SANKHYA, Series B, Vol. 62, Part 3, December 2000

CONTENTS Pedro A. Morettin Saurabh Mukhopadhyay an overview C.F.J. Wu
         
 
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Bayesian analysis        
Bayesian analysis of threshold autoregressive moving average models ... Thelma S\'afadi and ... 353
Bayesian analysis of binary regression using symmetric and asymmetric links ... Sanjib Basu and ... 372
Bayesian analysis of bivariate competing risks models ... Chen-Pin Wang and Malay Ghosh ... 388
Small area estimation        
Bayesian inference for small area proportions ... Patrick J. Farrell ... 402
Optimization        
Signal-to-noise ratio and related measures in parameter design optimization: ... J. B\'erub\'e and ... 417
Econometrics        
Estimating time-varying prameters in linear regression models using a two-part decomposition of the optimal control formulation ... M.J. Manohar Rao ... 433
Queuing theory        
The stochastic decomposition results of batch arrival Poisson queue with a grand vacation process ... Gautam Choudhury and Arun Borthakur ... 448

Genetics

       
Heritability of stayability by path coefficient approach when herdlife is influenced by unrelated auxiliary characters ... Amrit Kumar Paul and V.K. Bhatia ... 463
Book review        
Review of Design and Analysis of Experiments  by Angela Dean and Daniel Voss ... Mausumi Bose ... 472
Review of Stochastic Models: Analysis and Applications  by B.R. Bhat ... B.L.S. Prakasa Rao ... 474

Review of Relative Distribution Methods in the Social Sciences  by Mark S. Nandcock and Martina Morris

... Prasanta Ray ... 476

Review of Statistical Methods in Software Engineering: Reliability and Risk  by Nozer D. Singpurwalla and Simon P. Wilson

... Debasis Sengupta ... 478

Review of Modern Applied Statistics with S-PLUS (third edition)  by W.N. Venables and B.D. Ripley

... Debasis Sengupta ... 480
Editorial collaboration ...   ... 482