Applied Smoothing Techniques for Data Analysis: The Kernel Approach with S-Plus Illustrations

by A.W. Bowman and Adelchi Azzalini

This book describes the use of smoothing techniques in statistics and includes both density estimation and nonparametric regression. Incorporating recent advances, it describes a variety of ways to apply these methods to practical problems. Although the emphasis is on using smoothing techniques to explore data graphically, the discussion also covers data analysis with nonparametric curves, as an extension of more standard parametric models. Intended...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198523963
• ISBN13: 9780198523963
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"