Wiley Series in Computational Statistics

Consulting Editors:

Paolo Giudici
University of Pavia, Italy

Geof H. Givens
Colorado State University, USA

Bani K. Mallick
Texas &M University, USA

Wiley Series in Computational Statistics is comprised of practicalguides and cutting edge research books on new developments in computationalstatistics. It features quality authors with a strong applications focus. Thetexts in the series provide detailed coverage of statistical concepts, methods, and case studies in areas at the interface of statistics, computing, andnumerics.

With sound motivation and a wealth of practical examples, the books showinconcrete terms how to select and to use appropriate ranges of statisticalcomputing techniques in particular fields of study. Readers are assumed tohave a basic understanding of introductory terminology.

The series concentrates on applications of computational methods instatistics to fieldsof bioformatics, genomics, epidemiology, business, engineering, finance, andapplied statistics.