Multivariate Statistics and Probability. Essays in Memory of Paruchuri R. Krishnaiah

Content: 
Dedication, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages ix-xii
Preface, Page xiii, C.R. Rao, M.M. Rao
In Memoriam, Pages 1-14, P.R. Krishnaiah, M.M. RAO
Joint Asymptotic Distribution of Marginal Quantiles and Quantile Functions in Samples from a Multivariate Population, Pages 15-23, G. JOGESH BABU, C. RADHAKRISHNA RAO
Kernel Estimators of Density Function of Directional Data, Pages 24-39, Z.D. BAI, C. RADHAKRISHNA RAO, L.C. ZHAO
On Determination of the Order of an Autoregressive Model, Pages 40-52, Z.D. BAI, K. SUBRAMANYAM, L.C. ZHAO
Admissible Linear Estimation in a General Gauss-Markov Model with an Incorrectly Specified Dispersion Matrix, Pages 53-67, JERZY K. BAKSALARY, THOMAS MATHEW
On Moment Conditions for Valid Formal Edgeworth Expansions, Pages 68-79, RABI N. BHATTACHARYA, J.K. GHOSH
Ergodicity and Central Limit Theorems for a Class of Markov Processes, Pages 80-90, RABI N. BHATTACHARYA, OESOOK LEE
Conditionally Ordered Distributions, Pages 91-104, HENRY W. BLOCK, ALLAN R. SAMPSON
A Discounted Cost Relationship, Pages 105-115, C.S. CHEN, THOMAS H. SAVITS
Strong Consistency of M-Estimates in Linear Models, Pages 116-130, X.R. CHEN, Y.H. WU
Minimal Complete Classes of Invariant Tests for Equality of Normal Covariance Matrices and Sphericity, Pages 131-150, ARTHUR COHEN, JOHN I. MARDEN
Invariance Principles for Changepoint Problems, Pages 151-168, MIKLÓS CSÖRGŐ, LAJOS HORVÁTH
On the Area of the Circles Covered by a Random Walk, Pages 169-180, P. ERDÖS, P. RÉVÉSZ
Normed Likelihood as Saddlepoint Approximation, Pages 181-193, D.A.S. FRASER
Non-uniform Error Bounds for Asymptotic Expansions of Scale Mixtures of Distributions, Pages 194-205, Y. FUJIKOSHI
Empirical and Hierarchical Bayes Competitors of Preliminary Test Estimators in Two Sample Problems, Pages 206-227, MALAY GHOSH, BIMAL K. SINHA
On Confidence Bands in Nonparametric Density Estimation and Regression, Pages 228-254, PETER HALL, D.M. TITTERINGTON
A Note on Generalized Gaussian Random Fields, Pages 255-260, TAKEYUKI HIDA
Smoothness Properties of the Conditional Expectation in Finitely Additive White Noise Filtering, Pages 261-269, H.P. HUCKE, G. KALLIANPUR, R.L. KARANDIKAR
Equivariant Estimation of a Mean Vector μ of N(μ,Σ) with μ′Σ-1 μ = 1 or Σ-1/2= c or Σ= σ2μ′μl, Pages 270-283, TAKEAKI KARIYA, N.C. GIRI, F. PERRON
A Generalized Cauchy-Binet Formula and Applications to Total Positivity and Majorization, Pages 284-299, SAMUEL KARLIN, YOSEF RINOTT
Isotonic M-Estimation of Location: Union-Intersection Principle and Preliminary Test Versions, Pages 300-318, AZZA R. KARMOUS, PRANAB K. SEN
Some Asymptotic Inferential Problems Connected with Elliptical Distributions, Pages 319-333, C.G. KHATRI
Stochastic Integrals of Empirical-Type Processes with Applications to Censored Regression, Pages 334-358, TZE LEUNG LAI, ZHILIANG YING
Nonminimum Phase Non-Gaussian Deconvolution, Pages 359-374, KEH-SHIN LII, MURRAY ROSENBLATT
Inference in a Model with at Most One Slope-Change Point, Pages 375-391, B.Q. MIAO
Maximum Likelihood Principle and Model Selection when the True Model Is Unspecified, Pages 392-403, R. NISHII
An Asymptotic Minimax Theorem of Order n−1/2, Pages 404-421, J. PFANZAGL
An Improved Estimation Method for Univariate Autoregressive Models, Pages 422-433, TARMO M. PUKKILA
Paradoxes in Conditional Probability, Pages 434-446, M.M. RAO
Inference Properties of a One-Parameter Curved Exponential Family of Distributions with Given Marginals, Pages 447-456, CARMEN RUIZ-RIVAS, CARLES M. CUADRAS
Asymptotically Precise Estimate of the Accuracy of Gaussian Approximation in Hilbert Space, Pages 457-483, V.V. SAZONOV, V.V. ULYANOV, B.A. ZALESSKII
The Estimation of the Bispectral Density Function and the Detection of Periodicities in a Signal, Pages 484-504, T. SUBBA RAO, M.M. GABR
Analysis of Odds Ratios in 2 × n Ordinal Contingency Tables, Pages 505-520, K. SUBRAMANYAM, M. BHASKARA RAO
Asymptotic Expansions of the Distributions of Some Test Statistics for Gaussian ARMA Processes, Pages 521-538, MASANOBU TANIGUCHI
Estimating Multiple Rater Agreement for a Rare Diagnosis, Pages 539-562, JOSEPH S. VERDUCCI, MICHAEL E. MACK, MORRIS H. DEGROOT
Author Index, Page 563
Subject Index, Pages 565-567