TY - BOOK AU - Small,Christopher G. TI - Expansions and asymptotics for statistics T2 - Monographs on statistics and applied probability SN - 9781420011029 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2010/// CY - Boca Raton PB - Chapman & Hall/CRC KW - Asymptotic distribution (Probability theory KW - Asymptotic expansions KW - Electronic books KW - lcs N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. General series methods -- 3. Pad�e approximants and continued fractions -- 4. The delta method and its extensions -- 5. Optimality and likelihood asymptotics -- 6. The Laplace approximation and series -- 7. The saddle-point method -- 8. Summation of series -- 9. Glossary of symbols -- 10. Useful limits, series and products; Also available in print edition UR - http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781420011029 ER -