Parameter estimation for scientists and engineers

The subject of this book is estimating parameters of expectation models of statistical observations. The book describes the most important aspects of the subject for applied scientists and engineers. This group of users is often not aware of estimators other than least squares. Therefore one purpose...

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Main Authors: Bos, Adriaan van den, 1936-
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470173862
Summary: The subject of this book is estimating parameters of expectation models of statistical observations. The book describes the most important aspects of the subject for applied scientists and engineers. This group of users is often not aware of estimators other than least squares. Therefore one purpose of this book is to show that statistical parameter estimation has much more to offer than least squares estimation alone. In the approach of this book, knowledge of the distribution of the observations is involved in the choice of estimators. A further advantage of the chosen approach is that it un.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270) and index.
ISBN: 9780470173862
0470173866
9780470173855 (electronic bk.)
0470173858 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: TA340
CLC: TB114
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Parametric models of observations -- 3. Distributions of observations -- 4. Precision and accuracy -- 5. Precise and accurate estimation -- 6. Numerical methods for parameter estimation -- 7. Solutions or partial solutions to problems -- Appendix A: Statistical results -- Appendix B: Vectors and matrices -- Appendix C: Positive semidefinite and positive definite matrices -- Appendix D: Vector and matrix differentiation.