Statistical Inference, Econometric Analysis and Matrix Algebra

Part I Nonparametric Inference: Adaptive Tests for the c-Sample Location Problem.- On Nonparametric Tests for Trend Detection in Seasonal Time Series.- Nonparametric Trend Tests for Right-Censored Survival Times.- Penalty Specialists Among Goalkeepers - A Nonparametric Bayesian Analysis of 44 Years of German Bundesliga.- Part II Parametric Inference: Exact and Generalized Confidence Intervals in the Common Mean Problem.- Permutation Tests for Validating Computer Experiments.- Locally Optimal Tests of Independence for Archimedean Copula Families.- Part III Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance: Optimal Designs for Treatment-Control Comparisons in Microarray Experiments.- Improving Henderson's Method 3 Approach when Estimating Variance Components in a two-way mixed linear model.- Implications of Dimensionality on Measurement Reliability.- Part IV Linear Models and Applied Econometrics Robust Moment Based Estimation and Inference: The Generalized Cressie-Read Estimator.- More on the F-test under Nonspherical Disturbances.- Optimal Estimation in a Linear Regression Model Using Incomplete Prior Information.- Minimum Decription Length Model Selection in Gaussian Regression under Data Constraints.- Self-Exciting Extreme Value Models for Stock Market Crashes.- Consumption and Income: A Spectral Analysis.- Part V Stochastic Processes Improved Estimation Strategy in Multi-Factor Vasicek Model: Bounds on Expected Coupling Times in a Markov Chain.- Multiple Selfdecomposable Laws on Vector Spaces and on Groups: The Existence of Background Driving Processes.- Part VI Matrix Algebra and Matrix Computations: Further Results on Samuelson's Inequality.- Revisitation of Generalized and Hypergeneralized Projectors.- On Singular Periodic Matrices.- Testing Numerical Methods Solving the Linear Least Squares Problem.- On the Computation of the Moore-Penrose Inverse of Matrices with Symbolic Elements.- On Permutations of Matrix Products.- Part VII Special Topics: Some Comments on Fisher's a Index of Diversity and on the Kazwini Cosmography.- Ultimatum Games and Fuzzy Information.- Are Bernstein's Examples on Independent Events Paradoxical'.- A Classroom Example to Demonstrate Statistical Concepts.- Selected Publications of Götz Trenkler.- List of Contributors.