Geometrical foundations of asymptotic inference /

Differential geometry provides an aesthetically appealing and often revealing view of statistical inference. Beginning with an elementary treatment of one-parameter statistical models and ending with an overview of recent developments, this is the first book to provide an introduction to the subject...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kass, Robert E.
Other Authors: Vos, Paul W., 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Wiley, 1997.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Overview and Preliminaries
  • One-Parameter Curved Exponential Families. First-Order Asymptotics
  • Second-Order Asymptotics
  • Multiparameter Curved Exponential Families. Extensions of Results from the One-Parameter Case
  • Exponential Family Regression and Diagnostics
  • Curvature in Exponential Family Regression
  • Differential-Geometric Methods. Information-Metric Riemannian Geometry
  • Statistical Manifolds
  • Divergence Functions
  • Recent Developments
  • Appendix A: Diffeomorphisms and the Inverse Function Theorem
  • Appendix B: Arclength and Curvature of Curves
  • Appendix C: Basic Concepts in Differential Geometry
  • Appendix D: A Coordinate-Free Definition of Weak Sphericity
  • References
  • Symbol Index
  • Index
  • Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics.
  • One-parameter curved exponential familes
  • First-order asymptotics
  • Second-order asymptotics
  • Multiparameter curved exponential families
  • Exponential family regression and diagnostics
  • Curvature in exponential family regression
  • Differential-geometric methods
  • Information-metric riemannian geometry
  • Sttistical manifolds
  • Divergence functions
  • Recent developments.