Statistical methodology is a key element in physics research. Here, expert contributors cover the latest techniques as well as providing a thorough introduction to the field in general. The volume includes cutting-edge topics such as filters and wavelets.

InhaltsangabeStatistical Physics is more than Statistical Mechanics.- Part I: Modeling of Statistical Systems.- Random Variables: Fundamentals of Probability Theory and Statistics.- Random Variables in State Space: Classical Statistical Mechanics of Fluids.- Random Fields: Textures and Classical Statistical Mechanics of Spin Systems.- Time-Dependent Random Variables: Classical Stochastic Processes.- Quantum Random Systems.- Changes of External Conditions.- Part II: Analysis of Statistical Systems.- Estimation of Parameters.- Signal Analysis: Estimation of Spectra.- Estimators Based on a Probability Distribution for the Parameters.- Identification of Stochastic Models from Observations.- Estimating the Parameters of a Hidden Stochastic Model.- Statistical Tests and Classification Methods.- Appendix: Random Number Generation for Simulating Realizations of Random Variables.- Problems.- Hints and Solutions.