This volume contains a selection of Wassily Hoeffding's research papers and reviews on statistics. Additionally, it includes three essays that assess the impact of Hoeffding's work on nonparametric statistics, sequential analysis, probability inequalities and large deviation theory.
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"Wassily Hoeffding was one of the giants in the development of the field of statistics. His work was path-breaking and deep, he pursued it with tenacity, and demanded the highest standards of himself." Norman Johnson
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