Advances in Mathematical and Statistical Modeling (Hardcover)

Preface List of Contributors List of Tables List of Figures Part I. Distribution Theory and Applications Enrique Castillo's Contributions to Conditional Specification / B. C. Arnold The Polygonal Distribution / D. Karlis and E. Xekalaki Conditionally Specified Models: New Developments and Applications / J. M. Sarabia, M. Sarabia, and M. Pascual Modelling of Insurance Claim Count with Hurdle Distribution for Panel Data / J.-P. Boucher, M. Denuit, and M. Guillen Distance-Based Association and Multi-Sample Tests for General Multivariate Data / C. M. Cuadras Part II. Probability and Statistics Empirical Bayes Assessment of the Hyperparameters in Bayesian Factor Analysis / S. J. Press, K.-I. Shin, and L. S. Eun Part III. Order Statistics and Analysis Negative Mixtures, Order Statistics, and Systems / J. Navarro and P. J. HernandezModels of Ordered Data and Products of Beta Random Variables / E. Beutner and U. Kamps Exact Inference and Optimal Censoring Scheme for a Simple Step-Stress Model Under Progressive Type-II Censoring / Q. Xie, N. Balakrishnan, and D. Han Part IV. Engineering Modeling Non-Gaussian State Estimation in Power Systems / R. Minguez, A. J. Conejo, and A.S. Hadi Statistics Applied to Wave Climate on a Beach Profile / C. Castillo and C. Solares Part V. Extreme Value Theory On Some Dependence Measures for Multivariate Extreme-Value Distributions / I. Weissman Ratio of Maximum to the Sum for Testing Super Heavy Tails / C. Neves and I. Fraga Alves Tail Behavior: An Empirical Study / M. I. Gomes, D. Pestana, L. Rodriguez, and C. Viseu An Example of Real-Life Data Where the Hill Estimator is Correct / R.-D. Reiss and U. Cormann Part VI. Business and Economics Applications Deriving Credibility Premiums Under Different Bayesian Methodology / E. G. Deniz The Influence of Transport Links on Disaggregation and Regionalization Methods in Interregional Input-Output Models Between Metropolitan and Remote Areas / F. Escobedo and J. M. Urena Part VII. Statistical Methods Jackknife Bias Correction of a Clock Offset Estimator / D. R. Jeske Pretesting in Polytomous Logistic Regression Models Based on Phi-divergence Measures / L. Pardo, M. L. Menendez, and M. Martin A Unified Approach to Model Selection, Discrimination, Goodness of Fit and Outliers in Time Series / D. Pena and P. Galeano Generalized Linear Models Diagnostics for Binary Data using Divergence Measures / J. A. Pardo and M. C. Pardo Part VIII. Applied Mathematics Some Problems in Geometric Processing of Surfaces / J. Puig-Pey, A. Galvez, A. Iglesias, P. Corcuera, and J. Rodriguez Generalized Inverse Computation Based on an Orthogonal Decomposition Methodology / P. Gomez, B. Lacruz, and R. E. Pruneda Single and Ensemble Fault Classifiers Based on Features Selected by Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms / E. Zio, P. Baraldi, G. Golam, and N. Pedroni Feasibility Conditions in Engineering Problems Involving a Parametric System of Linear Inequalities / C. Solares and E. W. V. Chaves Forecasting Nonlinear Systems with Neural Networks via Anticipated Synchronization / C. Herrera, D. San-Martin, A. S. Cofino, and J. M. Gutierrez Part IX. Discrete Distributions The Discrete Half-Normal Distribution / A.W. Kemp Parameter Estimation for Certain q-Hypergeometric Distributions / D. Kemp Index