Statistical Computing

by William J. Kennedy, Jr., and James E. Gentle

Marcel Dekker, 1980

This classic book was one of the first in the emerging field that is known as statistical computing.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Computer Organization
• 3. Error in Floating-Point Computation
• 4. Programming and Statistical Software
• 5. Approximating Probabilities and Percentage Points in Selected Probability Distributions
• 6. Random Numbers: Generation, Tests, and Applications
• 7. Selected Computational Methods in Linear Algebra
• 8. Computational Methods for Multiple Linear Regression Analysis
• 9. Computational Methods for Classification Models
• 10. Unconstrained Optimization and Nonlinear Regression
• 11. Model Fitting Based on Criteria Other Than Least Squares
• 12. Selected Multivariate Methods