Some recent advances in statistics
By: edited by J. Tiago de Oliveira and Benjamin Epstein.
Contributors: Tiago de Oliveira, J. 1928-1992.; Epstein, Benjamin, 1918-; Academia das Ciências de Lisboa.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Mathematical statistics.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Based on a symposium held in 1980 under the sponsorship of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences in their series: Frontiers of science"--p. facing t.p.
Table of contents: title: Measurement and burden of evidence / Herbert Solomon; title: Data modeling using quantile and density-quantile functions / Emanuel Parzen; title: Stochastic processes in the theory of epidemics / J. Gani; title: The Bayesian approach to statistics / Dennis V. Lindley; title: Concomitants of order statistics / H.A. David; title: Decision and modelling for extremes / J. Tiago de Oliveira; title: An overview of techniques of data analysis, emphasizing its exploratory aspects / Colin L. Mallows and John W. Tukey; title: Computer intensive methods in statistics / Bradley Efron; title: Current issues in robust statistics / Peter J. Huber; title: Bayesian evaluation of life test sampling plans / Richard E. Barlow and Alexander S. Wu; title: The statistical analysis of incomplete life length data / Benjamin Epstein.