Statistical Methods of Model Building

This book, the second volume in a three part work, provides a comprehensive and unified account of nonlinear regression analysis, functional and structural relations, and of nonparametric and robust estimators. Research in these areas has been stimulated by the increase in computational capabilities and this volume will therefore be of great interest to researchers in statistics as well as applied statisticians working in industry. The material provided includes recent work from German and Russian sources, as well as from English-speaking sources, and the treatment throughout is mathematically rigorous but accessible. The text will benefit rsearchers in statistics and applied statisticians working in industry.