Like its predecessor, this second volume presents detailed applications of Bayesian statistical analysis, each of which emphasizes the scientific context of the problems it attempts to solve. The emphasis of this volume is on biomedical...

In many applied fields of statistics the concept of causality is central to a scientific investigation. The author's aim in this book is to extend the classical theories of probabilistic causality to longitudinal settings and to propose...

I. Some Reminders of Functional Analysis.- II. Some Classes of Operators.- §1. Finite-Dimensional Operators.- §2. Bounded Linear Operators on a Banach Space.- §3. Bounded Linear Operator on a Hilbert Space.- III. Banach Algebras.- §1....

The abstract concept of “information” can be quantified and this has led to many important advances in the analysis of data in the empirical sciences. This text focuses on a science philosophy based on “multiple working hypotheses” and...

"Obesity Management in Family Practice" von Thomas L. McKnight ist ein umfassendes Handbuch, das sich an Hausärzte und andere Gesundheitsdienstleister richtet, die Patienten mit Adipositas behandeln. Das Buch bietet praxisnahe Strategien...

This book consists of three parts: Part One is composed of two introductory chapters. The first chapter provides an instrumental varible interpretation of the state space time series algorithm originally proposed by Aoki (1983), and...