Estimating functions / edited by V.P. Godambe

Oxford New York : Clarendon Press, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 344 pp., 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; PART I: Overview -- 1. Estimating Functions: An Overview, V.P. Godambe and B.K. Kale -- Part Ii -- 2. Applications of Estimating Function Theory to Replicates of Generalized Proportional Hazards Models, I.-Shou Chang and Chao A. Hsiung -- 3. Estimating Equations for Mixed Poisson Models, C.B. Dean -- 4. Estimating Equations in Generalized Linear Models with Measurement Error, Kung-Yee Liang and Xin-Hua Liu -- 5. A Unification of Inference from Capture-Recapture Studies Through Martingale Estimating Functions, C.J. Lloyd and P. Yip -- 6. The Role of Unbiasedness in Estimating Equations, T. Yanagimoto and E. Yamamoto -- 7. Use of a Quadratic Exponential Model to Generate Estimating Equations for Means, Variances, and Covariances, L.P. Zhao and R.L. Prentice -- PART III: Stochastic Processes -- 8. Generalized Score Tests for Composite Hypotheses, I.V. Basawa -- 9. Quasi-likelihood Stochastic Processes and Optimal Estimating Functions, A.F. DesmondR -- 10. On Optimal Estimating Functions for Partially Specified Counting Process Models, P.E. Greenwood and W. Wefelmeyer -- 11. Approximate Confidence Zones in an Estimating Function Context, C.C. Heyde and Y.-X. Lin -- 12. Simplified and Two-stage Quasi-Likelihood Estimators, -- J.E. Hutton, O.T. Ogunymei and P.I. Nelson -- 13. Tests Based on an Optimal Estimate, A. Thavaneswaran -- PART IV: Survey Sampling -- 14. Estimating Functions in Survey Sampling: A Review, -- M. Ghosh -- 15. Confidence Intervals for Quantiles, V.P. Godambe -- 16. Making Use of a Regression Model for Inference About a Finite Population Mean, H. Mantel -- 17. Estimating Functions in Survey Sampling: Estimation of Superpopulation Regression Parameters, K. Vijayan -- PART V: Theory (Foundations) -- 18. Sufficiency, Ancillarity, and Information in Estimating Functions, V.P. Bhapkar -- 19. Inferential Estimation, Likelihood, and Maximum Likelihood Linear Estimating Functions, S.R. Chamberlin and D.A. Sprott -- 20. Geometrical Aspects of Efficiency Criteria for Spaces of Estimating Functions, C.G. Small and D.L. McLeish -- PART VI: Theory (General Methods) -- 21. Estimating Equations from Modified Profile Likelihood, H. Ferguson, N. Reid and D.R. Cox -- 22. Resampling Using Estimating Equations, S. Lele -- 23. On Using Bivariate Moment Equations in Mixed Normal Problems, B.G. Lindsay and P. Basak -- 24. Estimating Functions in Semi-Parametric Models, Y. Ritov. Subjects; Estimation theory. Probability, statistics, game theory. Mathematics.