Book Reviews

Abstract

Numerical Linear Algebra for Applications in Statistics. James E. GENTLE. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998. ISBN 0-387-98542-5. x + 221 pp. $54.95.

Numerical Analysis for Statisticians. Kenneth LANGE. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998. ISBN 0-387-94979-8. viii + 356 pp. $69.95. Reviewed By: Mary Kathryn COWLES

Programming With Data. John CHAMBERS. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998. ISBN 0-387-98503-4. v + 469 pp. $39.95. Reviewed By: Terry M. THERNEAU

Fractional Factorial Plans. Aloke DEY and Rahul MUKERJEE. New York: Wiley, 1999. ISBN 0-471-29414-4. xii + 211 pp. $89.95.

Orthogonal Arrays: Theory and Applications. A. S. HEDAYAT, N. J. A. SLOANE, and John STUFKEN. New York: Springer 1999. ISBN 0-387-98766-5. xxiv + 416 pp. $64.95. Reviewed By: Deborah J. STREET

Design and Analysis of Experiments. Angela M. DEAN and Daniel T. VOSS. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1999. ISBN 0-387-98561-1. xix + 740 pp. $79.50. Reviewed By: John STUFKEN

Bayesian Methods: An Analysis for Statisticians and Interdisciplinary Researchers. Thomas LEONARD and John S. J. HSU. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-521-59417-0. xi + 333 pp. $64.95. Reviewed By: James H. ALBERT

Statistical Analysis of Categorical Data. Christopher J. LLOYD. New York: Wiley, 1999. ISBN 0-471-29008-4. xii + 468 pp. $89.95. Reviewed By: Joseph B. LANG

Applied Survival Analysis: Regression Modeling of Time to Event Data. David W. HOSMER Jr. and Stanley LEMESHOW. New York: Wiley 1999. ISBN 0-471-15410-5. xiii + 386 pp. $79.95. Reviewed By: P. V. RAO

Feedforward Neural Network Methodology. Terrence L. FINE. New York: Springer, 1999. ISBN 0-387-98745-2. xvi + 340 pp. $69.95. Reviewed By: Emmanuel J. CANDES

Engineering Reliability. Richard E. BARLOW. Philadelphia: ASA-SIAM 1998. ISBN 0-89871-405-2. xx + 199 pp. $48. Reviewed By: Ronald W. BUTLER

Multivariate Reduced Rank Regression, Theory and Applications. Gregory C. REINSEL and Raja P. VELU. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998. ISBN 0-387-98601-4. xiv + 258 pp. $39.95. Reviewed By: Paolo PARUOLO

Methods of Mathematical Finance. Ioannis KARATZAS and Steven E. SHREVE. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998. ISBN 0-387-94839-2. xv + 407 pp. $69.95. Reviewed By: Marek RUTKOWSKI

Stochastic Processes for Insurance and Finance. Tomasz ROLSKI, Hanspeter SCHMIDLI, Volker SCHMIDT, and Jozef TEUGELS. New York: Wiley, 1999. ISBN 0-471-95925-1. xv + 654 pp. $175. Reviewed By: Hans BÜHLMANN

Time Series Models for Business and Economic Forecasting. Philip Hans FRANSES. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-521-58404-3. x + 280 pp. $69.95. Reviewed By: Hans Eggert REIMERS

Forecasting Economic Time Series. Michael P. CLEMENTS and David F. HENDRY. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xxii + 368 pp. ISBN 0-521-63242-0. $69.95 (H) $24.95 (P). Reviewed By: Norman R. SWANSON

Modelling Stock Market Volatility: Bridging the Gap to Continuous Time. Peter ROSSI (Ed.). San Diego: Academic Press, 1996. ISBN 0-12-598275-5. xvii + 485 pp. $59.95. Reviewed By: Rene GARCIA

Evolutionary Games and Population Dynamics. Josef HOFBAUER and Karl SIGMUND. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-521-62570-X. xxvii + 323 pp. $27.95. Reviewed By: Susan HOLMES

Stochastic Partial Differential Equations: Six Perspectives. R. CARMONA and B. ROZOVSKII (Eds.). Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1999. ISBN 0-8218-0806-0. xi + 334 pp. $49. Reviewed By: M. PRATELLI