton and K.E. Boyle -- One-step estimation for the partially linear proportional hazards model / X. Lu and R.S. Singh -- A nested frailty survival model for recurrent events / R. Ma, J.D. Willms and R.T. Burnett |
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Multiple comparison procedures for linear models under order restrictions / H. Mansouri and R. Paige -- Testing goodness-of-fit of the gamma models / C.E. Marchetti, G.S. Mudholkar and G.E. Wilding -- On frailty models and copulas / D. Oakes -- Surrogate data and fractional Brownian motion / P. Rabinovitch -- Analysis of occult tumour trial data with varying lethality / S.N. Rai, J. Sun and D. Hunt -- Nonlinear mixed effects models: recent developments / P.S.R.S. Rao and N. Zaino -- The sampling bias of Heckman's sample bias estimator / P. Rilstone and A. Ullah -- Computational sequence analysis: genomics and statistical controversies / P.K. Sen -- Universal optimality of completely randomized designs / K.R. Shah and B.K. Sinha -- A nonparametric comparison of tumor incidences with intermediate lethality and different death rates / J. Sun, Q. Zhao and S.N. Rai -- Generalized smoothed estimating functions with censored observations / A. Thavaneswaran and J. Singh -- Large sample asymptotic properties of ordinary least squares, two stage least squares and Limited Information Maximum Likelihood Estimators in Simultaneous Equations Models / R. Tiwari and V.K. Srivastava -- Relative stability of weighted maxima of bounded i.i.d. random variables / R.J. Tomkins -- Transient analysis of some infinite server queues / G.E. Willmot and S. Drekic -- Empirical likelihood method for finite populations / C. Wu -- Second order estimating equations for clustered longitudinal binary data with missing observations / G.Y. Yi and R.J. Cook |
| Summary |
This volume consists of research papers dealing with computational and methodological issues of statistical methods on the cutting edge of modern science. It touches on many applied fields such as Bayesian methods, biostatistics, econometrics, finite population sampling, genomics, linear and nonlinear models, networks and queues, survival analysis, time series, and many more |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Statistics -- Methodology -- Congresses
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MATHEMATICS -- Probability & Statistics -- General.
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Statistics -- Methodology
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chaubey, Yogendra P.
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| LC no. |
2003271548 |
| ISBN |
9781860949531 |
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1860949533 |
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9781860943331 |
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1860943330 |
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