Bringing together recent advances in smoothing and semiparametric regression from a Bayesian perspective, this book demonstrates, with worked examples, the application of these statistical methods to a variety of fields including forestry, development economics, medicine and marketing.
Ludwig Fahrmeir is Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. He has been Professor of Statistics at the University of Regensburg, Chairman of the Collaborative Research Centre "Statistical Analysis of Discrete Structures with Applications in Econometrics and Biometrics" and was coordinator of the project "Analysis and Modelling of Complex Systems in Biology and Medicine" at the University of Munich. He is an Elected Fellow of the International Statistical Institute. Thomas Kneib received a PhD in Statistics in 2006 from the University of Munich. He has been visiting Professor for Applied Statistics at the University of Ulm and Professor for Statistics at the University of Göttingen. Currently, he is Professor for Applied Statistics at the University of Oldenburg.
Show moreBringing together recent advances in smoothing and semiparametric regression from a Bayesian perspective, this book demonstrates, with worked examples, the application of these statistical methods to a variety of fields including forestry, development economics, medicine and marketing.
Ludwig Fahrmeir is Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. He has been Professor of Statistics at the University of Regensburg, Chairman of the Collaborative Research Centre "Statistical Analysis of Discrete Structures with Applications in Econometrics and Biometrics" and was coordinator of the project "Analysis and Modelling of Complex Systems in Biology and Medicine" at the University of Munich. He is an Elected Fellow of the International Statistical Institute. Thomas Kneib received a PhD in Statistics in 2006 from the University of Munich. He has been visiting Professor for Applied Statistics at the University of Ulm and Professor for Statistics at the University of Göttingen. Currently, he is Professor for Applied Statistics at the University of Oldenburg.
Show more1: Introduction: Scope of the Book and Applications
2: Basic Concepts for Smoothing and Semiparametric Regression
3: Generalised Linear Mixed Models
4: Semiparametric Mixed Models for Longitudinal Data
5: Spatial Smothing, Interactions and Geoadditive Regression
6: Event History Data
Ludwig Fahrmeir is Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics,
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. He has been Professor of
Statistics at the University of Regensburg, Chairman of the
Collaborative Research Centre "Statistical Analysis of Discrete
Structures with Applications in Econometrics and Biometrics" and
was coordinator of the project "Analysis and Modelling of Complex
Systems in Biology and Medicine" at the University of Munich. He is
an Elected Fellow
of the International Statistical Institute.
Thomas Kneib received a PhD in Statistics in 2006 from the
University of Munich. He has been visiting Professor for Applied
Statistics at the University of Ulm and Professor for Statistics at
the University of Göttingen. Currently, he is Professor for Applied
Statistics at the University of Oldenburg.
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