लेखक: Bimal K. Sinha

JOACHIM HARTUNG, Ph D, is Professor in the Department of Statistics at the Dortmund University of Technology, Germany. He has published several books and two dozen journal articles in the field of statistics. GUIDO KNAPP, Ph D, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the Dortmund University of Technology, Germany. Dr. Knapp”s areas of research interest include variance component models, error components regression models, meta-analysis, and flexible design in clinical trials. BIMAL K. SINHA, Ph D, is Presidential Research Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County (UMBC). A Fellow of both the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the American Statistical Association, Dr. Sinha”s research specializes in the areas of multivariate analysis, mixed linear models, decision theory, robustness, and environmental statistics.