Ebook: Nonparametric statistics and mixture models : a festschrift in honor of Thomas P. Hettmansperger, the Pennsylvania State University, USA, 23-24 May, 2008

"Linear Algebra" constitutes a foundation course for those specializing in the fields of mathematics, engineering and science. The course normally takes one semester, but for those needing a more rigorous study of the subject, it involves up to two semesters. This book is based on the lecture notes given for the linear algebra course at the Department of Mathematics in Wuhan University This festschrift includes papers authored by many collaborators, colleagues, and students of Professor Thomas P Hettmansperger, who worked in research in nonparametric statistics, rank statistics, robustness, and mixture models during a career that spanned nearly 40 years. It is a broad sample of peer-reviewed, cutting-edge research related to nonparametrics and mixture models