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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450178203321

Titolo

Methods and models in statistics [[electronic resource] ] : in honour of Professor John Nelder, FRS. / / editors Niall Adams ...[et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press, c2004

ISBN

1-281-86647-4

9786611866471

1-86094-541-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NelderJohn A

AdamsNiall M. <1968->

Disciplina

519.5

Soggetti

Mathematical statistics

Probabilities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Contains written versions of papers presented at a two-day symposium in March 2004 in honour of Professor John Nelder" --pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Methods and Models in Statistics: In Hanour of Professor John Nelder, FRS; CONTENTS; 1. Preface N. M. Adams, M. J. Crowder, D. J. Hand, and D. A. Stephens; 2. Foreword J. A. Nelder; 3. John Nelder: From General Balance to Generalised Models (Both Linear and Hierarchical) S. Senn; 4. Some Remarkes on Model Criticism D. R. Cox; 5. Likelihood Perspectives in the Consensus and Controversies of Statistical Modelling and Inference Y. Pawitan; 6. Perspectives of ANOVA, REML and a General Linear Mixed Model B. R. Cullis, A. B. Smith and R. Thompson

7. Algorithms, Data Structures and Languages - the Computational Ingredients for Innovative Analysis R. Payne8. Non-Linear Regression Modelling and Inference J. C. Wakefield; 9. Selecting Amongst Large Classes of Models B. D. Ripley; 10. Principles of Designed Experiments in J. A. Nelder's Papers R. A. Bailey; 11. Likelihood-based Models Beyond GLMs Y. Lee; 12. A Statistical Examination of the Hastings Rarities J. A. Nelder; 13. The Works of John Nelder; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

John Nelder is one of today's leading statisticians, having made an



impact on many parts of the discipline. This book contains reviews of some of those areas, written by top researchers. It is accessible to non-specialists, and is noteworthy for its breadth of coverage.