Statistical Data Analysis Based on the L1-Norm and Related Methods

This volume contains a selection of invited papers, presented to the fourth In­ Statistical Analysis Based on the L1-Norm and Related ternational Conference on Methods, held in Neuchatel, Switzerland, from August 4-9, 2002. Organized jointly by the University of Illinois at Chicago (Gib Bassett), th...

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Other Authors: Dodge, Yadolah (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel Birkhäuser 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Series:Statistics for Industry and Technology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Quantile Functions and Spread for Multivariate Distributions
  • A New Definition of Multivariate M-quantiles
  • A Depth Function and a Scale Curve Based on Spatial Quantiles
  • Sample Quantiles for Locally Dependent Processes
  • What are the Limiting Distributions of Quantile Estimators?
  • New Selection Indices for University Admissions: A Quantile Approach
  • Exploring Transition Data Through Quantile Regression Methods: An Application to U.S. Unemployment Duration
  • How to be Pessimistic: Choquet Risk and Portfolio Optimization
  • Expected Shortfall and Beyond
  • Credit Scoring Using Binary Quantile Regression
  • Prediction of 0–1-Events for Short- and Long-memory Time Series
  • Nonparametric Quantile Regression with Applications to Financial Time Series
  • An Algorithm for Optimal Bandwidth Selection for Smooth Nonparametric Quantile Estimation
  • Orthogonal L1-norm Estimation
  • L1-Derivatives, Score Functions and Tests
  • Optimal Bias Robust M-estimates of Regression
  • Robust Bootstrap for S-estimators of Multivariate Regression
  • M-tests for Detection of Structural Changes in Regression
  • Change Point Detection Based on Empirical Quantiles
  • A Class of Probability Metrics and its Statistical Applications
  • Whose Hare and Whose Tortoise
  • Sign and Rank Covariance Matrices: Statistical Properties and Application to Principal Components Analysis
  • Multivariate Signed Ranks: Randies’ Interdirections or Tyler’s Angles?
  • L1-Depth, Depth Relative to a Model, and Robust Regression
  • Perturbation Properties of Depth Regions
  • Multivariate Trimmed Means Based on Data Depth
  • Graphs, L1-Metrics and Clustering
  • Classification Based on the Support Vector Machine and on Regression Depth
  • A Robust Clustering Method and Visualization Tool Based On Data Depth
  • The Median Extension ofData Analysis Metric Structures
  • Text Classification for Mining Massive Aviation Inspection Reports
  • A Comparison Between L1 Markov Random Field-Based and Wavelet-Based Estimators
  • Elastic and Plastic Splines: Some Experimental Comparisons
  • On the Bitplane Compression of Microarray Images
  • Overdispersed Regression Models for Air Pollution and Human Health
  • Atmospheric Pollution and Mortality in São Paulo
  • Contributors