05267nam 22007214a 450 991045850500332120200520144314.01-281-21679-897866112167950-387-74978-010.1007/978-0-387-74978-5(CKB)1000000000403660(EBL)337320(OCoLC)233972325(SSID)ssj0000182548(PQKBManifestationID)11172434(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182548(PQKBWorkID)10171998(PQKB)10224080(DE-He213)978-0-387-74978-5(MiAaPQ)EBC337320(PPN)123737311(Au-PeEL)EBL337320(CaPaEBR)ebr10223041(CaONFJC)MIL121679(EXLCZ)99100000000040366020071107d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIntroduction to empirical processes and semiparametric inference[electronic resource] /Michael R. Kosorok1st ed. 2008.New York Springerc20081 online resource (495 p.)Springer Series in Statistics,0172-7397Description based upon print version of record.0-387-74977-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-469) and indexes.Overview -- An Overview of Empirical Processes -- Overview of Semiparametric Inference -- Case Studies I -- Empirical Processes -- to Empirical Processes -- Preliminaries for Empirical Processes -- Stochastic Convergence -- Empirical Process Methods -- Entropy Calculations -- Bootstrapping Empirical Processes -- Additional Empirical Process Results -- The Functional Delta Method -- Z-Estimators -- M-Estimators -- Case Studies II -- Semiparametric Inference -- to Semiparametric Inference -- Preliminaries for Semiparametric Inference -- Semiparametric Models and Efficiency -- Efficient Inference for Finite-Dimensional Parameters -- Efficient Inference for Infinite-Dimensional Parameters -- Semiparametric M-Estimation -- Case Studies III.This book provides a self-contained, linear, and unified introduction to empirical processes and semiparametric inference. These powerful research techniques are surprisingly useful for developing methods of statistical inference for complex models and in understanding the properties of such methods. The targeted audience includes statisticians, biostatisticians, and other researchers with a background in mathematical statistics who have an interest in learning about and doing research in empirical processes and semiparametric inference but who would like to have a friendly and gradual introduction to the area. The book can be used either as a research reference or as a textbook. The level of the book is suitable for a second year graduate course in statistics or biostatistics, provided the students have had a year of graduate level mathematical statistics and a semester of probability. The book consists of three parts. The first part is a concise overview of all of the main concepts covered in the book with a minimum of technicalities. The second and third parts cover the two respective main topics of empirical processes and semiparametric inference in depth. The connections between these two topics is also demonstrated and emphasized throughout the text. Each part has a final chapter with several case studies that use concrete examples to illustrate the concepts developed so far. The last two parts also each include a chapter which covers the needed mathematical preliminaries. Each main idea is introduced with a non-technical motivation, and examples are given throughout to illustrate important concepts. Homework problems are also included at the end of each chapter to help the reader gain additional insights. Michael R. Kosorok is Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics, and Professor, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research has focused on the application of empirical processes and semiparametric inference to statistics and biostatistics. He is a Fellow of both the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He is an Associate Editor of the Annals of Statistics, Electronic Journal of Statistics, International Journal of Biostatistics, Statistics and Probability Letters, and Statistics Surveys.Springer Series in Statistics,0172-7397Stochastic processesSampling (Statistics)ProbabilitiesEstimation theoryConvergenceElectronic books.Stochastic processes.Sampling (Statistics)Probabilities.Estimation theory.Convergence.519.2/3Kosorok Michael R614537MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458505003321Introduction to empirical processes and semiparametric inference1131119UNINA03307nam 2200349 450 991071979050332120230628152545.01-61249-328-9(CKB)4340000000017990(NjHacI)994340000000017990(EXLCZ)99434000000001799020230628d2014 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierApple of Discord The Hungarian Factor in Austro-Serbian Relations, 1867-1881 /Ian D. ArmourWest Lafayette, Indiana :Purdue University Press,2014.1 online resource (xxiii, 347 pages)Austria, Hungary and Serbia in 1867 -- Kállay goes to Belgrade -- The Obrenović assassination -- The Karađorđević prosecution 1868-70 -- The Bosnian question 1868-70 -- Managing the South Slavs -- Effect of the Franco-Prussian war -- The Bosnian question revisited 1870-71 -- The Karađorđević fiasco 1870-71 -- Serbia's swing toward Russia 1870-71 -- A problematical relationship 1871-78 -- The imposition of satellite status 1878-81.When seeking the origins of World War I, the chain of events in the late nineteenth century that led to the breakdown of relations between Austria-Hungary and Serbia and facilitated the rise of an aggressive Serbian nationalism needs to be understood. This book focuses on the hitherto unexplored Hungarian influence on the Habsburg Monarchy's policy toward Serbia after the 1867 Ausgleich, and it argues that this early period was critical in shaping policy after 1871, down to the imposition on Serbia in 1881 of a system of economic and political control. The Ausgleich, the Austro-Hungarian compromise that reconstituted the Empire as a dual monarchy, gave Hungary a limited voice in foreign affairs; and it was at the request of the Hungarian premier, Count Gyula Andrássy, that the young politician Benjámin Kállay was appointed representative at Belgrade in 1868. Both men were obsessed with the threat posed by Russia and particularly concerned that Serbia might be used as a stalking horse for Russian influence among the Monarchy's South Slavs. They pursued a shadow policy designed to draw Serbia firmly into the Monarchy's sphere of influence, which contradicted that of the foreign minister, Count Beust, and resulted in a serious deterioration in relations with Serbia by 1871. After 1871 Andrássy, as foreign minister, laid the foundations for a more explicit control of Serbia; Kállay, as a senior diplomat, negotiated the treaties that, by 1881, locked Serbia into satellite status for a generation. Through detailed archival research in multiple languages and a painstaking reconstruction of diplomatic events, Armour illuminates a crucial period in Central European history, showing how the origins of a war that claimed millions of lives can be traced to political maneuverings almost fifty years before.Apple of Discord AustriaForeign relations1867-1918327.436009034Armour Ian D.1349482NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910719790503321Apple of Discord3087432UNINA