Some recent advances in statistics/ 
edited by J. Tiago de Oliveira and Benjamin Epstein. 
 - London:  New York:  Academic Press,  1982. 
 - ix, 248 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Based on a symposium held in 1980 under the sponsorship of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences in their series: Frontiers of science"--p. facing t.p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies. 
<br/><br/>Measurement and burden of evidence / Herbert Solomon -- Data modeling using quantile and density-quantile functions / Emanuel Parzen -- Stochastic processes in the theory of epidemics / J. Gani -- The Bayesian approach to statistics / Dennis V. Lindley -- Concomitants of order statistics / H.A. David -- Decision and modelling for extremes / J. Tiago de Oliveira -- An overview of techniques of data analysis, emphasizing its exploratory aspects / Colin L. Mallows and John W. Tukey -- Computer intensive methods in statistics / Bradley Efron -- Current issues in robust statistics / Peter J. Huber -- Bayesian evaluation of life test sampling plans / Richard E. Barlow and Alexander S. Wu -- The statistical analysis of incomplete life length data / Benjamin Epstein . 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0126915806 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>82181038 //r952 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematical statistics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>519.5  / S693