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Silverman, Bernard Walter was born on February 22, 1952 in London. Son of Elias and Helen Silverman.
(Although there has been a surge of interest in density es...)
Although there has been a surge of interest in density estimation in recent years, much of the published research has been concerned with purely technical matters with insufficient emphasis given to the technique's practical value. Furthermore, the subject has been rather inaccessible to the general statistician. The account presented in this book places emphasis on topics of methodological importance, in the hope that this will facilitate broader practical application of density estimation and also encourage research into relevant theoretical work. The book also provides an introduction to the subject for those with general interests in statistics. The important role of density estimation as a graphical technique is reflected by the inclusion of more than 50 graphs and figures throughout the text. Several contexts in which density estimation can be used are discussed, including the exploration and presentation of data, nonparametric discriminant analysis, cluster analysis, simulation and the bootstrap, bump hunting, projection pursuit, and the estimation of hazard rates and other quantities that depend on the density. This book includes general survey of methods available for density estimation. The Kernel method, both for univariate and multivariate data, is discussed in detail, with particular emphasis on ways of deciding how much to smooth and on computation aspects. Attention is also given to adaptive methods, which smooth to a greater degree in the tails of the distribution, and to methods based on the idea of penalized likelihood.
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Silverman, Bernard Walter was born on February 22, 1952 in London. Son of Elias and Helen Silverman.
Bachelor, Cambridge (England) University, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1978; Doctor of Science, Cambridge (England) University, 1989.
Research fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge U., 1975-1977; manager calculator department, Sinclair Radionics Ltd., England, 1976-1977; junior lecturer, Oxford (England) University, 1977-1978; lecturer, U. Bath, England, 1978-1980; reader, U. Bath, England, 1981-1984; professor of statistics, U. Bath, England, 1984-1993; professor of statistics, U. Bristol, England, since 1993. Visiting scholar, visiting professor various university and related institutions, including Stanford (California) U., Princeton (New Jersey) U., University of Wisconsin, Heidelberg (Germany) University, University Paris, Csiro, Australia, since 1977.
(Although there has been a surge of interest in density es...)
Fellow Royal Statistical Society (Guy Bronze medal 1984, Guy Silver medal 1995, member county 1982-1990, honorary secretary 1984-1990), Institute Mathematics Statistics (coun.1991-1994). Member International Statistical Institute (chairman Bernoulli Society European committee 1988-1990).
Married Rowena Fowler, March 9, 1985. 1 child, Matthew.