Dr. A. K. Md. Ehsanes Saleh has a very distinguished career in education and research. He is presently Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Carleton University. He received his Ph.D. (Mathematics/Statistics) in 1965 from the University of Western Ontario. He has published or presented well-over 200 articles or topics of varying degrees. His primary research interests include nonparametric statistics, order statistics, and robust estimation. His extensive list of credentials include two dozen visiting appointments and honors, an equal number of theses supervisions, more than 40 keynote or invited speaker ships, and three current editorial board memberships.

• List of Figures. List of Tables.Preface.1. Introduction.2. Preliminaries.3. Preliminary Test Estimation.4. Stein-Type Estimation.5. ANOVA Model.6. Parallelism Model.7. Multiple Regression Model.8. Regression Model: Stochastic Subspace.9. Ridge Regression.10. Regression Models with Autocorrelated Errors.11. Multivariate Models.12. Discrete Data Models.References.Glossary.Authors Index.Subject Index.

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