Now in paperback: the new classic on the theory of statistical inference in statistical models with an infinite-dimensional parameter space.

Preface; 1. Nonparametric statistical models; 2. Gaussian processes; 3. Empirical processes; 4. Function spaces and approximation theory; 5. Linear nonparametric estimators; 6. The minimax paradigm; 7. Likelihood-based procedures; 8. Adaptive inference; References; Author Index; Index.

Evarist Giné (1944-2015) was Head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Connecticut. Giné was a distinguished mathematician who worked on mathematical statistics and probability in infinite dimensions. He was the author of two books and more than 100 articles.