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Workshop: Non-Gaussian Multivariate Statistical Models and their Applications Press Release   May 19 - May 24, 2013 • 13w5146
Yesterday at 16:29:
Video: Ivan Kojadinovic, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour: A dependent multiplier bootstrap for the sequential empirical copula process under strong mixing
Yesterday at 16:03:
Video: Bruno Rémillard, HEC Montréal: Testing Hypotheses for the Copula of Dynamic Models
Yesterday at 15:31:
Video: Johanna Neslehova, McGill University: Tests of Independence for Sparse Contingency Tables and Beyond
Yesterday at 14:16:
Video: Chris Adcock, Sheffield University Management School: Pros and Cons of Skew-Symmetric Distributions and Copulas – Discussion
Yesterday at 11:03:
Video: Brunero Liseo, University La Sapienza of Rome: Bayesian Inference for the Multivariate Skew-Normal Distribution: A Population Monte-Carlo Approach
Yesterday at 10:30:
Video: Dipak Dey, University of Connecticut: State Space Models for Binary Response Data with Flexible Skewed Link Functions
Yesterday at 09:27:
Video: Marc Genton, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: Nonparametric Identification of Copula Structures
Yesterday at 09:00:
Video: Stanislav Volgushev, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum: Empirical and Sequential Empirical Copula Processes under Serial Dependence and Weak Smoothness Conditions
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Upcoming Events

Workshop: Mathematical tools for evolutionary systems biology Press Release   May 26 - May 31, 2013 • 13w5080
Workshop: Refined invariants in geometry, topology and string theory Press Release   Jun 02 - Jun 07, 2013 • 13w5134
Focused Research Group: Cerebral Blood Flow, Neurovascular Coupling, and Cortical Spreading Depression Press Release   Jun 09 - Jun 16, 2013 • 13frg160
Workshop: Nonlinear Conservation Laws and Related Models Press Release   Jun 09 - Jun 14, 2013 • 13w5061
Focused Research Group: Minimum Rank, Maximum Nullity, and Zero Forcing of Graphs Press Release   Jun 16 - Jun 23, 2013 • 13frg164

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