Recent Advances and Trends in Nonparametric Statistics

by Dimitris N. Politis and Michael G. Akritas

The advent of high-speed, affordable computers in the last two decades has given a new boost to the nonparametric way of thinking. Classical nonparametric procedures, such as function smoothing, suddenly lost their abstract flavour as they became practically implementable. In addition, many previously unthinkable possibilities became mainstream; prime examples include the bootstrap and resampling methods, wavelets and nonlinear smoothers, graphical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444513787
• ISBN13: 9780444513786
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: JAI Press
• Length: 522 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.6"