Statistical Modelling and Regression Structures: Festschrift in Honour of Ludwig Fahrmeir

Statistical Modelling and Regression Structures: Festschrift in Honour of Ludwig Fahrmeir Thecollectedcontributionscontainedwithinthisbookhavebeenwrittenbyfriends andcolleaguestoacknowledgeLudwigFahrmeir'swidespreadandimportantimpact onStatisticsasascience,whilecelebratinghis65thBirthday. Asayoungstudent,LudwigstartedhiscareerasaMathematician,buthequickly turnedintoarisingandshiningstarwithintheGermanandinternationalStatistics community. HesoonobtainedbothhisPhDandhisHabilitationattheTechnical UniversityofMunich. AfterashortperiodasavisitingprofessorattheUniversity ofDortmund,hereturnedtohishomelandBavariaandwasappointedFullProfessor ofStatisticsattheUniversityofRegensburg,attheageof32. Someyearslater,hemovedtothecapitalofBavariaandbecameProfessoratthe DepartmentofStatisticsattheUniversityofMunich. Hisappointmenthadsigni?cant impactontheDepartmentsince,soonafterhisarrival,Ludwigstartedaninitiative toestablishacollaborativeresearchcenteronthe'StatisticalAnalysisofDiscrete Structures. 'Afterasuccessfulapplicationforinitialfunding,furtherfundingwas extendedseveraltimes,untiltheresearchcenterreachedthemaximumperiodfor fundingin2006. Duringthecompleteduration,Ludwigservedasaspeakerofthe researchcenterand-tociteoneofthe?nalreferees-'manageditinaneasyand ef?cientwayandcontributedseveralimportantresults. ' Duringthelastfortyyears,Ludwig'sworkhashadtremendousimpactontheS- tisticscommunity. Hewasamongthe?rstresearcherstorecognizetheimportance ofgeneralizedlinearmodelsandcontributedinaseriesofpaperstothetheoretical backgroundofthatmodelclass. Hisinterestinstatisticalmodellingledtothe- ganizationofaworkshopon'StatisticalModellingandGeneralizedLinearModels (GLIM)'inMunichin1992andculminatedinthehighlycitedmonographon'M- tivariateStatisticalModellingBasedonGeneralizedLinearModels'thatsawtwo printingsandremainstobeakeyreferenceonappliedstatisticalmodellingutilizing generalizedlinearmodels. Ludwigalsohadgreatin?uenceonthecreationofthe StatisticalModellingSociety,andiscurrentlyontheadvisoryboardofthecor- spondingjournalon'StatisticalModelling. 'Bothth [...] Autor: Thomas Kneib, Gerhard Tutz Wydawnictwo: Springer Rok wydania: 2010 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 472 Wymiary: 15.5 x 23.5 x 2.7 cm Ilustracje: XXIV, 472 p. Język: angielski ISBN: 9783790824124