New Advances in Statistical Modeling and Applications
Editors: Pacheco, A., Santos, R., Oliveira, M.d.R., Paulino, C.D. (Eds.)
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- Broad scope of papers in the areas of Statistical Science, Probability and Stochastic Processes, Extremes and Statistical Applications
- SPE annual congress is the most important statistical meeting held in Portugal every year
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This volume of the Selected Papers is a product of the XIX Congress of the Portuguese Statistical Society, held at the Portuguese town of Nazaré, from September 28 to October 1, 2011. All contributions were selected after a thorough peer-review process. It covers a broad scope of papers in the areas of Statistical Science, Probability and Stochastic Processes, Extremes and Statistical Applications.
- About the authors
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António Pacheco is Professor of Probability and Statistics, President of CEMAT (Center for Mathematics and its Applications), and Head of the Department of Mathematics at Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon. He graduated in Probability and Statistics in 1987 from the University of Lisbon, obtained a M.Sc. Degree in Applied Mathematics from the Technical University of Lisbon in 1991 and received a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1994. His main research interests include applied stochastic processes, queueing networks, statistical process control, and stochastic models in telecommunications. Rui Santos is Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics of the School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and a member of the research unit CEAUL (Center of Statistics and its Applications). He holds a doctorate in Probability and Statistics (University of Lisbon, 2008). His main research interests include group testing, simulation, statistical inference, sampling and history of probability and statistics. M. Rosário de Oliveira is Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics of Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon and a member of the research center CEMAT. She holds a doctorate in Mathematics (Technical University of Lisbon, 2002). Her main research interests include robust statistics, multivariate analysis, applied statistics to telecommunications and biostatistics. Carlos Daniel Paulino, who currently serves as President of SPE (Portuguese Statistical Society), is a member of CEAUL (Center of Statistics and its Applications of University of Lisbon). He is Associate Professor in Probability and Statistics at Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon and holds a Ph.D. in Statistical Sciences from University of São Paulo. His main research interests include Categorical Data Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Statistical Inference and Missing Data.
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From the book reviews:
“This book comprises selected papers presented at the XIX Annual Congress of the Portuguese Statistical Society (SPE) in 2011. … given the broad range of topics covered, the book should be well received by postgraduates and researchers in applied statistics and computing.” (Soubhik Chakraborty, Computing Reviews, November, 2014)
- Table of contents (27 chapters)
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The Non-mathematical Side of Statistics
Pages 3-15
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Outliers: The Strength of Minors
Pages 17-27
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Resampling Methodologies in the Field of Statistics of Univariate Extremes
Pages 29-40
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Robust Functional Principal Component Analysis
Pages 41-54
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Testing the Maximum by the Mean in Quantitative Group Tests
Pages 55-63
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- New Advances in Statistical Modeling and Applications
- Editors
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- António Pacheco
- Rui Santos
- Maria do Rosário Oliveira
- Carlos Daniel Paulino
- Series Title
- Selected Papers of the Statistical Societies
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-05323-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-05323-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-05322-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-38129-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 285
- Number of Illustrations
- 61 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
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