Herman Rubin wrote: > I am looking for a good text for such a course; I have > taught this many times, but I have been dissatisfied > with the texts I have used, not that I am likely to > really like another one. > > The aim of this course is not to carry out routine > analyses, but to convey the ideas needed to find good > methods for computing in non-routine situations. The > level of the course is that the student has had a > graduate level course in probability, and also in > statistical theory, and is on speaking terms with > linear algebra, real analysis, and complex analysis, > but need not have had any previous course in numerical > analysis; I do not believe in cookbook before theory.
I like 'Elements of Statistical Computing,' by Thisted (Chapman and Hall, 1988). Charles Metz . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
