A Practical Guide to Heavy Tails

Robert Adler

ISBN 10: 0817639519 / ISBN 13: 9780817639518

Published by Birkhäuser Boston, Birkhäuser Boston Okt 1998, 1998

About this Item

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume contains a unique collection of mathematical essays that resent a battery of techniques and approaches for the statistical analysis of heavy tailed distributions and processes. The articles cover a number of applications of heavy tailed modeling, running the gamut from insurance and finance, to telecommunications and the World Wide Web, and classical signal/noise detection problems. 556 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Practical Guide to Heavy Tails
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, Birkhäuser Boston Okt 1998
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0817639519
• ISBN 13: 9780817639518
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 260W x 183H x 35D millimeters 260 millimeters width by 183 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1230 grams

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Synopsis

Presents techniques and approaches for the statistical analysis of heavy-tailed distributions and processes, with a focus on applicability rather than theory. Emphasis is placed upon numerical problems associated with stable distributions, time series analysis and regression.

Review

"The editors and contributors have done a marvelous job... Professional statisticians and applied mathematicians will find it fascinating for its presentation and documentation of versatile methods for handling troublesome data." ―Computing Reviews