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Workshop: Non-Gaussian Multivariate Statistical Models and their Applications Press Release   May 19 - May 24, 2013 • 13w5146
Today at 16:21:
Video: Eike Brechmann, Technische Universitaet Muenchen: Statistical Inference of Vine Copulas using the R-Package VineCopula
Today at 15:41:
Video: Ivan Kojadinovic, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour: A Brief Presentation of the R Copula Package
Today at 13:33:
Video: Alexander McNeil, Heriot-Watt University: Multivariate Scenario Sets in the Non-Gaussian World
Today at 11:24:
Video: Dorota Kurowicka, Nanyang Technological University: Joint density of correlations in correlation matrix with chordal sparsity patterns
Today at 10:57:
Video: Toshinao Yoshiba, Bank of Japan and Institute of Statistical Mathematics: Skew t-Copula and its Estimation: For Application to Risk Aggregation
Today at 10:29:
Video: Aristidis K. Nikoloulopoulos, University of East Anglia: Factor Copula Models for Item Response Data
Today at 09:33:
Video: Emiliano Valdez, University of Connecticut: Multivariate Negative Binomial Models for Insurance Claim Counts
Yesterday at 11:07:
Video: Chris Adcock, Sheffield University Management School: Some Challenges in Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing
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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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