Theory of U-Statistics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780792326083)

The theory of U-statistics goes back to the fundamental work of Hoeffding [1], in which he proved the central limit theorem. During last forty years the interest to this class of random variables has been permanently increasing, and thus, the new intensively developing branch of probability theory has been formed. The U-statistics are one of the universal objects of the modem probability theory of summation. On the one hand, they are more complicated "algebraically" than sums of independent random variables and vectors, and on the other hand, they contain essential elements of dependence which display themselves in the martingale properties. In addition, the U -statistics as an object of mathematical statistics occupy one of the central places in statistical problems. The development of the theory of U-statistics is stipulated by the influence of the classical theory of summation of independent random variables: The law of large num- bers, central limit theorem, invariance principle, and the law of the iterated logarithm we re proved, the estimates of convergence rate were obtained, etc.

Author: Vladimir S. Korolyuk, Y. V. Borovskich
ISBN-10: 0792326083
ISBN-13: 9780792326083
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 11/30/1993
Pages: 554
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.13lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.25d