The death of Professor K. C. Sreedharan Pillai on June 5, 1985 was a
heavy loss to many statisticians all around the world. This volume is
dedicated to his memory in recog- nition of his many contributions in
multivariate statis- tical analysis. It brings together eminent
statisticians Working in multivariate analysis from around the world.
The research and expository papers cover a cross-section of recent
developments in the field. This volume is especially useful to
researchers and to those who want to keep abreast of the latest
directions in multivariate statistical analysis. I am grateful to the
authors from so many different countries and research institutions who
contributed to this volume. I wish to express my appreciation to all
those who have reviewed the papers. The list of people include
Professors T. C. Chang, So-Hsiang Chou, Dipak K. Dey, Peter Hall,
Yu-Sheng Hsu, J. D. Knoke, W. J. Krzanowski, Edsel Pena, Bimal K. Sinha,
Dennis L. Young, Drs. K. Krishnamoorthy, D. K. Nagar, and Messrs.
Alphonse Amey, Chi-Chin Chao and Samuel Ofori-Nyarko. I wish to thank
Professors Shanti S. Gupta and James 0. Berger for their keen interest
and encouragement. Thanks are also due to Cynthia Patterson for her help
and Reidel Publishing Com any for their cooperation in bringing this
volume out.