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Computational Statistics Handbook with MATLAB
Wendy L. Martinez , and Angel R. Martinez Manufacturer: Chapman & Hall/CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1584882298 |
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Approaching computational statistics through its theoretical aspects can be daunting. Often intimidated or distracted by the theory, researchers and students can lose sight of the actual goals and applications of the subject. What they need are its key concepts, an understanding of its methods, experience with its implementation, and practice with computational software. Focusing on the computational aspects of statistics rather than the theoretical, Computational Statistics Handbook with MATLAB uses a down-to-earth approach that makes statistics accessible to a wide range of users. The authors integrate the use of MATLAB throughout the book, allowing readers to see the actual implementation of algorithms, but also include step-by-step procedures to allow implementation with any suitable software. The book concentrates on the simulation/Monte Carlo point of view, and contains algorithms for exploratory data analysis, modeling, Monte Carlo simulation, pattern recognition, bootstrap, classification, cross-validation methods, probability density estimation, random number generation, and other computational statistics methods. Emphasis on the practical aspects of statistics, details of the latest techniques, and real implementation experience make the Computational Statistics Handbook with MATLAB more than just the first book to use MATLAB to solve computational problems in statistics. It also forms an outstanding, introduction to statistics for anyone in the many disciplines that involve data analysis.
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Great hands on hanbook.......2007-01-11
Good Book for me..........2004-06-18
The focus of this book primarily is to explain how to work on statistics using Matlab and it provides a taste of various areas with adequate explanations and code to get started. One advantage of this book is they do not define their own notation but use the notation which is currently in vogue in academia.
If you are starting out in Matlab, are not a statistician and do not have previous experience with other packages (like Splus or R) you should definetly think about getting a copy. If you are a Stats Guru you can just read the toolbox documentation. However note that these authors provide their additional stats toolbox FREE (which is also well written) on the website which contains most of Matlab statistical functions so you could save yourself some money on the Stats toolbox.
Disappointing.......2002-10-11
I think in any book on this topic there have to be detailed explanations of how methods work and what their limitations are.Otherwise the reader can find themselves in a lot of trouble very quickly. There is insufficient detail either for a student coming to the topics for the first time or for someone actually wanting to analyse data.
Other books that people might want to have a look at:
1)Statistical Pattern Recognition 2nd edition . Andrew Webb.This is not oriented to any particular language.Good introduction.
2)Netlab. Ian Nabney (this has excellent Matlab functions for neural networks)
3)Modern applied statistics with S 4th edition, Venables and Ripley. This uses a different language (but which will be relatively easy for Matlab users to learn), but learning S or R (free!) makes a huge number of tools available.
4)The recent data mining book by Hand et al. This offers clear and cogent explanations.It is good for someone who does not want overly mathematical descriptions.
I haven't looked properly at the recent Hastie,Friedman and Tibishirani book yet, but you can find reviews on the Amazon page for the book.
Not very useful.......2002-08-28
sloppy writing.......2002-07-10
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Handbook of Computational Statistics
J.E. Gentle , and Wolfgang HSrdle Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 3540404643 |
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The Handbook of Computational Statistics - Concepts and Methods is divided into 4 parts. It begins with an overview of the field of Computational Statistics, how it emerged as a seperate discipline, how it developed along the development of hard- and software, including a discussion of current active research.
The second part presents several topics in the supporting field of statistical computing. Emphasis is placed on the need for fast and accurate numerical algorithms, and it discusses some of the basic methodologies for transformation, data base handling and graphics treatment.
The third part focuses on statistical methodology. Special attention is given to smoothing, iterative procedures, simulation and visualization of multivariate data.
Finally a set of selected applications like Bioinformatics, Medical Imaging, Finance and Network Intrusion Detection highlight the usefulness of computational statistics.
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Handbook of Partial Least Squares: Concepts, Methods and Applications in Marketing and Related Fields (Springer Handbooks of Computational Statistics)
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The new volume of Computational Statistics represents a comprehensive overview of Partial Least Squares (PLS) methods with specific reference to their use in marketing and with a discussion of the directions of current research and perspectives.
The handbook covers the broad area of PLS methods -from regression to structural equation modeling applications, software and interpretation of results. It features papers on the use and the analysis of latent variables and indicators by means of the PLS path modeling approach from the design of the causal network to model assessment and improvement.
Within the PLS framework, the handbook also addresses advanced topics such as the analysis of multi-block, multi-group and multi-structured data, the use of categorical indicators, the study of interaction effects, the integration of classification issues, the validation aspects and the comparison between the PLS approach and covariance based structural equation modeling. Most chapters comprise a thorough discussion of applications to marketing and related areas, some tutorials focus on key aspects of PLS analysis with a didactic approach.
This handbook serves both as an introduction for those without prior knowledge of PLS and as a comprehensive reference for researchers and practitioners interested in the most recent advances in PLS methodology.
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Computational Handbook of Statistics, Fourth Edition
James L. Bruning , and B. L. Kintz Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0673990850 |
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So helpful we once owned an upstairs and downstairs copy.......2002-01-29
A true friend.......2000-06-09
(But did the price have to increase so drasticly?)
A fabulous cookbook.......1999-04-12
A fabulous cookbook.......1999-04-12
Cookbook approach to statistics for novices/out of practice........1998-02-19
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Handbook of Data Visualization (Springer Handbooks of Computational Statistics)
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Visualizing the data is an essential part of any data analysis. Modern computing developments have led to big improvements in graphic capabilities and there are many new possibilities for data displays. This new volume in the series Springer Handbooks of Computational Statistics gives an overview of modern data visualization methods, both in theory and practice. There are definitive chapters on modern graphical tools such as mosaic plots, parallel coordinate plots and linked views. There are chapters dedicated to graphical methodology for particular areas of statistics, for example Bayesian analysis, genomic data and cluster analysis, as well as chapters on software for graphics. Specialists from all over the world have contributed papers on their areas of expertise.
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Computational Handbook of Statistics
James L.; Kintz, B. L. Bruning Manufacturer: Scott, Foresman & Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000GDATIY |
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Handbook of Hidden Markov Models in Bioinformatics (Mathematical and Computational Biology)
Martin Gollery Manufacturer: Chapman & Hall/CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1584886846 |
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The increasing popularity of profile/hidden Markov model (HMM) methods has led to an increase in the number of databases that support these algorithms. Although most bioinformatics books reference some of these available methods, few mention any databases other than PFAM. Offering practical advice that draws on the author's own experience, the Handbook of Hidden Markov Models in Bioinformatics discusses how to effectively use these databases and methods in order to identify features of biological interest. This comprehensive guide includes links to additional resources in each chapter and a CD-ROM with related material and programs.
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Handbook of Statistics 9: Computational Statistics
Manufacturer: North-Holland ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0444880968 |
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Hardbound. The chapters in this volume, written by specialists in computer science and statistics, illustrate the trend in modern statistics of basic methodology supported by the state-of-the-art computational and graphical facilities, and their applications to diverse fields of human endeavour. Specifically, the Handbook is designed to serve as a practical guide to consulting statisticians; to provide research workers with an overview of current developments in computing and indicate their possible use in statistical work; to bring the latest developments in certain areas of computing and demands for the future to the attention of computer scientists; and to promote an interface between statisticians and computer scientists for the benefit of both.This work is a valuable guide to computer scientists, statistical consultants, computer programmers and research workers in all fields involved in data analysis.
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Computational Handbook of Statistics
J. Bruning Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N7IDUO |
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Computational Handbook of Statistics
James Bruning Manufacturer: UNSPECIFIED VENDOR ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000UCNQAE |
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Organic reagents in metal analysis, (International series of monographs in analytical chemistry, v. 54)
K Burger Manufacturer: Pergamon Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0080169295 |
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Organic Reagents for Copper
Frank J. Welcher Manufacturer: Krieger Pub Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0882754408 |
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ORGANIC REAGENTS IN METAL ANALYSIS. International Series of Monographs in Analytical Chemistry, Volume 54.
Kalman Burger Manufacturer: Pergamon Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OGWJPY |
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Neurodynamics: An Exploration in Mesoscopic Brain Dynamics (Perspectives in Neural Computing)
Walter J. Freeman Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1852336161 |
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This volume provides an overview of important work carried out by Professor Walter Freeman of the University of Berkeley, California, USA. Collecting together his published works over the last 35 years, it charts his groundbreaking research into perception and other cognitive operations in animals and humans and looks at how this can be applied to computer hardware to provide the foundations for novel - and greatly improved - machine intelligence. It provides a step-by-step description of the concepts and data needed by electrical engineers, computer scientists and cognitivists to understand and emulate pattern recognition in biological systems at a level of competence which has not yet been matched by any form of Artificial Intelligence. It offers a unique blend of theory and experiment and, historically, it also demonstrates the impact of computers on the design, execution, and interpretation of experiments in neurophysiology over the past five decades.
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Captain's Daughter and Other Stories (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin Manufacturer: Everyman's Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679413316 Release Date: 1992-06-02 |
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Introduction by John Bayley; Translation by Natalie DuddingtonCustomer Reviews:
solid introduction to Pushkin.......2006-11-12
One of Russia's Literary Masters.......2004-07-26
Worth a read.......2004-04-11
The Master of Russian Literature.......2001-02-28
The dream of life........2000-03-30
Small, less than handsome misfit in a constant and direct dialog with the Muses. A man whose social, financial and matrimonial achievements are no match to his art.
His talents bloomed in the Lyceum, he was hailed by the most prominent poet of Russian Classicism - Gavrila Derzhavin, who had appointed the youngster his poetical heir.
But Pushkin made only a few contributions to the genre - he was a devoted romantic, a Byronite. Mermaids, gypsies and noble robber brothers were the inhabitants of his adolescent poems.
Drinking bouts with local Hussar officers were toppled by the boy's passionate odes to Liberty. Alexander was a celebrity guest.
The guest he remained. The officers - The Decembrists - rebelled against the tsar. Puskin was not invited. The conspirators felt that "the son of the Muses" is fond of the revolutionary rhetorics, not the cause.
Later, asked by the triumphant monarch does he regret his absence in rebellious ranks on that fateful December day, Pushkin confirmed his affinity with his hanged friends. He wanted to be taking seriously, he was ready to suffer. But the tsar was only amused and let Alexander go.
Pushkin soared high in empirea, the verse of unbelievable beauty and clarity was streaming from his quill, but his everyday life was dominated by gambling, drinking and chasing the known libertines. Yearning to be accepted socially he offered his friendship to unworthy and very often had to contend with their condescending attitude. He was not the first socially awkward creator in human history but that understanding did nothing to lessen the pain.
In his final years Pushkin decided to settle down, to accept the responsibilities, to marry, to get the position in the tsar's court.
Natalia Goncharova, the first beauty of Petersburg, consented to marry him - her family was impoverished, Alexander - insistent. He was given the court rank - kamerjunker, nearly the lowest in the hierarchy, fit for a very young man making his very first steps in the court. He was insulted but the wife's acclaimed beauty compensated for that and the other disapointments. They all envy him - the lucky man!
There was never enough money to put that gem in a proper setting. The beauty was expecting her due. If Alexander is incapable there are others.
Art remained the only consolation. Once he woke up in the middle of the night, put on a light and fevereshly scribbled the newborn lines. He read them to the wife. - Don't you ever do that to me again! - said the sleepy beauty.
His art is not able to conquer that perfection, the beauty of verse is nothing to the beauty of flesh.
Pushkin is made fun of, proclaimed a cuckold. His life is nearing the end.
In his last year the tortured genius writes Captain's Daughter. No mermaids here, no gypsies. It's clarity and restrained beauty is unsurpassed in our literature.
A son of old officer Petr Andreevich Grinev turns seventeen. He is enlisted as a toddler in a prestigeous regiment in Petersburg, now he is an officer already. He has no extensive education - just the basic ideas of nobility and some knowledge of French. His name is telling - Petr means a stone, father's name - a man, a male. The father wants to keep the son unspoiled - Petr is refused his ticket to the Petersburg. He goes to the steppes instead, to the fortress in the middle of nowhere.
On the way he gets drunk, loses money, suffers from hangover, abuses his old servant - with no harm to his inner integrity.
He begins to enjoy the simple life in the fortress, captain's daughter is aware if his feelings and seems to feel the same way. Short and ugly comrade-in-arms, Alexei Shvabrin envies him and speaks dirty of the girl. Duel puts Petr in a bed. The love flourishes.
All that a prelude to the Russian rebellion, "senseless and merciless".
The fortress is taken, the captain is hanged, his wife lies naked and dead in a dirt. Petr's life is spared on impostor's whim. Masha, the captain's daughter, is hidden in the local priest's house. Shvabrin is appointed the fortress commander and has the girl who rejected him in his power.
All will end well. The young lovers are ready to sacrifice, their love will conquer all, the empress Ekaterina is merciful - just like her adversary "emperor" Pugachev.
Like a drowning man gasping for air Pushkin had to get in contact with the qualities his life is so utterlly lacking - integrity, loyalty,love accepted and given back. He had experienced all that in Captain's Daughter.
No matter what happens Petr Grinev is true to his nature - the quality respected by friends and enemies. He is always ready to do the right thing - no matter what's the price. There are things more important than life. Or love.
Puskin's life is over, he is not respected, not loved by the woman he chose. So he escapes in art, lives another life, the dream of life he never had.
Less talented writer would have succumbed to the pure escapism, but Alexander Pushkin is a genius, what we have instead is a timeless masterpiece, clear and restrained, very modern prose, the characters we care about. No one succeed in imitating that style.
Puskin is not very well known in the West. The verse is so Russian it defies a translation, the prose is deceptively simple - it's very different from "prophetic" writings of Dostoevsky or Tolstoy, the export variant of The Great Late Russian Literature. The reader used to contemplating "the mysterious Russian soul" will be disappointed.
I am reluctant to recommend that book to a Western reader.But Pushkin is one of the reasons I still live here.
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The Captain's Daughter & Other Stories
Alexander Pushkin Manufacturer: Limited Editions ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NPTOKO |
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The captain's daughter & other stories
Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin Manufacturer: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at the Westerham Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007BLEES |
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The Captain's Daughter & Other Stories (Everyman's Library)
Alexander Pushkin Manufacturer: Dent Dutton ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: 0460018981 |
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THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER AND OTHER GREAT STORIES
Manufacturer: Modern Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000FMIBD6 |
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Captain's Daughter And Other Great Stories
Alexander Pushkin Manufacturer: Vintage Books / Random House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000RHD35K |
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The Captain's Daughter and Other Great Stories
Alexander Pushkin Manufacturer: Modern Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OJJKYO |
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The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories
Manufacturer: Foreign Languages Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GUPVIU |
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The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories
Manufacturer: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000CPK40E |
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Alexander Pushkin Manufacturer: Vintage Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000H0SF7I |
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