Probability, Statistics and Optimisation: A Tribute to Peter Whittle

Partial table of contents: PROBABILITY. Probability Vicit Expectation (D. Stirzaker). The Random-Cluster Model (G. Grimmett). Fractal Dynamics of Eden Clusters (J. Hammersley). APPLIED PROBABILITY. Threshold Phenomena in Epidemic Theory (A. Barbour). On the Interaction of Unreliable Routes (I. Mitrani & P. Wright). Large Deviation and Fluid Approximations in Control of Stochastic Systems (R. Weber). TIME SERIES ANALYSIS. The Whittle Likelihood and Frequency Estimation (E. Hannan). Comments on Prediction by Nonlinear Least-Square Methods (H. Tong). NEURAL NETS AND COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS. Network Methods in Statistics (B. Ripley). Monte-Carlo Likelihood in Genetic Analysis (E. Thompson). STATISTICS. How to Look at Objects in a 5-Dimensional Shape Space II: Looking at Diffusions (D. Kendall). Applications of Quadratic Programming in Statistics (B. Brown & C. Goodall). OPTIMISATION OF NETWORK FLOW. Optimisation of Flows in Networks Over Time (E. Anderson & A. Philpott). Optimal Routeing in Loss Networks (F. Kelly). OPTIMISATION OVER TIME. Indices on Thin Ice (J. Gittins). A New Formula for the Deviation Matrix (A. Hordijk & F. Spieksma). Index.Kelly, F. P. is the author of 'Probability, Statistics and Optimisation: A Tribute to Peter Whittle' with ISBN 9780471948292 and ISBN 0471948292.