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Author Butler, Ronald W.

Title Saddlepoint approximations with applications / Ronald W. Butler.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 564 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge series in statistical and probabilistic mathematics
Cambridge series on statistical and probabilistic mathematics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Fundamental approximations -- Properties and derivations -- Multivariate densities -- Conditional densities and distribution functions -- Exponential families and tilted distributions -- Further exponential family examples and theory -- Probability computation with p* -- Probabilities with r*-type approximations -- Nuisance parameters -- Sequential saddlepoint applications -- Applications to multivariate testing -- Ratios and roots of estimating equations -- First passge and time to event distributions -- Bootstrapping in the transform domain -- Bayesian applications -- Nonnormal bases.
Summary How approximate probability calculations make complex models tractable; clear, simple explanations; real data examples.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Method of steepest descent (Numerical analysis)
Method of steepest descent (Numerical analysis)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Butler, Ronald W. Saddlepoint approximations with applications. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521872508 (DLC) 2007299640 (OCoLC)78989093
ISBN 9780511342394 (electronic book)
051134239X (electronic book)
0511341326
9780511341328
0511619081 (electronic book)
9780511619083 (electronic book)
9780521872508 (hardback)
0521872502 (hardback)

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