Jana Jureckova & Jan Picek 
Methodology in Robust and Nonparametric Statistics [PDF ebook] 

Robust and nonparametric statistical methods have their foundation in fields ranging from agricultural science to astronomy, from biomedical sciences to the public health disciplines, and, more recently, in genomics, bioinformatics, and financial statistics. These disciplines are presently nourished by data mining and high-level computer-based algo