McMASTER UNIVERSITY STATISTICS SEMINAR

Week of September 18 - 22, 2000

SPEAKER:	Prof. V. B. Nevzorov Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia
TITLE:	"Ordered random variables"
DAY:	Wednesday, September 20, 2000
TIME:	3:30 p.m. [Coffee & cookies in BSB-202 at 3:00 p.m.]
PLACE:	BSB-108

SUMMARY

Some types of ordered random variables (order statistics, records, concomitants, etc.) and their properties will be discussed. A review of methods which enable us to express dependent ordered variables via independent ones will be given.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Nevzorov Valery Borisovich is Associate Professor, Mathematics and Mechanics, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia.

REFERENCES

The references below, suggested by the speaker as useful background for this talk, have been placed on reserve at Thode Library (STATS 770: Statistics Seminar).

Nevzorova, L. & V. Nevzorova (1999) Ordered random variables. Acta Applicandae Mathematicae 58: 217-229.