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New advances in statistical modeling and applications / [edited by] Antonio Pacheco...[et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in theoretical and applied statistics | Selected papers of the Statistical SocietiesPublication details: New York : Springer, 2014.Description: xix, 285 p. ; illustrationsISBN:
  • 9783319053226
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 000SA.01 23 P116
Contents:
Part I Statistical Science: The Non-Mathematical Side of Statistics(Joao A. Branco).-Outliers: The Strength of Minors (Fernando Rosado).-Resampling Methodologiesin the Field of Statistics of UnivariateExtremes(M. Ivette Gomes) -- Robust Functional Principal Component Analysis (Juan Lucas Bali and Graciela Boente) -- Testing the Maximum by the Mean in Quantitative Group (Joao Paulo Martins, Rui Santos and Ricardo Sousa) -- Testing Serial Correlation Using the Gauss-Newton Regression (Efigenio Rebelo, Patrícia Oom do Valle and Rui Nunes) -- Part II Probability and Stochastic Processes: Cantor Sets with Random Repair (M. Fátima Brilhante, Dinis Pestana and M. Luísa Rocha) -- Nearest Neighbor Connectivity in Two-Dimensional Multihop MANETs (Gonçalo Jacinto, Nelson Antunes and António Pacheco) -- Modeling Human Population Death Rates: A Bi-dimensional Stochastic Gompertz Model with Correlated Wiener Processes (Sandra Lagarto and Carlos A. Braumann) -- Consequences of an Incorrect Model Specification on Population Growth (Clara Carlos and Carlos A. Braumann) -- Individual Growth in a Random Environment: an Optimization Problem (Patrícia A. Filipe, Carlos A. Braumann, Clara Carlos and Carlos J. Roquete) -- Valuation of Bond Options under the CIR Model: Some Computational Remarks (Manuela Larguinho, Jose Carlos Dias, and Carlos A. Braumann) -- Part III Extremes: A Semi-Parametric Estimator of a Shape Second Order Parameter (Frederico Caeiro and M. Ivette Gomes) -- Peaks over Random Threshold Asymptotically Best Linear Estimation of the Extreme Value Index (L. Henriques-Rodrigues and M. Ivette Gomes) -- Extremal Quantiles, Value-at-Risk, quasi-PORT and DPOT (P. Araújo Santos and M.I. Fraga Alves) -- The MOP EVI-Estimator Revisited (M. Fatima Brilhante, M. Ivette Gomes and Dinis Pestana) -- Tail Dependence of a Pareto Process (Marta Ferreira) -- Application of the Theory of Extremes to the Study of Precipitation in Madeira Island: Statistical Choice of Extreme Domains of Attraction (Délia Gouveia, Luiz Guerreiro Lopes and Sandra Mendonça) -- The Traveling Salesman Problem and the Gnedenko Theorem (Tiago Salvador and Manuel Cabral Morais) -- Part IV Statistical Applications: Brugada Syndrome Diagnosis -- Three Approaches to Combining Diagnostic Markers (Carla Henriques, Ana Cristina Matos, and Luís Ferreira dos Santos) -- Hierarchical Normal Mixture Model to Analyse HIV/AIDS LOS (Sara Simões Dias, Valeska Andreozzi and Maria Oliveira Martins) -- Volatility and Returns of the Main Stock Indices (Thelma Safadi and Airlane P. Alencar) -- Fires in Portugal (Isabel Natario, M. Manuela Oliveira and Susete Marques) -- Forecast Intervals with Boot. EXPOS (Clara Cordeiro and M. Manuela Neves) -- Table-graph: a New Approach to Visualize Multivariate Data. Analysis of Chronic Diseases in Portugal (Alexandra Pinto) -- Application of Item Response Theory to Mathematics High School Exams in Portugal (Gonçalo Jacinto, Paulo Infante and Claudia Pereira) -- Evora Residents and Sports Activity (Luisa Carvalho, Paulo Infante and Anabela Afonso)-- Index.
Summary: This book covers a broad range of papers in the areas of statistical science, probability and stochastic processes, extremes and statistical applications.
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Part I Statistical Science: The Non-Mathematical Side of Statistics(Joao A. Branco).-Outliers: The Strength of Minors (Fernando Rosado).-Resampling Methodologiesin the Field of Statistics of UnivariateExtremes(M. Ivette Gomes) --
Robust Functional Principal Component Analysis (Juan Lucas Bali and Graciela Boente) --
Testing the Maximum by the Mean in Quantitative Group (Joao Paulo Martins, Rui Santos and Ricardo Sousa) --
Testing Serial Correlation Using the Gauss-Newton Regression (Efigenio Rebelo, Patrícia Oom do Valle and Rui Nunes) --
Part II Probability and Stochastic Processes: Cantor Sets with Random Repair (M. Fátima Brilhante, Dinis Pestana and M. Luísa Rocha) --
Nearest Neighbor Connectivity in Two-Dimensional Multihop MANETs (Gonçalo Jacinto, Nelson Antunes and António Pacheco) --
Modeling Human Population Death Rates: A Bi-dimensional Stochastic Gompertz Model with Correlated Wiener Processes (Sandra Lagarto and Carlos A. Braumann) --
Consequences of an Incorrect Model Specification on Population Growth (Clara Carlos and Carlos A. Braumann) --
Individual Growth in a Random Environment: an Optimization Problem (Patrícia A. Filipe, Carlos A. Braumann, Clara Carlos and Carlos J. Roquete) --
Valuation of Bond Options under the CIR Model: Some Computational Remarks (Manuela Larguinho, Jose Carlos Dias, and Carlos A. Braumann) --
Part III Extremes: A Semi-Parametric Estimator of a Shape Second Order Parameter (Frederico Caeiro and M. Ivette Gomes) --
Peaks over Random Threshold Asymptotically Best Linear Estimation of the Extreme Value Index (L. Henriques-Rodrigues and M. Ivette Gomes) --
Extremal Quantiles, Value-at-Risk, quasi-PORT and DPOT (P. Araújo Santos and M.I. Fraga Alves) --
The MOP EVI-Estimator Revisited (M. Fatima Brilhante, M. Ivette Gomes and Dinis Pestana) --
Tail Dependence of a Pareto Process (Marta Ferreira) --
Application of the Theory of Extremes to the Study of Precipitation in Madeira Island: Statistical Choice of Extreme Domains of Attraction (Délia Gouveia, Luiz Guerreiro Lopes and Sandra Mendonça) --
The Traveling Salesman Problem and the Gnedenko Theorem (Tiago Salvador and Manuel Cabral Morais) --
Part IV Statistical Applications: Brugada Syndrome Diagnosis --
Three Approaches to Combining Diagnostic Markers (Carla Henriques, Ana Cristina Matos, and Luís Ferreira dos Santos) --
Hierarchical Normal Mixture Model to Analyse HIV/AIDS LOS (Sara Simões Dias, Valeska Andreozzi and Maria Oliveira Martins) --
Volatility and Returns of the Main Stock Indices (Thelma Safadi and Airlane P. Alencar) --
Fires in Portugal (Isabel Natario, M. Manuela Oliveira and Susete Marques) --
Forecast Intervals with Boot. EXPOS (Clara Cordeiro and M. Manuela Neves) --
Table-graph: a New Approach to Visualize Multivariate Data. Analysis of Chronic Diseases in Portugal (Alexandra Pinto) --
Application of Item Response Theory to Mathematics High School Exams in Portugal (Gonçalo Jacinto, Paulo Infante and Claudia Pereira) --
Evora Residents and Sports Activity (Luisa Carvalho, Paulo Infante and Anabela Afonso)--
Index.

This book covers a broad range of papers in the areas of statistical science, probability and stochastic processes, extremes and statistical applications.

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