Topics in Nonparametric Statistics Proceedings of the First Conferen

This volume is composed of peer-reviewed papers that have developed from the First Conference of the International Society for NonParametric Statistics (ISNPS). This inaugural conference took place in Chalkidiki, Greece, June 15-19, 2012. It was organized

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Michael G. Akritas S.N. Lahiri Dimitris N. Politis Editors

Topics in Nonparametric Statistics Proceedings of the First Conference of the International Society for Nonparametric Statistics

Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics Volume 74

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Michael G. Akritas • S.N. Lahiri Dimitris N. Politis Editors

Topics in Nonparametric Statistics Proceedings of the First Conference of the International Society for Nonparametric Statistics

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Editors Michael G. Akritas Department of Statistics The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA, USA

S.N. Lahiri Department of Statistics North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, USA

Dimitris N. Politis Department of Mathematics University of California San Diego, CA, USA

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