McMASTER UNIVERSITY STATISTICS SEMINAR

Week of June 14 - 18, 1999

SPEAKER:	Dr Ivana Horová Masaryk University, Brno, CZ
TITLE:	"Kernel Smoothing and Additive Models"
DAY:	Wednesday, June 16, 1999
TIME:	10:30 p.m.
PLACE:	BSB-101

SUMMARY

In this paper we will review the choice of kernels under different optimality criteria and their applications for fitting additive models. Climatological data will be used for illustration.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Ivana Horová is Professor and Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics, Masaryk University. She is interested in smoothing methods and their statistical applications.