Advances in Ranking and Selection, Multiple Comparisons, and Reliability Methodology and Applications

S. Panchapakesan has made significant contributions to ranking and selection and has published in many other areas of statistics, including order statistics, reliability theory, stochastic inequalities, and inference. Written in his honor, the twenty invited articles in this volume reflect recent ad...

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Other Authors: Balakrishnan, N. (Editor), Kannan, Nandini (Editor), Nagaraja, H. N. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA Birkhäuser Boston 2005, 2005
Edition:1st ed. 2005
Series:Statistics for Industry and Technology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:S. Panchapakesan has made significant contributions to ranking and selection and has published in many other areas of statistics, including order statistics, reliability theory, stochastic inequalities, and inference. Written in his honor, the twenty invited articles in this volume reflect recent advances in these fields and form a tribute to Panchapakesan’s influence and impact on these areas. Thematically organized, the chapters cover a broad range of topics from: * Inference * Ranking and Selection * Multiple Comparisons and Tests * Agreement Assessment * Reliability * Biostatistics Featuring theory, methods, applications, and extensive bibliographies with special emphasis on recent literature, this comprehensive reference work will serve researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in the statistical and applied mathematics communities
Physical Description:XLIV, 412 p online resource
ISBN:9780817644222