to Mathematical Statistics Translated from the German by Kenneth Wickwire Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1974 Leopold Schmetterer Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at the University of Vienna Translator: Kenneth Wickwire Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester Title of the German Original Edition: Einfiihrung in die mathematische Statistik, 2. verbesserte und wesentlich erweiterte Auflage Springer-Verlag Wien New York 1966 With 11 figures AMS Subject Classification (1970): 62-01, 62 Axx, 62 Bxx, 62 Cxx, 62D03, 62 Exx, 62 Fxx, 62 Gxx, 62 Hxx ISBN-13: 978-3-642-65544-9 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-65542-5 DOl: 10. 1007/978-3-642-65542-5 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher. (c) by Springer-Verlag Berlin. Heidelberg 1974. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 73-15290. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1 st edition 1974 Bookbinding: Konrad Triltsch, Wiirzburg. Preface I have used the opportunity of the second edition of the German version being translated into English to alter and improve some details. Of course I tried to correct misprints and errata of the original version. Moreover some proofs have been slightly changed and I hope thereby improved."

The first Pannonian Symposium on Mathematical Statistics was held at Bad Tatzmannsdorf (Burgenland/Austria) from September 16th to 21st, 1979. The aim of it was to furthe~ and intensify scientific cooperation in the Pannonian area, which, in a broad sense, can be understood to cover Hungary, the eastern part of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and parts of Poland, Yugoslavia and Romania. The location of centers of research in mathematical statistics and probability theory in this territory has been a good reason for the geographical limitation of this meeting. About 70 researchers attended this symposium, and 49 lectures were delivered; a considerable part of the presented papers is collected in this volume. Beside the lectures, vigorous informal discussions among the participants took place, so that many problems were raised and possible ways of solutions were attacked. We take the opportunity to thank Dr. U. Dieter (Graz), Dr. F. Konecny (Wien), Dr. W. Krieger (G8ttingen) and Dr. E. Neuwirth (Wien) for their valuable help in the refereeing work for this volume. The Pannonian Symposium could not have taken place without the support of several institutions: The Austrian Ministry for Research and Science, the State government of Burgenland, the Community Bad Tatzmannsdorf, the Kurbad Tatzmannsdorf AG, the Austrian Society for Information Science and Statistics, IBM Austria, Volksbank Oberwart, Erste Osterreichische Spar-Casse and Spielbanken AG Austria. The Austrian Academy of Sciences iv made possible the participation in the Symposium for several mathematicians. We express our gratitude to all these institutions for their generous help.