{"product_id":"stochastic-musings","title":"Stochastic Musings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new edited volume features contributions from many of the leading scientists in probability and statistics from the latter part of the 20th century. It is the only book to assemble the views of these leading scientists--the pioneers in their respective fields. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStochastic Musings\u003c\/i\u003e features contributions by:\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eSir David Cox\u003c\/b\u003e on statistics and econometrics;\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eC.R. Rao, M.B. Rao,\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eD.N. Shanbhag\u003c\/b\u003e on convex sets of multivariate distributions and their extreme points;\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eBradley Efron\u003c\/b\u003e on the future of statistics; \u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eDavid Freedman\u003c\/b\u003e on regression association and causation;\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eVic Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e on sample ordering for effective statistical inference with particular reference to environmental issues;\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eDavid Bartholomew\u003c\/b\u003e on a unified statistical approach to some measurement problems in the social sciences;\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eJoe Gani\u003c\/b\u003e on scanning a lattice for a particular pattern;\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eLeslie Kish\u003c\/b\u003e on new paradigms for probability sampling (his last paper);\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eSamuel Kotz\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eNorman L. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e on limit distributions of uncorrelated but dependent distributions on the unit square;\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eSamuel Kotz\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSaralees Nadarajah\u003c\/b\u003e on some new elliptical distributions;\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eJef Teugels\u003c\/b\u003e on the life span of a renewal;\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eWolfgang Urfer\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eKatharina Emrich\u003c\/b\u003e on maximum likelihood estimates of genetic effects; and\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003e*Vladimir M. Zolotarev\u003c\/b\u003e on convergence rate estimates in functional limit theorems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The volume also includes the following contributions by faculty members of the Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business:\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eJ. Panaretos, E. Xekalaki,\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eS. Psarakis\u003c\/b\u003e on a predictive model evaluation and selection approach--the correlated gamma ratio distribution; \u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eJ. Panaretos\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eZ. Tsourti\u003c\/b\u003e on extreme value index estimators and smoothing alternatives;\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cb\u003eE. Xekalaki\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eD. Karlis\u003c\/b\u003e on mixtures everywhere; and\u003cbr\u003e * \u003cb\u003eIr. Moustaki\u003c\/b\u003e on latent variable models with covariates. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStochastic Musings\u003c\/i\u003e will 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 will benefit from the book's coverage of the latest developments in the field, as well as reflections on the future directions of the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224839147864,"sku":"9780805846140","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780805846140_334d45cd-cae0-4f76-9d78-5a912864fce2.jpg?v=1769507118","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/stochastic-musings","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}