Numerical methods of statistics /

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Author / Creator:Monahan, John F.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Description:xiv, 428 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge series on statistical and probabilistic mathematics
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4412203
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ISBN:0521791685
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Algorithms and computers
  • 2. Computer arithmetic
  • 3. Matrices and linear equations
  • 4. More methods for solving linear equations
  • 5. Least squares
  • 6. Eigenproblems
  • 7. Functions: interpolation, smoothing and approximation
  • 8. Introduction to optimization and nonlinear equations
  • 9. Maximum likelihood and nonlinear regression
  • 10. Numerical integration and Monte Carlo methods
  • 11. Generating random variables from other distributions
  • 12. Statistical methods for integration and Monte Carlo
  • 13. Markov chain Monte Carlo methods
  • 14. Sorting and fast algorithms