Recent Advances in Linear Models and Related Areas Essays in Honour of Helge Toutenburg

From the reviews:

“This is a festschrift for Professor Helge Toutenburg on the occasion of his 65th birthday. … In addition, the general mixture model class is presented and several special cases are discussed … . This great variety of topics, as well as the very clear style of the presentation makes a pleasant reading. Overall, if I had to recommend a good book on recent advances in the study of linear models, I would choose this one.” (J. A. Pardo, Statistical Papers, Vol. 52, 2011)

“This edited volume attempts to present some recent developments in linear models and related areas. … This collection comprises 24 papers to honor the contributions of Helge Toutenburg, an accomplished and established statistician, on his 65th birthday. … This volume will be useful and of interest to the intended audience—experienced researchers as well as practitioners in the field of linear models.” (Technometrics, Vol. 51 (2), May, 2009)

Christian Heumann studierte (1987-1992) Diplom-Statistik, promovierte 1997 und habilitierte 2004 an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Er forscht und publiziert u.a. über fehlende Daten, Modelle für korrelierte kategoriale Daten und Rater-Agreement-Modelle.

From the reviews: "This is a festschrift for Professor Helge Toutenburg on the occasion of his 65th birthday. ... In addition, the general mixture model class is presented and several special cases are discussed ... . This great variety of topics, as well as the very clear style of the presentation makes a pleasant reading. Overall, if I had to recommend a good book on recent advances in the study of linear models, I would choose this one."--- (J. A. Pardo, Statistical Papers, Vol. 52, 2011) "This edited volume attempts to present some recent developments in linear models and related areas. ... This collection comprises 24 papers to honor the contributions of Helge Toutenburg, an accomplished and established statistician, on his 65th birthday. ... This volume will be useful and of interest to the intended audience-experienced researchers as well as practitioners in the field of linear models." (Technometrics, Vol. 51 (2), May, 2009)