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Springer Introduction To Empirical Processes And Semiparametric Inference 2008 Edition by Michael R. Kosorok
Kosorok's brilliant text provides a self-contained introduction to empirical processes and semiparametric inference. These powerful research techniques are surprisingly useful for developing methods of statistical inference for complex models and in understanding the properties of such methods. This is an authoritative text that covers all the bases and also a friendly and gradual introduction to the area. The book can be used as research reference and textbook. Table of contents : Overview.- An Overview of Empirical Processes.- Overview of Semiparametric Inference.- Case Studies I.- Empirical Processes.- to Empirical Processes.- Preliminaries for Empirical Processes.- Stochastic Convergence.- Empirical Process Methods.- Entropy Calculations.- Bootstrapping Empirical Processes.- Additional Empirical Process Results.- The Functional Delta Method.- Z-Estimators.- M-Estimators.- Case Studies II.- Semiparametric Inference.- to Semiparametric Inference.- Preliminaries for Semiparametric Inference.- Semiparametric Models and Efficiency.- Efficient Inference for Finite-Dimensional Parameters.- Efficient Inference for Infinite-Dimensional Parameters.- Semiparametric M-Estimation.- Case Studies III.