Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice
The mission of the Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice
(JST&P) is to advance the frontiers of knowledge in statistical
sciences through expeditious publication of original scholarly articles
covering statistical theory and its multifaceted applications. The first issue
of the JST&P has been published in March 2007.
Editor-In-Chief: Dr. Sat Gupta
University of
http://www.journalstp.com/
Current
Trends in Applied Probability
A
Special Issue of the Journal of
Statistical Theory and Practice
To advance its mission the JSTP will publish a special issue
on applied probability, jointly edited by the guest editors
Joe Gani (gani@maths.anu.edu.au)
Mathematical Sciences Institute,
Australia
Randall Swift (rjswift@csupomona.edu)
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
The articles included in
this special Journal of Statistical
Theory and Practice issue to appear in June, 2008, fall under the general
categories of Biological Applications, Population Processes, Financial Models,
and General Stochastic Processes. The volume includes a brief history of applied
probability and a glimpse at some of its current trends, written by J. Gani & R. J. Swift.
Biological Applications
“The impact of dispersion
in the number of secondary infections on the probability of an epidemic” by B.
Barnes & N. Becker
“On the use of statistics
in genomics and bioinformatics” by W.J. Ewens
“Efficiency
of Protein Production from mRNA” by M.A. Suchard, K.
Lange & J.S. Sinsheimer
Population Processes
“Alternative approaches for
the transient analysis of Markov chains with catastrophes” by A. Economou & D. Fakinos
“Gambler's
Ruin with Catastrophes and Windfalls” by B. Hunter, A.C. Krinik,
C. Nguyen, J.M. Switkes, & H.F. von Bremen
Financial Models
“A
Cautionary Note on Model Choice and the Kullback-Leibler
Information” by C. C. Heyde & K. Au
“Empirical
evidence on Student-t log-returns of diversified world stock indices” by E.
Platen and R. Sidorowicz
“Probability
metrics with applications in finance” by S. V. Stoyanov,
S. T. Rachev, & F. J. Fabozzi
General Stochastic Processes
“Parallel computing, failure recovery and extreme values” by L.N.
Andersen and S. Asmussen
“Multivariate normal approximation in geometric probability” by
M.D. Penrose and A.R. Wade