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Title Advances in regression, survival analysis, extreme values, Markov processes and other statistical applications / João Lita da Silva [and others], editors
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2013

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Series Studies in theoretical and applied statistics
Studies in theoretical and applied statistics.
Contents Invited Sessions. Youden Square with Split Units / Stanisław Franciszek Mejza, Shinji Kuriki -- Likelihood and PLS Estimators for Structural Equation Modeling: An Assessment of Sample Size, Skewness and Model Misspecification Effects / Manuel J. Vilares, Pedro S. Coelho -- Communications. A Parametric Cure Model with Covariates / Ana M. Abreu, Cristina S. Rocha -- Survival Analysis Applied to the Study of Time from Diagnosis of HIV-1 Infection to AIDS in Portugal / Marta Alves, Cristina S. Rocha, Maria Teresa Paixão -- A New Independence Test for VaR Violations / P. Araújo Santos, M.I. Fraga Alves -- Discrimination Between Parametric Survival Models for Removal Times of Bird Carcasses in Scavenger Removal Trials at Wind Turbines Sites / Regina Bispo [and others] -- Uniformity / M.F. Brilhante [and others] -- Asymptotic Comparison at Optimal Levels of Minimum-Variance Reduced-Bias Tail-Index Estimators / Frederico Caeiro, M. Ivette Gomes
Extremal Behavior of the Generalized Integer-Valued Random Coefficient Autoregressive Process / Luísa Canto e Castro, Dulce Gomes, Maria da Graça Temido -- Models of Individual Growth in a Random Environment: Study and Application of First Passage Times / Clara Carlos, Carlos A. Braumann, Patrícia A. Filipe -- Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Model in the Analysis of Longitudinal Discrete Data / Eunice Carrasquinha, M. Helena Gonçalves, M. Salomé Cabral -- Risk Assessment on Campylobacter in Broiler Meat at Slaughter Level in Portugal / Marta Castel-Branco [and others] -- Predicting and Treating Missing Data with Boot. EXPOS / Clara Cordeiro, M. Manuela Neves -- Bayesian Genetic Mapping of Binary Trait Loci / César Correia, Nuno Sepúlveda, Carlos Daniel Paulino -- Concomitant Latent Class Models Applied to Mathematics Education / Maria Eugénia Ferrão, José G. Dias -- Evaluating Discriminant Analysis Results / Ana Sousa Ferreira, Margarida Cardoso
Distribution of the Number of Losses in Busy-Periods of MX/G/1/n Systems / Fátima Ferreira, António Pacheco, Helena Ribeiro -- Misleading Signals in Simultaneous Residual Schemes for the Process Mean and Variance of AR(1) Processes: A Stochastic Ordering Approach / Patrícia Ferreira Ramos, Manuel Cabral Morais, António Pacheco -- Conditional EVT for VAR Estimation: Comparison with a New Independence Test / M.I. Fraga Alves, P. Araújo Santos -- Asymptotic Distribution of the Maximum for a Chaotic Economic Model / Ana Cristina Moreira Freitas -- Adaptive Choice of Thresholds and the Bootstrap Methodology: An Empirical Study / M. Ivette Gomes, Fernanda Figueiredo, M. Manuela Neves -- Distributional Properties of Generalized Threshold ARCH Models / E. Gonçalves, N. Mendes-Lopes -- Preliminary Results on Confidence Intervals for Open Bonus Malus / Gracinda R. Guerreiro, João T. Mexia, Maria F. Miguens
Study of the Electrocardiographic Fluctuations on Brugada Syndrome Screening / Carla Henriques, Ana Cristina Matos, Luís Ferreira dos Santos -- Mortality on Older Portuguese Population due to Circulatory System Diseases and Neoplasms: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis by Age and Sex / Sandra Lagarto [and others] -- Absolute Diffusion Process: Sensitivity Measures / Manuela Larguinho, José Carlos Dias, Carlos A. Braumann -- Scaling Exponents in Heart Rate Variability / Argentina Leite, Maria Eduarda Silva, Ana Paula Rocha -- Prediction of Dementia Patients: A Comparative Approach Using Parametric Versus Nonparametric Classifiers / João Maroco [and others] -- Pareto Scale Mixtures / Miguel Martins Felgueiras -- Fitting Johnson's S B Distribution to Forest Tree Diameter / Ayana Mateus, Margarida Tomé -- On a Continuous-Time Stock Price Model with Two Mean Reverting Regimes / Pedro P. Mota -- Generalized F Tests in Models with Random Perturbations: The Truncated Normal Case / Célia Nunes [and others]
Generalized Linear Models, Generalized Additive Models and Neural Networks: Comparative Study in Medical Applications / Ana Luisa Papoila [and others] -- Joint-Regression Analysis and Incorporation of Environmental Variables in Stochastic Frontier Production Function: An Application to Experimental Data of Winter Rye / Dulce Gamito Pereira, Ana Sampaio -- On the Maximum and Minimum of a Stationary Random Field / Luísa Pereira -- Publication Bias and Meta-analytic Syntheses / D. Pestana [and others] -- Self-perception of Health Status and Socio-Economic Differences in the Use of Health Services / Alexandra Pinto [and others] -- Comparison of Modal Variables Using Multivariate Analysis / Isabel Pinto Doria [and others] -- Disentangling the Relationship Between Entrepreneurship and Job Creation by Poisson Mixture Regressions / Leandro P. Pontes, José G. Dias -- Simulation Study of the Calibration Technique in the Extremal Index Estimation / D. Prata Gomes, João T. Mexia, M. Manuela Neves
Semi-parametric Building of the Optimal Screening Region in Supervised Classification / Sandra Ramos, Maria Antónia Amaral Turkman, Marília Antunes -- An Application of Statistical Methods of Indirect Estimation and Projection of Internal Migration Flows Within the Portuguese Mainland / Maria Filomena Mendes [and others] -- Robust Clustering Method for the Detection of Outliers: Using AIC to Select the Number of Clusters / Carla M. Santos-Pereira, Ana M. Pires -- HLA Allele and Haplotype Frequencies of the Portuguese Bone Marrow Donors Registry / Ricardo São João [and others] -- Independent Component Analysis for Extended Time Series in Climate Data / Fernando Sebastião, Irene Oliveira -- Life Satisfaction: A MIMIC Approach with a Discrete Latent Variable / Patrícia Serra, José G. Dias, Maria de Fátima Salgueiro -- An Application of MRMC ROC Curves on Radiology / Carina Silva-Fortes [and others] -- Some Remarks About Gibbs Variable Selection Performance / Júlia Teles, Maria Antónia Amaral Turkman -- Dependence of Multivariate Extremes / C. Viseu [and others]
Summary This volume of the Selected Papers from Portugal is a product of the Seventeenth Congress of the Portuguese Statistical Society, held at the beautiful resort seaside city of Sesimbra, Portugal, from September 30 to October 3, 2009. It covers a broad scope of theoretical, methodological as well as application-oriented articles in domains such as: Linear Models and Regression, Survival Analysis, Extreme Value Theory, Statistics of Diffusions, Markov Processes and other Statistical Applications
Analysis Statistics
Mathematical statistics
Statistical Theory and Methods
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Mathematical statistics.
MATHEMATICS -- Probability & Statistics -- General.
Estadística matemática
Mathematical statistics
Statistik
Stochastischer Prozess
Form Electronic book
Author Silva, João Lita da
ISBN 9783642349041
3642349048