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In this chapter we shall illustrate the use of several of the minimization techniques discussed in Chapters 2 and 3 on a number of relatively straightforward statistical problems. In addition a number of optimization algorithms not previously described but which are of particular relevance in statistics will be mentioned.
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Everitt, B.S. (1987). Some examples of the application of optimization techniques to statistical problems. In: Introduction to Optimization Methods and their Application in Statistics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3153-4_4
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