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Zusatztext The editors and publishers are to be congratulated on having found a way of amking this splendid collection widely available. Klappentext Originating from a meeting celebrating the 80th birthday of Sir David Cox, the eminent Oxford Scholar whose many important and penetrating contributions to modern statistics have had an extraordinary impact, this collection of papers by major statistical researchers provides an overview ofcurrent developments across a wide range of research areas. Contributing authors and topics include: O.E. Barndorff-Nielsen (Aarhus): Statistics and Physics; A.C. Davison (Lausanne): Statistical methods; S. Darby (Oxford): Epidemiology; D. Firth (Warwick): Social Statistics; P. Jall (Canberra): Nonparametrics; V.S.Isham (University College, London): Stochastic Modelling; P. McCullagh (Chicago): Statistical models; N. Reid (Toronto): Asymptotics; B.D. Ripley (Oxford): Statistical computing; I. Rodriguez-Iturbe (Princeton): Statistical hydrology; A. Rotnitsky (Harvard): Semiparametrics; N.Shepard (Oxford): Statistical econometrics; N. Wermuth (Mainz): Graphical models; S.L. Zeger (Johns Hopkins): Biostatistics. Suitable for students of statistics at all levels from advanced undergraduate to post graduate, for practicing statisticians, and data analysts, and for statistics and cognatefields, this book is a fitting tribute to Sir David Cox and his immense influence on modern statistics. Zusammenfassung Sir David Cox is among the most important statisticians of the past half-century. He has made pioneering and highly influential contributions to a uniquely wide range of topics in statistics and applied probability. His teaching has inspired generations of students, and many well-known researchers have begun as his graduate students or have worked with him at early stages of their careers. Legions of others have been stimulated and enlightened by the clear, concise, and direct exposition exemplified by his many books, papers, and lectures. This book presents a collection of chapters by major statistical researchers who attended a conference held at the University of Neuchatel in July 2004 to celebrate David Cox's 80th birthday. Each chapter is carefully crafted and collectively present current developments across a wide range of research areas from epidemiology, environmental science, finance, computing and medicine. Edited by Anthony Davison, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland; Yadolah Dodge, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; and N. Wermuth, Goteborg University, Sweden, with chapters by Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, Sarah C. Darby, Christina Davies, Peter J. Diggle, David Firth, Peter Hall, Valerie S. Isham, Kung-Yee Liang, Peter McCullagh, Paul McGale, Amilcare Porporato, Nancy Reid, Brian D. Ripley, Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, Andrea Rotnitzky, Neil Shephard, Scott L. Zeger, and including a brief biography of David Cox, this book is suitable for students of statistics, epidemiology, environmental science, finance, computing and medicine, and academic and practising statisticians. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface David R. Cox: A Brief Biography Stochastic Models for Epidemics Stochastic Soil Moisture Dynamics and Vegetation Response Amilcare Porporato and Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Theoretical Statistics and Asymptotics Exchangeability and Regression Models On Semiparametric Inference On Non-Parametric Statistical Methods Some Topics in Social Statistics Biostatistics: The Near Future The Early Breast Cancer Trialists Collaborative Group: A Brief History of Results to Date How Computing has Changed Statistics Are there Discontinuities in Financial Prices? On Some Concepts of Infinite Divisibility and their Roles in Turbulence, Finance and Quantum Stochartics Bibliography ...
