A First Course in Order Statistics (Classics in Applied Mathematics)
Barry C. Arnold, N. Balakrishnan, H. N. NagarajaAudience This book is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in statistics and mathematics, practicing statisticians, engineers, climatologists, economists, and biologists.
Contents Preface to the Classics Edition; Further Reading; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notations and Abbreviations; Errata; Chapter 1: Introduction and Preview; Chapter 2: Basic Distribution Theory; Chapter 3: Discrete Order Statistics; Chapter 4: Order Statistics from Some Specific Distributions; Chapter 5: Moment Relations, Bounds, and Approximations; Chapter 6: Characterizations Using Order Statistics; Chapter 7: Order Statistics in Statistical Inference; Chapter 8: Asymptotic Theory; Chapter 9: Record Values; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index.