This 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.
Stochastic Musings
features contributions by:
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Sir David Cox
on statistics and econometrics;
C.R. Rao, M.B. Rao,
and
D.N. Shanbhag
on convex sets of multivariate distributions and their extreme points;
Bradley Efron
on the future of statistics;
David Freedman
on regression association and causation;
Vic Barnett
on sample ordering for effective statistical inference with particular reference to environmental issues;
David Bartholomew
on a unified statistical approach to some measurement problems in the social sciences;
Joe Gani
on scanning a lattice for a particular pattern;
Leslie Kish
on new paradigms for probability sampling (his last paper);
Samuel Kotz
Norman L. Johnson
on limit distributions of uncorrelated but dependent distributions on the unit square;
Saralees Nadarajah
on some new elliptical distributions;
Jef Teugels
on the life span of a renewal;
Wolfgang Urfer
Katharina Emrich
on maximum likelihood estimates of genetic effects; and
*Vladimir M. Zolotarev
on convergence rate estimates in functional limit theorems.
The volume also includes the following contributions by faculty members of the Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business:
J. Panaretos, E. Xekalaki,
S. Psarakis
on a predictive model evaluation and selection approach—the correlated gamma ratio distribution;
J. Panaretos
Z. Tsourti
on extreme value index estimators and smoothing alternatives;
E. Xekalaki
D. Karlis
on mixtures everywhere; and
Ir. Moustaki
on latent variable models with covariates.
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.