This book can primarily be used as a reference by researchers from statistics, mathematics, finance, econometrics, and genomics. It can also be used as a textbook by senior undergraduate and graduate students in these fields.
Masanobu Taniguchi is a research professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics at Waseda University, Japan.
Hiroshi Shiraishi is a lecturer in the Laboratory of Mathematics, Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan.
Junichi Hirukawa is an associate professor in the Faculty of Science at Niigata University, Japan.
Hiroko Solvang Kato is a researcher and project leader in the Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Norway.