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This new book provides a unified, in-depth, readable introduction to the multipredictor regression methods most widely used in biostatistics: linear models for continuous outcomes, logistic models for binary outcomes, the Cox model for right-censored survival times, repeated-measures models for longitudinal and hierarchical outcomes, and generalized linear models for counts and other outcomes.
Treating these topics together takes advantage of all they have in common. The authors point out the many-shared elements in the methods they present for selecting, estimating, checking, and interpreting each of these models. They also show that these regression methods deal with confounding, mediation, and interaction of causal effects in essentially the same way.
The examples, analyzed using Stata, are drawn from the biomedical context but generalize to other areas of application. While a first course in statistics is assumed, a chapter reviewing basic statistical methods is included. Some advanced topics are covered but the presentation remains intuitive. A brief introduction to regression analysis of complex surveys and notes for further reading are provided. For many students and researchers learning to use these methods, this one book may be all they need to conduct and interpret multipredictor regression analyses.
The authors are on the faculty in the Division of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, and are authors or co-authors of more than 200 methodological as well as applied papers in the biological and biomedical sciences. The senior author, Charles E. McCulloch, is head of the Division and author of Generalized Linear Mixed Models (2003), Generalized, Linear, and Mixed Models (2000), and Variance Components (1992).
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"This book provides a unified introduction to the regression methods listed in the title...The methods are well illustrated by data drawn from medical studies...A real strength of this book is the careful discussion of issues common to all of the multipredictor methods covered."
Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 2005
"This book is not just for biostatisticians. It is, in fact, a very good, and relatively nonmathematical, overview of multipredictor regression models. Although the examples are biologically oriented, they are generally easy to understand and follow...I heartily recommend the book"
Technometrics, February 2006
"Overall, the text provides an overview of regression methods that is particularly strong in its breadth of coverage and emphasis on insight in place of mathematical detail. As intended, this well-unified approach should appeal to students who learn conceptually and verbally."
Journal of the American Statistical Association, March 2006
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very good book, compact but comprehensive.......2007-05-12
This book covers a wide range of topics in Biostatistics, in a comprehensive, but not overwhelming way. In my opinion this book has the potential of being useful to a broad audience, from Statisticians to other professionals who do health related research.
Excellent book ..........2007-01-09
A very specific book, with a lot of details for a statistitian
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Reactive systems are becoming more and more important for essentially all areas of technical and professional activities as well as for many areas of everyday life. The design of these systems is a great challenge and requires sound compromises between safety and time-to-market. To meet these needs, early design phases nowadays include verification of given specifications against system descriptions to find potential design errors as early as possible.
This book is devoted to the foundation of the most popular formal methods for the specification and verification of reactive systems. In particular, the
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omega-automata, and temporal logics are covered in full detail; their relationship and state-of-the-art verification procedures based on these formal approaches are presented. Furthermore, the advantages and disadvantages of the formalisms from particular points of view are analyzed. Most results are given with detailed proofs, so that the presentation is almost self-contained.
This book is targeted to advanced students, lecturers and researchers in the area of formal methods.
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Model checking is a technique for verifying finite state concurrent systems such as sequential circuit designs and communication protocols. It has a number of advantages over traditional approaches that are based on simulation, testing, and deductive reasoning. In particular, model checking is automatic and usually quite fast. Also, if the design contains an error, model checking will produce a counterexample that can be used to pinpoint the source of the error. The method, which was awarded the 1998 ACM Paris Kanellakis Award for Theory and Practice, has been used successfully in practice to verify real industrial designs, and companies are beginning to market commercial model checkers.
The main challenge in model checking is dealing with the state space explosion problem. This problem occurs in systems with many components that can interact with each other or systems with data structures that can assume many different values. In such cases the number of global states can be enormous. Researchers have made considerable progress on this problem over the last ten years.
This is the first comprehensive presentation of the theory and practice of model checking. The book, which includes basic as well as state-of-the-art techniques, algorithms, and tools, can be used both as an introduction to the subject and as a reference for researchers.
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a good reference.......2007-09-12
This is one of the more comprehensive references on model checking. It covers most of the main technqiues used in model checking. It does not cover bounded model checking which became popular after the publication of this book.
The writing style and the explanations in the book could be much better. You just need some patience in reading the book. Overall, I think this book is a useful reference to researchers and practitioners in the field.
This book, however, is NOT for some one who is new to the field. For those who are new to Model Checking and Formal Verification, I strongly recommend "Introduction to Formal Hardware Verification" by Thomas Kropf.
Good Technical Book.......2005-07-19
Clarke's book is going to be a classic in this area of computer science. It is well written and covers just about exactly what one would want in a book on this topic. I am currently re-reading chapters 9 and 10 for more depth of understanding, because at first I was able to get the general idea just by skimming, and it is technical enough in style to satisfy my mathematical needs.
I highly recommend this book as a great source on the topic and history of model checking.
hard to read.......2005-07-18
This book is horribly difficult to read, it is very terse. I found that I could easily follow the things I knew already, but it is not a good book to learn new things from. It is a collection of research results, in a sensible order, but little effort has been made to explain things to the novice. In fact there are research papers which introduce more advanced topics than covered here, and are much easier to read than this book (for example Alur's paper on ATL). It is probably good as a comprehensive reference if you are already familiar with the techniques. It is a shame as there seems to be no other comprehensive book available on model checking. The most accessible introduction remains Manna and Pnueli's "Temporal Verification of Reactive Systems", although it only has one chapter on model checking.
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As systems being developed by industry and government grow larger and more complex, the need for superior specification and verification approaches and tools becomes increasingly vital. The developer and customer must have complete confidence that the design produced is correct, and that it meets forma development and verification standards. In this text, UML expert author Dr. Doron Drusinsky compiles all the latest information on the application of UML (Universal Modeling Language) statecharts, temporal logic, automata, and other advanced tools for run-time monitoring and verification. This is the first book that deals specifically with UML verification techniques. This important information is introduced within the context of real-life examples and solutions, particularly focusing on national defense applications. A practical text, as opposed to a high-level theoretical one, it emphasizes getting the system developer up-to-speed on using the tools necessary for daily practice.
· A practical, tutorial-style text (other books on this topic discuss the tools and formalisms only theoretically)
· Includes an unclassified case study example from the U.S. Missile Defense project
·Accompanying CD-ROM includes source code and re-useable statechart templates
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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the International Seminar on Generic Programming held in Dagstuhl Castle, Germany in April/May 1998.The 20 revised full papers were carefully reviewed for inclusion in the book. As the first book entirely devoted to the new paradigm of generic programming, this collection offers topical sections on foundations and methodology comparisons, programming methodology, language design, and applications.
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This volume presents some of the most advanced research in the description of distributed systems and the design calculi of software and of hardware using functional, algebraic, logical, and programming calculi. The deductive treatment of distributed systems is presented in its complete spectrum from formal foundations and functional system specifications to assertion calculi for the verification of system programs. A highlight is the use of model checking techniques for proving properties about finite state automaton systems with extremely large state sets. It is also shown how the formalisms can be used to treat hardware systems, with emphasis on development steps leading from high-level abstractions to concrete representations. An important notion treated is that of refinement concepts in system development.
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2007, held in Braga, Portugal in March/April 2007 as part of ETAPS 2007, the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software.
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Model checking is a powerful approach for the formal verification of software. When applicable, it automatically provides complete proofs of correctness, or explains, via counter-examples, why a system is not correct.
This book provides a basic introduction to this new technique. The first part describes in simple terms the theoretical basis of model checking: transition systems as a formal model of systems, temporal logic as a formal language for behavioral properties, and model-checking algorithms. The second part explains how to write rich and structured temporal logic specifications in practice, while the third part surveys some of the major model checkers available.
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automated assurance of valid code.......2006-03-16
To be able to map a model onto the source code that implements it is a wonderful thing, as can be discerned from Berard's book. Because once this done, and he offers copious suggestions to this effect, then you can programmatically validate (ie. check) the source code.
A relatively rare thing in computer programming. Mostly, verification is done in various manual steps, by programmer and tester. But by being able to structure a model as suggested by Berard, you get far more robust code. With high assurance of validity.
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Static Analysis, SAS 2006, held in Seoul, Korea in August 2006.
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 10.5 Advanced Research Working Conference on Correct Hardware Design and Verification Methods, CHARME 2001, held in Livingston, Scotland, UK in September 2001.The 28 revised full papers and eight short papers presented together with two invited papers and one special paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. The book offers topical sections on model checking, clocking issues, theorem proving with higher order logics, hardware compilation, tools, component verification, case studies, algorithm verification, and duration calculus.
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