Random walk, sequential analysis and related topics : a Festschrift in honor of Yuan-Shih Chow : Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 18-19 July 2004

This volume is a collection of papers in celebration of the 80th birthday of Yuan-Shih Chow, whose influential work in probability and mathematical statistics has contributed greatly to mathematics education and the development of statistics research and application in Taiwan and mainland China. The twenty-two papers cover a wide range of problems reflecting both the broad scope of areas where Professor Chow has made major contributions and recent advances in probability theory and statistics. Sample Chapter(s) Chapter 1: Maximizing Expected Value with Two Stage Stopping Rules (64 A conversation with Yuan Shih Chow -- Publications of Yuan Shih Chow -- Preface -- Sequential analysis. Maximizing expected value with two stage stopping rules / D. Assaf, L. Goldstein and E.S. Cahn. Normal Approximation for two-stage winner design / K.K.G. Lan, Y. Soo and Z. Shun. A restricted minimax determination of the initial sample size in Stein's and related two-stage procedure / J.S. Lee and M. Woodroofe. Incorporating overrunning data into the analysis of both primary and secondary endpoints in a sequential trial / A. Liu, C. Wu and K.F. Yu -- Probability theory. Central limit theorems for instantaneous filters of linear random fields on Zø / T.-L. Cheng and H.C. Ho. A study of inverses of thinned renewal processes / W.-J. Huang and C.-D. Huang. Stochastic games of control and stopping for a linear diffusion / I. Karatzas and W. Sudderth. On Dirichlet multinomial distributions / R.W. Keener and W.B. Wu. The optimal stopping problem for Sn/n and its ramifications / T.L. Lai and Y.-C. Yao. Bold play and the optimal policy for Vardi's casino / L. Shepp. The upper limit of a normalized random walk / C.-H. Zhang -- Semiparametric statistics. Analysis of a sequence of dependent 2 x 2 tables / S.G. Kou and Z. Ying. A new test of symmetry about an unknown median / W. Miao, Y.R. Gel and J.L. Gastwirth. The Cox proportional hazards model with a partially known baseline / M. Zhou -- Nonparametric statistics. The logistic distribution and a rank test for non-transitivity / B.M. Brown, R.H. Hettmansperger and T.P. Hettmansperger. A note on the consistency in Bayesian shape-restricted regression with random Bernstein polynomials / I.-S. Chang [und weitere]. A stabilized uniform Q-Q plot to detect non-multinormality / K.-T. Fang [und weitere]. Bayesian stochastic estimation of the maximum of a regression function / C.-D. Fuh and I. Hu. The L[symbol]-Norm kernel estimator of conditional median for stationary processes / Z. Lin and D. Li -- Statistical applications. From microstructures to properties: statistical aspects of computational materials science / C. Ji. The impact of population stratification on commonly used statistical procedures in population-based QTL association studies / H. Qin, H. Zhang and Z. Li. Probability modeling and statistical analysis of standardized test data for purposes of understanding and measuring test equity, latent ability space multi-dimensionality, and skills diagnostic assessment / W. Stout Features a collection of papers of Yuan-Shih Chow, whose influential work in probability and mathematical statistics has contributed greatly to mathematics education and the development of statistics research and application in Taiwan and mainland China. These 22 papers cover a range of problems.