Advances in Theoretical and Applied Statistics

Advances in Theoretical and Applied Statistics edited by Nicola Torelli, Fortunato Pesarin, Avner Bar-Hen.

This volume includes contributions selected after a double blind review process and presented as a preliminary version at the 45th Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society. The papers provide significant and innovative original contributions and cover a broad range of topics including: statistical...

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Other Authors: Torelli, Nicola (Editor), Pesarin, Fortunato (Editor), Bar-Hen, Avner (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Selected Papers of the Statistical Societies,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Statistics .
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I Statistical Theory: Default Priors Based on Pseudo-likelihoods for the Poisson-GPD Model (Stefano Cabras)
  • Robustness, Dispersion and Local Functions in Data Depth (Mario Romanazzi and Claudio Agostinelli).-  New Distribution-free Plotting Position Through an Approximation to the Beta Median (Pasquale Erto and Antonio Lepore)
  • On Gaussian Compound Poisson Type Limiting Likelihood Ratio Process (Sergueï Dachian and Ilia Negri)
  • Archetypal Symbolic Objects (M.R. D’Esposito, F. Palumbo, G. Ragozini)
  • Lorenz Zonoids and Dependence Measures: A Proposal (Emanuela Raffinetti, Paolo Giudici)
  • Algebraic Generation of Orthogonal Fractional Factorial Designs (Roberto Fontana and Giovanni Pistone)
  • Part II Methods for Time Series, Spatial and Functional Data: A Functional Spatio-Temporal Model for Geometric Shape Analysis (Lara Fontanella, Luigi Ippoliti and Pasquale Valentini)
  • Vector Threshold Moving Average Models: Model Specification and Invertibility (Marcella Niglio, Cosimo Damiano Vitale)
  • A Regionalization Method for Spatial Functional Data Based on Variogram Models: An Application on Environmental Data (Elvira Romano, Antonio Balzanella, and Rosanna Verde)
  • Spectral Decomposition of the AR Metric (Maria Iannario and Domenico Piccolo)
  • Nonlinear Nonstationary Model Building by Genetic Algorithms (Francesco Battaglia and Mattheos K. Protopapas)
  • Using the Autodependogram in Model Diagnostic Checking (Luca Bagnato and Antonio Punzo)
  • Part III Statistical Modelling and Data Analysis: Refined Estimation of a Light Tail: an Application to Environmental Data (M. Ivette Gomes, Lígia Henriques-Rodrigues and Frederico Caeiro)
  • Model-based Classification of Clustered Binary Data with Non Ignorable Missing Values (Francesco Lagona)
  • A Model for Correlated Paired Comparison Data (Manuela Cattelan and Cristiano Varin)
  • Closed Skew Normal Stochastic Frontier Models for Panel Data (Roberto Colombi)
  • How far can Man go? (Isabel Fraga Alves, Laurens de Haan and Cláudia Neves)
  • Joint Modelling of Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data: Challenges and Future Directions (Dimitris Rizopoulos)
  • A Class of Linear Regression Models for Imprecise Random Elements (Renato Coppi, Maria Brigida Ferraro and Paolo Giordani)
  • A Model-based Dimension Reduction Approach to Classification of Gene Expression Data (Luca Scrucca and Avner Bar-Hen)
  • Exploiting Multivariate Outcomes in Bayesian Inference for Causal Effects With Noncompliance (Alessandra Mattei, Fabrizia Mealli and Barbara Pacini)
  • Fuzzy Composite Indicators: An Application for Measuring Customer Satisfaction (Sergio Zani, Maria Adele Milioli, Isabella Morlini)
  • Part IV Survey Methodology and Official Statistics: Symmetric Association Measures in Effect-control Sampling (Riccardo Borgoni, Piero Quatto and Donata Marasini)
  • Spatial Misalignment Models for Small Area Estimation: A Simulation Study (Matilde Trevisani and Alan Gelfand)
  • Scrambled Response Models Based on Auxiliary Variables (Giancarlo Diana and Pier Francesco Perri)
  • Using Auxiliary Information and Nonparametric Methods in Weighting Adjustments (Emilia Rocco)
  • Open Source Integer Linear Programming Solvers for Error Localization in Numerical Data (Gianpiero Bianchi, Renato Bruni, Alessandra Reale)
  • Integrating Business Surveys: Guidelines and Principles Based on the Belgian Experience (Maria Caterina Bramati)
  • Part V Social Statistics and Demography: A Measure of Poverty Based on the Rasch Model (Maria Cristiana Martini and Cristiano Vanin)
  • Chronic Poverty in European Mediterranean Countries (Daria Mendola and Annalisa Busetta)
  • Do Union Formation and Childbearing Improve Subjective Well-being? An application of Propensity Score Matching to a Bulgarian Banel (Emiliano Sironi and Francesco C. Billari)
  • Health and Functional Status in Elderly Patients Living in Residential Facilities in Italy (Giulia Cavrini, Claudia Di Priamo, Lorella Sicuro, Alessandra Battisti, Alessandro  Solipaca  and Giovanni de Girolamo)
  • Dementia in the Elderly:. Health Consequences on Household Members (Egidi V., Salvatore M.A., Gargiulo L., Iannucci L., Sebastiani G., Tinto A.)
  • Asset Ownership of the Elderly Across Europe: A multilevel Latent Class Analysis to Segment Countries and Households (Omar Paccagnella and Roberta Varriale)
  • The Longevity Pattern in Emilia Romagna, Italy: A Spatio-temporal Analysis (Giulia Roli, Rossella Miglio, Rosella Rettaroli and Alessandra Samoggia)
  • Material Deprivation and Incidence of Lung Cancer: A Census Block Analysis (Laura Grisotto, Dolores Catelan and Annibale Biggeri)
  • Mining Administrative Health Databases for Epidemiological Purposes: A Case Study on Acute Myocardial Infarctions Diagnoses (Francesca Ieva, Anna Maria Paganoni and Piercesare Secchi)
  • Part VI Economic Statistics and Econometrics: Fractional Integration Models for Italian Electricity Zonal Prices (Angelica Gianfreda and Luigi Grossi)
  • A Generalized Composite Index Based on the Non-Substitutability of Individual Indicators (Matteo Mazziotta and Adriano Pareto)
  • Evaluating the Efficiency of the Italian University Educational Processes Through Frontier Production Methods (Luigi Biggeri, Tiziana Laureti, Luca Secondi)
  • Modeling and Forecasting Realized Range Volatility (Massimiliano Caporin and Gabriel G. Velo)
  • Clusters and Equivalence Scales (Gustavo De Santis and Mauro Maltagliati)
  • The Determinants of Income Dynamics (Gustavo De Santis and Giambattista Salinari)
  • Benchmarking and Movement Preservation: Evidences From Real-life and Simulated Series (Tommaso Di Fonzo and Marco Marini)
  • Cumulation of Poverty Measures to Meet New Policy Needs (Vijay Verma, Francesca Gagliardi, Caterina Ferretti)
  • Long Memory in Integrated and Realized Variance (Eduardo Rossi and Paolo Santucci de Magistris).

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