Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xvi

Acknowledgments

pp xvii-xvii

Notation and Terminology

pp xviii-xx

Part I - Introduction and Basics

pp 1-2

1 - Distributional Regression Models

pp 3-29

2 - Distributions

pp 30-52

3 - Additive Model Terms

pp 53-74

Part II - Statistical Inference in GAMLSS

pp 75-76

4 - Inferential Methods for Distributional Regression

pp 77-108

5 - Penalized Maximum Likelihood Inference

pp 109-124

6 - Bayesian Inference

pp 125-164

7 - Statistical Boosting for GAMLSS

pp 165-194

Part III - Applications and Case Studies

pp 195-196

8 - Fetal Ultrasound

pp 197-221

9 - Speech Intelligibility Testing

pp 222-229

10 - Social Media Post Performance

pp 230-238

11 - Childhood Undernutrition in India

pp 239-252

12 - Socioeconomic Determinants of Federal Election Outcomes in Germany

pp 253-259

13 - Variable Selection for Gene Expression Data

pp 260-266

Appendix A - Continuous Distributions

pp 267-268

Appendix B - Discrete Distributions

pp 269-270

References

pp 271-282

Index

pp 283-286