Exploratory Data Analysis Using Fisher Information

- Introduction to Fisher Information: its origin, uses and predictions

- Financial Economics from Fisher Information

- Growth Characteristics or Organisms

- Information and Thermal Physics

- Parallel Information Phenomena of Biology and Astrophysics

- Encrytion of Covert Information Through a Fisher Game

- Applications of Fisher Information to the Management of Sustainable Environmental Systems

- Fisher information in Ecological Systems

- Sociohistory: An Information Theory of Social Change

- Index

Professor Emeritus - B. Roy Frieden:

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Optical Sciences, Univ. of Arizona 1966-2002;

books

"Probability, Statistical Optics and Data Testing" (Springer-Verlag, 3rd ed., 2001),

"Physics from Fisher Information" (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998),

"Science from Fisher Information" (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004);

inventor of principle of Extreme physical information (EPI)

Dr. Robert A. Gatenby:

BSE, Princeton Univ. MD, University of Pennsylvania.

From the reviews: "Roy Frieden has been exploring the consequences of studying physical phenomena on the basis of Fisher information and extreme physical information ... . therefore wish to emphasize that the truly original feature of this book ... is precisely its broad coverage; its demonstration that such a simple principle, easily grasped, is capable of yielding valuable results in such a wide range of fields of enquiry. I found Frieden's earlier books immensely original and intellectually thrilling and this one adds yet more weight to that opinion." (P. W. Hawkes, www.amazon.com, October, 2007) "I personally have used and exploited the Fisher information theme in numerous papers related to quantum mechanics and relativity, in particular via relations of FI to the quantum potential. I would even say that this theme seems to have 'cosmic significance' and in the present arena of information technology, processing, retrieval, and distortion the book should be considered as must reading." (Robert Carroll, www.amazon.com, October, 2007) "The book begins with an introduction by Frieden, which covers Fisher information and its uses when employing the EPI approach. ... This fascinating book is well organized, written in a careful and systematic way, and contains much new material. It will be useful to those interested in information technology (IT), processing, retrieval, and distortion. It is an excellent source of information for the study and research of exploratory data analysis." (P. R. Parthasarathy, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (8), August, 2008)