All of nonparametric statistics.

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This is a nicely written textbook oriented mainly to master level statistics and computer science students. The author provides wide a coverage of modern nonparametric methods including bootstrap, nonparametric delta method, nonparametric regression, density estimation, orthogonal function methods, minimax estimation, nonparametric confidence sets, and wavelets, without tackling any one topic in great detail. Though most proofs are omitted, the key ideas and basic proofs are carefully explained. Bibliographic remarks point the reader to references that contain further details. Each chapter is finished with useful exercises, alas without answers or hints. I find chapters 7 and 8 the most interesting, where the normal means models are discussed and amazingly applied to nonparametric inference. The book is also suitable for researchers in statistics, machine learning, and data mining. The estimating procedures under consideration are of practial importance, since the author always gives a confidence set or band together with an estimator. Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Estimating the CDF and statistical functionals; Chapter 3: The bootstrap and the jackknife; Chapter 4: Smoothing: general concepts; Chapter 5: Nonparametric regression; Chapter 6: Density estimation; Chapter 7: Normal means and minimax theory; Chapter 8: Nonparametric inference using orthogonal functions; Chapter 9: Wavelets and other adaptive methods; Chapter 10: Other topics.




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