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This is a handy book to have for clinical rotations. Sure the PDA is great too but this gives you a little snapshot of the most likely things you will see in ambulatory care.

Very helpful, quick reference to almost every primary care scenario.

I have recently reviewed for amazon the texts by Gallant and the one by Bates and Watts. This text was written by Seber and Wild, two accomplished statisticians and experienced authors. This volume is of the same high caliber as those texts and deserves mention. It is a longer text that overlaps on many topics with the other two books, deliberately neglects some areas that were well covered by Gallant (Gallant's book came out in 1987 and this one in 1989) and hits some topics not covered by either of the other two books.

Bootstrap methods are neglected probably because the value of the bootstrap for standard error estimation in nonlinear models was not yet appreciated in 1989.

Chapters 1 and 2 provide good introductory material similar to the other texts. Chapter 1 deals with the models (linear and nonlinear) and Chapter 2 provides the basic estimation techniques. In addition to the standard material on least squares, generalized least squares and maximum likelihood, the authors also cover quasi-likelihood, linear approximations, robust estimation and Bayesian methods. Box - Cox transformations and the issue of variance heterogeneity are also treated in Chapter 2.

As they remark in the preface, they avoid much of the econometric theory and asymptotic theory that is well covered in Gallant's book.

Chapter 3 deals with important practical issues including the convergence properties of the iterative procedures (important for nonlinear models but a non-issue in linear models), ill-conditioning and identifiability (important issues for both linear and nonlinear models).

Chapter 4 deals with curvature issues and covers much of the original work of Bates and Watts with many references to those authors. Oddly though, there is no mention of the Bates and Watts text. Both books were published by Wiley around the same time with Bates and Watts appearing in 1988 and Seber and Wild in 1989. Perhaps the Seber and Wild book went to the publisher before the Bates and Watts book came out (their preface has a May 1988 date).

Important and interesting topics covered in this book but not the others include models with time dependent errors, detailed treatment of growth models, compartmental models, multiphase and spline regresions and error-in-variables models. They also devote a whole chapter to software issues (very interesting and practical but probably mostly outdated).

Good for a graduate statistics course or for a research reference source. Has lots of material and references but lacks homework problems.

This book covers the whole theory of nonlinear regression. I think it is essential both for students of statistics and for scientists, not only as a study book but also as a reference book. I recommend it to those who already have had an introductory course on the subject and need to go deeper into it.

I guess that, besides the classic references from Pazy and Jerome Goldstein, this title outstands in its category. I've heard several words of criticism over Pazy's work due to the lack of applications and several laments over the fact that Goldstein's book is out of print. This book introduces the semigroup theory like no other: it doesn't forget the historic and philosophical aspect of subject and it's full filled with applications and deep beauty. Congrats to the authors and also to the customers that decide to buy this title, may it be PDE or Dinamic Systems, you'll be home free...

Semigroups and Clifford algebras have become two of the main trends in mathematics and mathematical physics in the last 5 years. A researcher in either area cannot afford to be without major books and journal articles in these areas, and Engel et al.'s is the best that I have seen of recent semigroup books. Their book is a Graduate Text, but it actually presents many open questions and research ideas, as is usual for Springer and Springer-Verlag publications (and also Kluwer-Plenum and Cambridge University Press). Semigroups were familiar to those of us in probability for many years because of their Markov chain/process relationships, but the astonishing fact is that Engel et al. show that non-Markov applications and non-Hilbert space (in fact, general Banach space) applications and theorems abound. For those of us who are not too fond of Markov processes (like me), and who are also not too fond of Hilbert spaces (the usual space of Quantum Mechanics which went sour and had to be repaired by A. Bohm and still seems in bad need of repair), this is really good news. Another fascinating trend is in the direction of Positive Semigroups, which ties in with ordering results and inequalities (see my review of Clarke et al.). Positive semigroups have applications to transport and delay (differential) equations and semigroups have applications to control theory which means what it sounds like: physics-engineering control of satellites, rockets, robots, and God knows what else. I repeat my usual caution: if your background is mathematically deficient in these areas, hire a reputable consultant or tutor to translate the book into plain English more or less. If the person cannot translate in one session, look for another person, or quiz them on the phone first.

Excellent resource that I use daily in the wards. Everything I need in a handy format. Anybody whose starting out as a first year resident in primary care, this book is invaluable.

This text book is easy to use and is extremely useful. It outlines practice parameters which are evidence-based. It is a must have for any family physician or internist who practices using the latest clinical practice guidelines and recommendations.

The MOS transistor is probably the most studied electronic device of our times. The majority of the integrated circuits fabricated nowadays are based on the MOS transistor (CMOS Integrated Circuits). This device has evolved enormously in the 40 years of its existence, now measuring a few hundred nanometers, thus making the integration of very complex electronic systems possible. This book is written by three scientists who have devoted their life to the study of the MOSFET. And even though the MOS transistor will keep evolving, this book will continue being the basis for a deep study of the device in the years to come, very much like Sze's "Physics of Semiconductor Devices" is now a mandatory reference for anybody in the field of semiconductor devices.

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Parameter estimation is a very interesting tool for engineers with many different backgrounds. Among many others available, this book was written considering a non specialized engineer, although it is very strong in thermal subjects. It is very readable, with a smooth reading although being highly efficient within its objective. I do recommend it to everyone interested in inverse problems.

If you need an engineering introduction into parameter estimation for generators, motors, transformers, and even more this book is the one you should be looking for. It has all the right answers for you no matter if you are a student, teacher or an engineer.

Estimating functions or curves to describe data is fundamental to data analysis and is very practical. There are however, many deep philosophical issues. Tarter is a Professor of Statistics at Berkeley. He has published articles and an earlier book on nonparametric curve estimation. This book is unique as it is very philosophical and presents many of the old ideas from the time of Fisher, Neyman and Karl Pearson. The purpose is to reconsider the thinking of these geniuses of the early 20th century in light of recent advances in nonparametric and computer-intensive methods. Much of the material came from a biostatistics class he taught at the University of Washington in Seattle during the summer of 1970.

This book is intended for graduate level students in statistics.

I was surprised by the depth of this story collection. I had Landis pegged as an 'Analog author', meaning one that writes good science but poor story. I am overjoyed to admit that I was wrong.

This is a quite good story collection. Some of the stories are typical Analog fare, but the majority of them are extraordinary tales that will please any SF reader. The stories are arranged roughly in chronological order. There is some variation but the newer stories are grouped more towards the back of the volume. This allows the reader to watch Landis' growth from his humble beginnings as part of Stan Schmidt's cadre to an author who is published in diverse venues.

There is no one story in this collection that stands out as 'Best of the Book'. 'Beneath the Stars of Winter', 'Winter Fire', 'A Walk in the Sun', 'Dark Lady', 'Approaching Perimelasma', and the humorous 'What We Do Here at NASA' are all mature and engaging pieces of fiction. I was slightly disappointed with the acclaimed 'The Singular Habits of Wasp', a Holmes pastiche which had a plot reminiscent of Michael Dibdin's classic novel _The Last Sherlock Holmes Story_.

While reading this collection I discovered that Mr. Landis is a mature and talented author with a mastery of the art of pacing. Each of his stories flows. They reach a peak and then gently diminish. I am very impressed with this collection and will very soon begin an avid search for more of Landis' stories. Highly recommended.

Landis has many personas as a writer. On the one hand, "A Walk in the Sun" is a classic "well made story." On the other, "Snow" is a fey, post-modern sally at our preconceptions about society. His style is elegant and transparent, his characters sympathetic, his plots full of surprises and yet not just conventionally paced genre fiction. If you liked his novel _Mars Crossing_ ( and I did) you'll want to sample this treasure trove of impelling fictions, small and large. It's a special treat in this time when it's so hard to find a volume of short fiction for the lover
of the form.

I think I've just found my new favorite author. Mars Crossing was a page turner and Impact Parameter is like chocolate. You just got to have more. I hope a third book is in the works, because I've just got to have more.