COMPSTAT 2008 Proceedings in Computational Statistics
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Proceedings in Computational Statistics 18th Symposium Held in Porto, Portugal, 2008 Edited by Paula Brito
With 128 Figures and 66 Tables
Physica-Verlag A Springer Company
Professor Dr. Paula Brito Faculdade de Economia Universidade do Porto Rua Dr. Roberto Frias 4200-464 Porto Portugal [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-7908-2083-6
e-ISBN 978-3-7908-2084-3
DOI 10.1007/978-3-7908-2084-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008932061 c Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg 2008 for IASC (International Association for Statistical Computing), ERS (European Regional Section of the IASC) and ISI (International Statistical Institute) This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Physica-Verlag. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com
Preface
The 18th Conference of IASC-ERS, COMPSTAT’2008, is held in Porto, Portugal, from August 24th to August 29th 2008, locally organised by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto. COMPSTAT is an initiative of the European Regional Section of the International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC-ERS), a section of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). COMPSTAT conferences started in 1974 in Wien; previous editions of COMPSTAT were held in Berlin (2002), Prague (2004) and Rome (2006). It is one of the most prestigious world conferences in Computational Statistics, regularly attracting hundreds of researchers and practitioners, and has gained a reputation as an ideal forum for presenting top quality theoretical and applied work, promoting interdisciplinary research and establishing contacts amongst researchers with common interests. COMPSTAT’2008 is the first edition of COMPSTAT to be hosted by a Portuguese institution. Keynote lectures are addressed by Peter Hall (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne), Heikki Mannila (Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki) and Timo Ter¨asvirta (School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus). The conference program includes two tutorials: “Computational Methods in Finance” by James Gentle (Department of Computational and Data Sciences, George Mason University) and “Writing R Packages” by Friedrich Leisch (I
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