Advances in Mathematical and Statistical Modeling edited by Roberto Minguez, Jose-Maria Sarabia, N. Balakrishnan, Barry C. Arnold.

Advances in Mathematical and Statistical Modeling

Enrique Castillo is a leading figure in several mathematical, statistical, and engineering fields, having contributed seminal work in such areas as statistical modeling, extreme value analysis, multivariate distribution theory, Bayesian networks, neural networks, functional equations, artificial int...

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Main Author: Mínguez, Roberto
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sarabia, José-Mariá, Balakrishnan, N., Arnold, Barry C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Birkhäuser Boston, 2008.
Series:Statistics for industry and technology.
Subjects:
Statistics.
Computer science.
Mathematical optimization.
Mathematical statistics.
Economics > Statistics.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only).
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Part I. Distribution Theory and Applications
  • Enrique Castillo's Contributions to Conditional Specification
  • The Polygonal Distribution
  • Conditionally Specified Models: New Developments and Applications
  • Modelling of Insurance Claim Count with Hurdle Distribution for Panel Data
  • Distance-Based Association and Multi-Sample Tests for General Multivariate Data
  • Part II. Probability and Statistics
  • Empirical Bayes Assessment of the Hyperparameters in Bayesian Factor Analysis
  • Part III. Order Statistics and Analysis
  • Negative Mixture, Order Statistics, and Systems
  • Models of Ordered Data and Products of Beta Random Variables
  • Exact Inference and Optimal Censoring Scheme for a Simple Step-Stress Model Under Progressive Type-II Censoring
  • Part IV. Engineering Modeling
  • Non-Gaussian State Estimation in Power Systems
  • Statistics Applied to Wave Climate on a Beach Profile
  • Part V. Extreme-Value Theory
  • On Some Dependence Measures for Multivariate Extreme-Value Distributions
  • Ratio of Maximum to the Sum for Testing Super Heavy Tails
  • Tail Behavior: An Empirical Study
  • An Example of Real-Life Data Where the Hill Estimator is Correct
  • Part VI. Business and Economics Applications
  • Deriving Credibility Premiums Under Different Bayesian Methodology
  • The Influence of Transport Links on Disaggregation and Regionalization Methods in Interregional Input-Output Models Between Metropolitan and Remote Areas
  • Part VII. Statistical Methods
  • Jackknife Bias Correction of a Clock Offset Estimator
  • Pretesting in Polytomous Logistic Regression Models Based on Phi-Divergence Measures
  • A Unified Approach to Model Selection, Discrimination, Goodness of Fit and Outliers in Time Series
  • Generalized Linear Models Diagnostics for Binary Data Using Divergence Measure
  • Part VIII. Applied Mathematics
  • Some Problems in Geometric Processing of Surfaces
  • Generalized Inverse Computation Based on an Orthogonal Decomposition Methodology
  • Single and Ensemble Fault Classifiers Based on Features Selected by Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms
  • Feasibility Conditions in Engineering Problems Involving a Parametric System of Linear Inequalities
  • Forecasting Nonlinear Systems with Neural Networks via Anticipated Synchronization
  • Part IX. Discrete Distributions
  • The Discrete Half-Normal Distribution
  • Parameter Estimation for Certain q-Hypergeometric Distributions
  • Index.

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