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Computational statistics / James E. Gentle.

Author/creator Gentle, James E., 1943-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoDordrecht ; New York : Springer,
Descriptionxxi, 727 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Springer Nature - Springer Mathematics and Statistics eBooks 2009 English International
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Subject(s)
Series Statistics and computing
Statistics and computing.
Contents Pt. I, Preliminaries. Mathematical and statistical preliminaries -- Pt. II, Statistical computing. Computer storage and arithmetic ; algorithm and programming ; Approximation of functions and numerical quadrature ; Numerical linear algebra ; Solution of nonlinear equations and optimization ; Generation of random numbers -- Pt. III, Methods of computational statistics. Graphical methods in computational statistics ; Tools for identification of structure in data ; Estimation of functions ; Monte Carlo methods for statistical inference ; Data randomization, partitioning, and augmentation ; Bootstrap methods -- Pt. IV, Exploring data density and relationships. Estimation of probability density functions using parametric models ; Nonparametric estimation of probability density functions ; Statistical learning and data mining ; Statistical models of dependencies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009929633
ISBN9780387981437 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0387981438 (hbk. : alk. paper)