Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics Series,
Billingsley, P.:
Asymptotic distribution theorems in probability and
statistics have
always depended on the classical theory of weak convergence
of
distribution functions in Euclidean space - convergence, at
continuity points of the limit function.
The past several decades have seen the creation and extensive
application of a more inclusive theory
of weak convergence of probability measures on metric spaces.
There are many asymptotic results that can be formulated
within this classical theory but require,
for their proofs, this more general theory, which thus does
not merely study itself.
This book is about weak convergence methods in metric spaces,
with applications sufficient to show their power and utility.
Aug.
1999 256 pp.
0-471-19745-9
16,470.
John Wiley
Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics Series,
Okabe Atsuyuki / Sugihara Kokichi / Sung Nok Chiu / Boots, B.
:
Concepts and Applications of Voronoi Diagrams Spatial data
analysis is a fast growing area and Voronoi diagrams provide a
means of naturally partitioning the space into subregions to
facilitate spatial data manipulation, modelling of spatial
structures, pattern recognition, and locational optimisation.
With such versatility, the Voronoi diagram and its relative,
the Delaunay triangulation, provide valuable tools far the analysis of spatial data.
This fully updated second edition provides an up-to-date
andcomprehensive unification of all the previous literature on
the subject of Voronoi diagrams.
The subsequent chapters cover algorithms, random Voronoi
diagrams, Spatial interpolation, multivariate data manipulation,
spatial process models, point pattern analysis, and locational
optimisation.
Sep.1999 500 pp.
0-471-98635-6 21,040.
John Wiley
Nicholson, W. K.:
This new edition of Abstract Algebra builds on the success of
the original edition, providing a very careful explanation of the
abstract ideas presented.
Interesting motivational applications of algebraic ideas to such areas
as cryptography
and coding theory are expressed clearly, yet comprehensively.
Structured to be accessible to students who initially do not
have a high degree of mathematical sophistication,
this book is suitable for students of engineering and computer science
as well as mathematics.
CONTENTS:
Groups; Rings; Polynomials; Factorisation in Integral Domains;
Fields; Finitely Generated Abelian Groups;
p-Groups and the Sylow Theorems; Series of Subgroups;
Galois's is Theory; Algebras.
July 1999 608 pp.
0-471-33109-0 16,470.
John Wiley