Cambridge publishes open-access 458-page book on nonparametric and high-dim stats
FrnkNlsn · x · 2026-09-23
Cambridge University Press has published "Modern Statistical Methods and Theory: An Introduction to Nonparametric and High-Dimensional Statistics" (458 pp., Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics #60) by Richard J. Samworth and Rajen D. Shah. The book is open access under CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0, funded by Cambridge's Department of Pure Maths and Mathematical Statistics, and freely readable online, with corresponding notes available on the authors' homepages.
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