Handbook of Scan Statistics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Joseph Glaz, Markos V. Koutras

• Record Nr.: UNISA996418265703316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
• ISBN: 1-4614-8414-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (L, 1400 p. 400 illus., 200 illus. in color.)
• Disciplina: 519.5
• Soggetti: Statistics ; Biostatistics; Statistical Theory and Methods; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences; Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- I. History and Early Developments -- II. Methods and Techniques in Research and Scan Statistics -- III. One Dimensional Scan Statistics -- IV. Two and Three Dimensional Scan Statistics -- V. Biological Sciences -- VI. Biosurveillance and Reconnaissance -- VII. Engineering and Physical Sciences -- VIII. Ecology and Environmental Sciences -- IX. Information Sciences -- X. Medical Sciences -- XI. Public Health -- XII. Reliability and Quality Control -- XIII. Social Sciences -- XIV. Veterinary and Animal Science.
• Sommario/riassunto: The specialized field of scan statistics, fathered by Joseph Naus around 1999, burgeoned rapidly to prominence in the field of applied probability and statistics. In additional to challenging theoretical probelms, scan statistics has exciting applications in many areas of science and technologyu including archaeology, astronomy, physics, bioinformatics, and food sciences, just to name a few. In many fields, decision makers give a great deal of weight to clusters of events. Public Health investigators look for common cause factors to explain clusters of, for example, cancer. Molecular biologists look for palindrome ; clusters in DNA for clues as to the origin of replication viruses. Telecommunication engineers design capacity to accommodate clusters of calls being dialed simultaneously to a switchboard. Quality control experts investigate clusters of defects. The probabilities of different types of clusters under various conditions are tools of the physical, natural, and social sciences. Scan statistics arise naturally in the scanning of time and space, seeking clusters of events. It is therefore no surprise that scan statistics is a major area of research in probability and statistics in the 21st century. In the last 5 years about 1600 hits appear on Google Scholar referencing the extensive activity in scan statistics and the breadth of the application. (Since 2010, about 482 hits are recorded in Google scholar.) The Handbook of Scan Statistics in two volumes is intended for researchers in probability and statistics and scientists in several areas including biology, engineering, health, medical, and social sciences. It will be of great value to graduate students in statistics and in all areas where scan statistics are used.

Synoptic-dynamic meteorology and weather analysis and forecasting [[electronic resource] ] : a tribute to Fred Sanders / / edited by Lance F. Bosart, Howard B. Bluestein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789343603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : American Meteorological Society, [2008]
• ISBN: 0-933876-68-8
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2008.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (425 p.)
• Collana: Meteorological monographs, , 0065-9401 ; ; v. 33, no. 55
• Altri autori (Persone): BluesteinHoward B; BosartLance F
• Disciplina: 551.506
• Soggetti: Dynamic meteorology; Synoptic meteorology; Weather forecasting
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "November 2008."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Fronts and Surface Boundaries -- Surface Boundaries of the Southern Plains: Their Role in the Initiation of Convective Storms -- Strong ; Surface Fronts over Sloping Terrain and Coastal Plains -- Back to Norway: An Essay -- An Empirical Perspective on Cold Fronts -- Perspectives on Fred Sanders’ Research on Cold Fronts -- The Fiftieth Anniversary of Sanders (1955): A Mesoscale Model Simulation of the Cold Front of 17–18 April 1953 -- Analysis and Diagnosis -- Ensemble Synoptic Analysis -- Surface Potential Temperature as an Analysis and Forecasting Tool -- Dynamical Diagnosis: A Comparison of Quasigeostrophy and Ertel Potential Vorticity -- Finescale Radar Observations of a Dryline during the International H2O Project (IHOP_2002) -- Forecasting -- The Sanders Barotropic Tropical Cyclone Track Prediction Model (SANBAR) -- The Application of Fred Sanders’ Teaching to Current Research on Extreme Cold-Season Precipitation Events in the Saint Lawrence River Valley Region -- Must Surprise Snowstorms be a Surprise? -- Fred Sanders’ Roles in the Transformation of Synoptic Meteorology, the Study of Rapid Cyclogenesis, the Prediction of Marine Cyclones, and the Forecast of New York City’s “Big Snow” of December 1947 -- Climate and Climatology -- Linking Weather and Climate -- Closed Anticyclones of the Subtropics and Midlatitudes: A 54-Yr Climatology (1950–2003) and Three Case Studies.
• Sommario/riassunto: This long-anticipated monograph honoring scientist and teacher Fred Sanders includes 16 articles by various authors as well as dozens of unique photographs evoking Fred's character and the vitality of the scientific community he helped develop through his work. Editors Lance F. Bosart (University at Albany/SUNY) and Howard B. Bluestein (University of Oklahoma at Norman) have brought together contributions from luminary authors-including Kerry Emanuel, Robert Burpee, Edward Kessler, and Louis Uccellini-to honor Fred's work in the fields of forecasting, weather analysis, synoptic meteorology, and climatology. The result is a significant volume of work that represents a lasting record of Fred Sanders' influence on atmospheric science and legacy of teaching.