Methods And Models In Statistics: In Honour Of Professor John Nelder, Frs In Honour of Professor John Nelder, FRS

John Nelder is one of today's leading statisticians, having made an impact on many and various areas of data analysis. This book contains reviews of some of those areas, written by top researchers. It is accessible to non-specialists, and is noteworthy for its breadth of coverage. Some personal remarks are in order, since the reader will be baffled as to how a medical statistician such as myself, a practitioner rather than a theoretician, can be a suitable person to give an overview of John Nelder's work in statistics, which has been powerful and deep, and whose importance is only 'applied', rather than 'theoretical', in the sense that it is of great utility to many practitioners in many fields. John Nelder was one of the most influential statisticians of his generation, having made an impact on many parts of the discipline. This book contains reviews of some of those areas, written by top researchers. It is accessible to non-specialists, and is noteworthy for its breadth of coverage. John Nelder is one of today's leading statisticians, having made an impact on many parts of the discipline. This book contains reviews of some of those areas, written by top researchers. It is accessible to non-specialists, and is noteworthy for its breadth of coverage