Extremal discriminant analysis [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Manjunath, B G

Extremal Discriminant AnalysisDISSERTATIONzur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktorsder Naturwissenschaftenvorgelegt vonM.Sc. Manjunath, B Ggeb. am 24.07.1981 in Bangalore, Indiaeingereicht beim Fachbereich Mathematikder Universität SiegenSiegen 2010AcknowledgmentThis work was created in the course of my Doctoral degree in Statis-tics at the Department of Mathematics, University of Siegen, Siegen. Atthe onset, I am heartily thankful to my supervisor Prof. Dr. R.–D. Reiss,whose encouragement, supervision and support from the preliminary tothe concluding level enabled me to develop this subject. Above all andthe most needed, he provided me unflinching encouragement and sup-port in various ways. The lively and productive discussions with himwill always remain a very good memory.In addition, I am very grateful to Prof. Dr. H.J. Vaman, Prof. Dr. S. Man-junath and other faculty members at the Department of Statistics, Banga-lore University, Bangalore, whose support, encouragement and appreci-ations are memorable.Further more, I would like to thank Prof. Dr. E. Kaufmann and other fac-ulty members at the Department of Mathematics, University of Siegen,Siegen, for providing pleasant work group, which makes the last threeyears unforgettable.I would like to express the deepest appreciation to my colleagues, Dr.Melanie Frick, Dr. Ulf Cormann and others, whose persistent help anduseful discussions would help me to complete the dissertation.