Advances in Mathematical and Statistical Modeling

1. Distribution Theory and Applications

2. Enrique Castillo’s Contributions to Conditional Specification
Barry C. Arnold

3. The Polygonal Distribution
Dimitris Karlis, Evdokia Xekalaki

4. Conditionally Specified Models: New Developments and Applications
José María Sarabia, María Sarabia, Marta Pascual

5. Modelling of Insurance Claim Count with Hurdle Distribution for Panel Data
Jean-Philippe Boucher, Michel Denuit, Montserrat Guillén

6. Distance Based Association and Multi-Sample Tests for General Multivariate Data
Carles M. Cuadras

2. Probability and Statistics

7. Empirical Bayes Assessment of the Hyperparameters in Bayesian
S. James Press, Key-II Shin, Lee Sang Eun

3. Order Statistics and Analysis

8. Negative Mixtures Order Statistics and Systems
Jorge Navarro, Pedro J. Hernández

9. Models of Ordered Data and Products of Beta Random Variables
Eric Beutner, Udo Kamps

10. Exact Inference and Optimal Censoring Scheme for a Simple Step-Stress Model Under Progressive Type-II Censorig
Qihao Xie, N. Balakrishnan, Dong-hoon Han

4. Engineering Modeling

11. Non Gaussian State Estimation in Power Systems
Roberto MíDnguez, Antonio J. Conejo, Ali S. Hadi

12. Statistics Applied to Wave Climate on a Beach Profile
Carmen Castillo, Cristina Solares

5. Extreme Value Theory

13. On Some Dependence Measures for Multivariate Extreme Value Distributions
Ishay Weissman

14. Ratio of Maximum to the Sum for Testing Super Heavy Tails
Cláudia Neves, Isabel Fraga Alves

15. Tail Behaviour An Empirical Study
M. Ivette Gomes, Dinis Pestana, Lígia Rodrigues, Clara Viseu

16. An Example of Real–Life Data Where the Hill Estimator is Correct
Rolf–Dieter Reiss, Ulf Cormann

6. Business and Economics Applications

17. Deriving Credibility Premiums Under Different Bayesian Methodology
Emilio Gómez Déeniz

18. The Influence of Transport Links on Disaggregation and Regionalization Methods in Interregional Input-Output Models Between Metropolitan and Remote Areas
Fernando Escobedo, Jose M. Urena

7. Statistical Methods

19. Jackknife Bias Correction of a Clock Offset Estimator
Daniel R. Jeske

20. Pretesting in Polytomous Logistic Regression Models Based on Phi-divergence Measures
Leandro Pardo, María Luisa Menéndez, Nirian Martín

21. A Unified Approach to Model Selection, Discrimination, Goodness of Fit and Outliers in Time Series
Daniel Peña, Pedro Galeano

22. Generalized Linear Models Diagnostics for Binary Data using Divergence Measures
J. A. Pardo, M. C. Pardo

8. Applied Mathematics

23. Some Problems in Geometric Processing of Surfaces
Jaime Puig-Pey, Akemi Gálvez, Andrés Iglesias, Pedro Corcuera, José Rodríguez

24. Generalized Inverse Computation Based on an Orthogonal Decomposition Methodology
Patricia Gómez, Beatriz Lacruz, Rosa Eva Pruneda

25. Single and Ensemble Fault Classifiers Based
on Features Selected by Multi-Objective Genetic
Algorithms
Enrico Zio, Piero Baraldi, Giulio Golam, Nicola Pedroni

26. Feasibility Conditions in Engineering Problems
Involving a Parametric System of Linear Inequalities
Cristina Solares, Eduardo W. V. Chaves

27. Forecasting Nonlinear Systems with Neural Networks via Anticipated Synchronization
Sixto Herrera, Daniel San-Martín, Antonio S. Cofiño, José M. Gutiérrez

28. The Discrete Half-Normal Distribution
Adrienne W. Kemp

29. Parameter Estimation for Certain q-Hypergeometric Distributions
David Kemp

Keywords: Statistics, Optimization, Computational Science and Engineering, Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics, Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry & Geosciences, Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance, Statistical Theory and Methods