Wavelet analysis is a new mathematical tool developed as a unified field of science over the last decade. As spatially adaptive analytic tools, wavelets are useful for capturing serial correlation where the spectrum has peaks or kinks, as can arise from persistent/strong dependence, seasonality...

Preface -- Introduction to probability and statistics -- Foundation of probability theory -- Random variables and univariate probability distributions -- Important probability distributions -- Multivariate probability distributions -- Introduction to sampling theory -- Convergences and limit...