Paulo Eduardo Oliveira: PhD in 1991 at Universite Lille I, France. Full professor at the Dept. of Mathematics at the Univ. of Coimbra since 2004. Has been a member of the Board of the Portug. Math. Soc. with a special interest in the Portug. Math. Olympiad. Research interests include limit theorems and nonparametric methods. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society.He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences.

From the book reviews: "There are 26 papers in this volume and it is organized in six parts ... . The volume is reasonably well organized and structured. ... The volume presents both applied and theoretical papers for practitioners and researchers, respectively. The volume can be also be regarded as a reference book. The papers in the volume are intended for a wide readership." (S. E. Ahmed, Technometrics, Vol. 55 (3), August, 2013)

• Sampling and Modeling.- Estimation.- Extremes.- Testing Statistical Hypothesis.- Models with Stochastic Differential Equations.- Stochastic Processes.

Paulo Eduardo Oliveira: PhD in 1991 at Universite Lille I, France. Full professor at the Dept. of Mathematics at the Univ. of Coimbra since 2004. Has been a member of the Board of the Portug. Math. Soc. with a special interest in the Portug. Math. Olympiad. Research interests include limit theorems and nonparametric methods. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society.He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences.

From the book reviews: "There are 26 papers in this volume and it is organized in six parts ... . The volume is reasonably well organized and structured. ... The volume presents both applied and theoretical papers for practitioners and researchers, respectively. The volume can be also be regarded as a reference book. The papers in the volume are intended for a wide readership." (S. E. Ahmed, Technometrics, Vol. 55 (3), August, 2013)

• Sampling and Modeling.- Estimation.- Extremes.- Testing Statistical Hypothesis.- Models with Stochastic Differential Equations.- Stochastic Processes.

Paulo Eduardo Oliveira: PhD in 1991 at Universite Lille I, France. Full professor at the Dept. of Mathematics at the Univ. of Coimbra since 2004. Has been a member of the Board of the Portug. Math. Soc. with a special interest in the Portug. Math. Olympiad. Research interests include limit theorems and nonparametric methods. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society.He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences. Maria da Graca Temido: Graduated in 1988 from the University of Coimbra on Pure Math, M.Sc. in 1992 at the University of Lisbon on Probability and Statistics and Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Coimbra on Applied Math. Since 2000, Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Dept., the University of Coimbra. Main research interest in Extreme Values Theory. Carla Henriques: PhD in 2006 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu. Collaborates with research groups in medicine undertaking the statistical analysis of data. Research interests include limit theorems and applications of statistics to medical research. Maurizio Vichi: Maurizio Vichi is a full professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He is President of the Italian Statistical Society, Editor of the international journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, published by Springer, and Editor of the international series Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization, also published by Springer. He is also Editor of the new series Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, published by Springer and founded together with the French Statistical Society, Italian Statistical Society, Spanish Statistical Society and Portuguese Statistical Society. He is the author of several papers published in international Journals and has spearheaded several research projects coordinating various university groups (PRIN, CNR, University). His research interests are mainly in multivariate statistics, data analysis and risk analysis in several fields of application in Economics and the Social Sciences.

From the book reviews: "There are 26 papers in this volume and it is organized in six parts ... . The volume is reasonably well organized and structured. ... The volume presents both applied and theoretical papers for practitioners and researchers, respectively. The volume can be also be regarded as a reference book. The papers in the volume are intended for a wide readership." (S. E. Ahmed, Technometrics, Vol. 55 (3), August, 2013)

• Sampling and Modeling.- Estimation.- Extremes.- Testing Statistical Hypothesis.- Models with Stochastic Differential Equations.- Stochastic Processes.