Eric D. Feigelson, G. Jogesh Babu

Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A unique resource introducing graduate students and researchers in astronomy to advanced statistics through ready-to-use code.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1294g
• ISBN-13: 9780521767279
• ISBN-10: 052176727X
• Artikelnr.: 35115188

Autorenporträt

Eric D. Feigelson is a Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University. He is a leading observational astronomer and has worked with statisticians for twenty-five years to bring advanced methodology to problems in astronomical research.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Probability
3. Statistical inference
4. Probability distribution functions
5. Nonparametric statistics
6. Density estimation or data smoothing
7. Regression
8. Multivariate analysis
9. Clustering, classification and data mining
10. Nondetections: censored and truncated data
11. Time series analysis
12. Spatial point processes
Appendices
Index.