Statistical Computing

"The publication of this book, I believe, is a milestone. . .Kennedy and Gentle have done an outstanding job of assembling the best techniques from a great variety of sources, establishing a benchmark for the field of statistical computing." ---Mathematics of Computation ." . .a very impressive text. . .highly readable and well illustrated with examples. . . .the reader who intends to take a hand in designing his own regression and multivariate packages will find a storehouse of information." ---Journal of the American Statistical Association ." . .a valuable addition to the literature on statistical computing." ---Mathematical Reviews