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Statistical challenges in modern astronomy II

146121968X

1461273609

9781461219682

9781461273608

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Statistical challenges in modern astronomy II

[Book]

G. Jogesh Babu and Eric D. Feigelson, editors.

New York

Springer

©1997.

(xviii, 469 pages) : illustrations

1 Pre and Post Least Squares: The Emergence of Robust Estimation --;2 Some Recent Developments in Bayesian Analysis, with Astronomical Illustrations --;3 Bayesian Analysis of Lunar Laser Ranging Data --;4 Modern Statistical Methods for Cosmological Testing --;5 Comparing Censoring and Random Truncation via Nonparametric Estimation of a Distribution Function --;6 Astronomical (Heteroscedastic) Measurement Errors: Statistical Issues and Problems --;7 New Problems and Approaches Related to Large Databases in Astronomy --;8 Object Classification in Astronomical Images --;9 Recent Advances in Large-scale Structure Statistics --;10 Wavelet Transform and Multiscale Vision Models --;11 Statistical Software, Siftware and Astronomy --;12 Statistical Issues in the MACHO Project --;13 LIGO: Identifying Gravitational Waves --;14 AXAF Data Analysis Challenges --;15 Statistical Aspects of the Hipparcos Photometric Data --;16 Application of Wavelet Analysis to the Study of Time-dependent Spectra --;17 Nonparametric Methods for Time Series and Dynamical Systems --;18 Quantifying Rapid Variability in Accreting Compact Objects --;19 Wavelet and Other Multi-resolution Methods for Time Series Analysis --;20 An Overview of "SCMA II" --;21 Late-Night Thoughts of a Classical Astronomer --;22 Algorithms for the Detection of Monochromatic and Stochastic Gravitational Waves --;23 Statistical Tests for Changing Periods in Sparsely Sampled Data --;24 Analyzing X-ray Variability by Linear State Space Models --;25 The Time Interferometer: Spectral Analysis of the Gapped Time Series from the Stand Point of Interferometry --;26 Structures in Random Fields --;27 The New?-CFAR Detector For Astronomical Image Processing --;28 Bayesian Image Reconstruction with Noise Suppression --;29 Astronomical Images Restoration by the Multiscale Maximum Entropy Method --;30 Nested Test for Point Sources --;31 Segmenting Chromospheric Images with Markov Random Fields --;32 Analysis of Hipparcos Data in the Orthonormal Wavelet Representation --;33 Statistical Properties of Wavelet Transforms Applied to X-Ray Source Detection --;34 Wavelet Based X-Ray Spatial Analysis: Statistical Issues --;35 Wavelet and Multifractal Analyses of Spatial and Temporal Solar Activity Variations --;36 Wavelets in Unevenly Spaced Data: OJ 287 light curve --;37 Wavelet Based Analysis of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst Time Series --;38 Smoothed Nonparametic Density Estimation for Censored or Truncated Samples --;39 Luminosity and Kinematics: A Maximum Likelihood Algorithm for Exploitation of the Hipparcos Data --;40 Assessing Statistical Accuracy to the Orbital Elements of Visual Double Stars by Means of Bootstrap --;41 A Poisson Parable: Bias in Linear Least Squares Estimation --;42 Neural Network Classification of Stellar Spectra --;43 Multidimensional Index for Highly Clustered Data with Large Density Contrasts --;44 Quantitative Morphology of Moderate Redshift Peculiar Galaxies --;45 Bayesian Inference on Mixed Luminosity Functions --;46 Stochastic Solutions for the Hipparcos Astrometric Data Merging --;47 Identification of Nonlinear Factors in Cosmic Gamma-ray Bursts --;48 Statistical Challenges in Asteroid Dynamics --;49 Brief Annotated Bibliography on Point Processes --;50 Testing the Hubble Law from Magnitude-Redshift Data of Field Galaxies: The Effect of the Shape of the Luminosity Function.

Modern astronomical research faces a vast range of statistical issues which have spawned a revival in methodological activity among astronomers.

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G. Jogesh Babu and Eric D. Feigelson, editors.

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