Statistical Modelling and Regression Structures: Festschrift in Honour of Ludwig Fahrmeir - Couverture rigide

 
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Thecollectedcontributionscontainedwithinthisbookhavebeenwrittenbyfriends andcolleaguestoacknowledgeLudwigFahrmeir'swidespreadandimportantimpact onStatisticsasascience, whilecelebratinghis65thBirthday. Asayoungstudent, LudwigstartedhiscareerasaMathematician, buthequickly turnedintoarisingandshiningstarwithintheGermanandinternationalStatistics community. HesoonobtainedbothhisPhDandhisHabilitationattheTechnical UniversityofMunich. AfterashortperiodasavisitingprofessorattheUniversity ofDortmund, hereturnedtohishomelandBavariaandwasappointedFullProfessor ofStatisticsattheUniversityofRegensburg, attheageof32. Someyearslater, hemovedtothecapitalofBavariaandbecameProfessoratthe DepartmentofStatisticsattheUniversityofMunich. Hisappointmenthadsigni?cant impactontheDepartmentsince, soonafterhisarrival, Ludwigstartedaninitiative toestablishacollaborativeresearchcenteronthe"StatisticalAnalysisofDiscrete Structures. "Afterasuccessfulapplicationforinitialfunding, furtherfundingwas extendedseveraltimes, untiltheresearchcenterreachedthemaximumperiodfor fundingin2006. Duringthecompleteduration, Ludwigservedasaspeakerofthe researchcenterand-tociteoneofthe?nalreferees-"manageditinaneasyand ef?cientwayandcontributedseveralimportantresults. " Duringthelastfortyyears, Ludwig'sworkhashadtremendousimpactontheS- tisticscommunity. Hewasamongthe?rstresearcherstorecognizetheimportance ofgeneralizedlinearmodelsandcontributedinaseriesofpaperstothetheoretical backgroundofthatmodelclass. Hisinterestinstatisticalmodellingledtothe- ganizationofaworkshopon"StatisticalModellingandGeneralizedLinearModels (GLIM)"inMunichin1992andculminatedinthehighlycitedmonographon"M- tivariateStatisticalModellingBasedonGeneralizedLinearModels"thatsawtwo printingsandremainstobeakeyreferenceonappliedstatisticalmodellingutilizing generalizedlinearmodels. Ludwigalsohadgreatin?uenceonthecreationofthe StatisticalModellingSociety, andiscurrentlyontheadvisoryboardofthecor- spondingjournalon"StatisticalModelling. "Boththesocietyandjournalemerged outoftheearlyGLIMworkshopsandproceedings. v vi Foreword Ofcourse, Ludwig'sworkisde?nitelynotrestrictedtogeneralizedlinearmodels but-onthecontrary-spansawiderangeofmodernStatistics. Heco-authoredor co-editedseveralmonographs, e. g. onMultivariateStatistics, StochasticProcesses, MeasurementofCreditRisks, aswellaspopulartextbooksonRegressionandan IntroductiontoStatistics. Hisrecentresearchcontributionsaremostlyconcentrated insemiparametricregressionandspatialstatisticswithinaBayesianframework. When?rstcirculatingtheideaofaFestschriftforthecelebrationofLudwig's 65thbirthday, allpotentialcontributorswereextremelypositive, manyimmediately agreeingtocontribute. ThesereactionsatesttoLudwig'shighpersonalandp- fessionalappreciationinthestatisticalcommunity. Thefarreachingandvarietyof subjectscoveredwithinthesecontributionsalsorepresentsLudwig'sbroadinterest andimpactinmanybranchesofmodernStatistics. BotheditorsofthisFestschriftwereluckyenoughtoworkwithLudwigatseveral occasionsandinparticularearlyintheircareersasPhDstudentsandPostDocs. His personalandprofessionalmentorshipandhisstrongcommitmentmadehimaperfect supervisorandhispatient, con?dentandencouragingworkingstylewillalwaysbe rememberedbyallofhisstudentsandcolleagues. Ludwigalwaysprovidedafriendly workingenvironmentthatmadeitapleasureandanhonortobeapartofhisworking group. WeareproudtobeabletosaythatLudwigismuchmorethanacolleague butturnedintoafriendforbothofus. OldenburgandMunich, January2010 ThomasKneib, GerhardTutz Acknowledgements Theeditorswouldliketoexpresstheirgratitudeto -

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ISBN 10 :  379082898X ISBN 13 :  9783790828986
Editeur : Physica, 2014
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