Selected Works of R.M. Dudley
For almost fifty years, Richard M. Dudley has been extremely influential in the development of several areas of Probability. His work on Gaussian processes led to the understanding of the basic fact that their sample boundedness and continuity should be c
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Evarist Giné · Vladimir Koltchinskii Rimas Norvaiša (Editors)
Selected Works of R.M. Dudley
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Selected Works in Probability and Statistics
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Evarist Giné Vladimir Koltchinskii Rimas Norvaiša ●
Editors
Selected Works of R.M. Dudley
Editors Evarist Giné University of Connecticut Department of Mathematics Auditorium Road 196 06269-3009 Storrs Connecticut U-9 USA [email protected]
Vladimir Koltchinskii Georgia Institute of Technology School of Mathematics 30332-0160 Atlanta USA [email protected]
Rimas Norvaiša Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Akademijos str. 4 LT-08663 Vilnius Lithuania [email protected]
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Preface to the Series
Springer’s Selected Works in Probability and Statistics series offers scientists and scholars the opportunity of assembling and commenting upon major classical works in statistics, and honors the work of distinguished scholars in probability and statistics. Each volume contains the original papers, original commentary by experts on the subject’s papers, and relevant biographies and bibliographies. Springer is committed to maintaining the volumes in the series with free access on SpringerLink, as well as to the distribution of print volumes. The full text of the volumes is available on SpringerLink with the exception of a small number of articles for which links to their original publisher is included instead. These publishers have graciously agreed to make the articles freely available on their websites. The goal is maximum dissemination of this material. The subjects of the volumes have been selected by an editorial board consisting of Anirban DasGupta, Peter Hall, Jim Pitman, Michael Sörensen, and Jon Wellner.
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Richard Mansfield Dudley
Preface
It is almost impossible to describe all the research of Richard Mansfield Dudley, as it comprises more than 100 articles and spans over more than 45 years. The three co-editors of this volume have selected what we thi
