ENGLISH

Stein's Method and Applications

By A. D. Barbour

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company
Year
2005
ISBN
9812562818, 9789812562814
Open Library ID
OL18987434M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13629115 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes Series, Institute for Mathematical Sciences 5
Pages
319\319
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Stein's startling technique for deriving probability approximations first appeared about 30 years ago. Since then, much has been done to refine and develop the method, but it is still a highly active field of research, with many outstanding problems, both theoretical and in applications. This volume, the proceedings of a workshop held in honour of Charles Stein in Singapore, August 1983, contains contributions from many of the mathematicians at the forefront of this effort. It provides a cross-section of the work currently being undertaken, with many pointers to future directions. The papers in the collection include applications to the study of random binary search trees, Brownian motion on manifolds, Monte-Carlo integration, Edgeworth expansions, regenerative phenomena, the geometry of random point sets, and random matrices.

Similar books