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What can Numerical Analysis do for Statistics?

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Basic numerical concepts, like cancellation, instability and condition number, are described and discussed. The implication on statistical computation is exemplified on computing variances and regression coefficients.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Luleå University, Sweden

    Håkan Ekblom

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  1. Department for Statistics and Probability Theory, University of Technology Vienna, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, A-1040, Vienna, Austria

    Rudolf Dutter

  2. Department of Statistics, OR and Computer Science, University Vienna, Universitätsstraße 5, A-1010, Vienna, Austria

    Wilfried Grossmann

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Ekblom, H. (1994). What can Numerical Analysis do for Statistics?. In: Dutter, R., Grossmann, W. (eds) Compstat. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-52463-9_3

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