Elements of Statistical Computing: Numerical Computation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780412013713)

Statistics and computing share many close relationships. Computing now permeates every aspect of statistics, from pure description to the development of statistical theory. At the same time, the computational methods used in statistical work span much of computer science. Elements of Statistical Computing covers the broad usage of computing in statistics. It provides a comprehensive account of the most important computational statistics. Included are discussions of numerical analysis, numerical integration, and smoothing.

The author give special attention to floating point standards and numerical analysis; iterative methods for both linear and nonlinear equation, such as Gauss-Seidel method and successive over-relaxation; and computational methods for missing data, such as the EM algorithm. Also covered are new areas of interest, such as the Kalman filter, projection-pursuit methods, density estimation, and other computer-intensive techniques.

Author: R. a. Thisted
ISBN-10: 0412013711
ISBN-13: 9780412013713
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1988
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.77lbs
Size: 9.72h x 6.26w x 1.22d