Proceedings of the second Berkeley symposium on mathematical statistics and probability, held at the Statistical Laboratory, Department of Mathematics, University of California, July 31-August 12, 1950
By: edited by Jerzy Neyman.
Contributors: Neyman, Jerzy.
Publisher: California University Press
Published: 1951
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 666
Description: Contents: Asymptotic Minimax Solutions of Sequential Point Estimation Problems / A. Wald -- Some Applications of the Cramer-Rao Inequality -- J.L. Hodges, Jr. and E.L. Lehmann -- A Generalized T Test and Measure of Multivariate Dispersion / Harold Hotelling -- Tolerance Intervals for Linear Regression/ W. Allen Wallis -- Bayes and Minimax Estimates for Quadratic Loss Functions / M.A. Girshik and L.J. Savage -- Confidence Regions for Linear Regressions / Paul G. Hoel -- "Optimum" Nonparametric Tests / Wassily Hoeffding -- Comparison of Experiments / David Blackwell -- The Asymptotic Distribution of Certain Characteristic Roots and Vectors / T. W. Anderson -- Asymptotically Subminimax Solutions of Compound Statistical Decision Problems / Herbert Robbins -- Characterization of the Minimal Complete Class of Decision Functions when the Number of Distributions and Decisions Is Finite / A. Wald and J. Wolfowitz -- On Median Tests for Linear Hypotheses / G.W. Brown and A.M. Mood -- Conditional Expectation and Convex Functions / E.W. Barankin -- Wiener's Random Function, and Other Laplacian Random Functions / Paul Levy -- On Some Connections between Probability Theory and Differential and Integral Equations / M. Kac -- Recent Suggestions for the Reconciliation of Theories of Probability / Bruno de Finetti – Diffusion Processes in Genetics / William Feller -- Random Ergodic Theorems and Markoff Processes with a Stable Distribution / Shizuo Kakutani -- A Problem on Random Walk / R. Sherman Lehman -- Continuous Parameter Martingales / J. Doob -- On Almost Sure Convergence / Michael Loeve -- Some Mathematical Models for Branching Processes / T. E. Harris -- A Contribution to the Theory of Stochastic Processes / Harald Cramer -- The Strong Law of Large Numbers / Kai Lai Chung -- Some Problems on Random Walk in Space / A. Dvoretzky and P. Erdos -- A Remark on Characteristic Functions / A. Zygmund -- Random Functions from a Poisson Process / Robert Fortet -- An Approach to the Dynamics of Stellar Systems / Bertil Lindblad -- The Problem of Stellar Evolution Considered Statistically / Otto Struve -- Statistical Studies Relating to the Distribution of the Elements of Spectroscopic Binaries / Elizabeth L. Scott -- Correction of Frequency Functions for Observational Errors of the Variables / Robert J. Trumpler -- Hydrodynamical Description of Stellar Motions / L. G. Henyey -- Improvement by Means of Selection / W. G. Cochran -- Relative Precision of Minimum Chi-Square and Maximum Likelihood Estimates of Regression Coefficients / Joseph Berkson -- Nonlinear Programming / H.W. Kuhn and A.W. Tucker -- Why "Should" Statisticians and Businessmen Maximize "Moral Expectation"? / J. Marschak -- An Extension of the Basic Theorems of Classical Welfare Economics / Kenneth J. Arrow -- The Concept of Probability in Quantum Mechanics / Richard P. Feynman -- Statistical Questions in Meson Theory / Harold W. Lewis -- Statistical Mechanics of a Continuous Medium (vibrating string with fixed ends) / J. Kampe de Feriet -- Philosophical Problems of the Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics / Victor F. Lenzen -- Correlation of Position for the Ideal Quantum Gas / G. Placzek – Distribution of Vehicle Speeds and Travel Times / Donald S. Berry and Daniel M. Belmont -- Statistical Techniques in the Field of Traffic Engineering and Traffic Research / T.W. Forbes -- Correlograms for Pacific Ocean Waves / Philip Rudnick -- Experimental Correlogram Analyses of Artificial Time Series (with special reference to analyses of oceanographic data) / H.R. Seiwell.
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