Formulated through discussions with van Zwet himself, this volume is a collection of papers that truly reflects the range of the subject's research, and which covers themes ranging from asymptotic theory to probability and second-order approximations.

With this collections volume, some of the important works of Willem van Zwet are moved to the front layers of modern statistics. The selection was based on discussions with Willem, and aims at a representative sample. The result is a collection of papers that the new generations of statisticians should not be denied. They are here to stay, to enjoy and to form the basis for further research.The papers are grouped into six themes: fundamental statistics, asymptotic theory, second-order approximations, resampling, applications, and probability. This volume serves as basic reference for fundamental statistical theory, and at the same time reveals some of its history.The papers are grouped into six themes: fundamental statistics, asymptotic theory, second-order approximations, resampling, applications, and probability. This volume serves as basic reference for fundamental statistical theory, and at the same time reveals some of its history.

Collects many of Willem van Zwet's papers in one convenient volume New commentaries by important statisticians and mathematicians working today Compiles Willem van Zwet's entire bibliography Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Sara van de Geer has been a full professor at the ETH in Zürich since 2005. Her main areas of research are empirical process theory, statistical learning theory, and nonparametric and high-dimensional statistics. She is an associate editor of Probability Theory and Related Fields, The Scandinavian Journal of Statistics and Statistical Surveys and a member of the Swiss National Science Foundation and correspondent of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences.
She received the IMS medal in 2003 and the ISI award in 2005, and was an invited speaker at the International Conference of Mathematicians in 2010.

Inhalt
Three Fundamental Statistics Papers.- Asymptotic Statistics.- Second Order Asymptotics.- Resampling.- Applications.- Probabililty.