About the Author

(Late) A.K. BASU, PhD, was formerly faculty in the Department of Statistics, Calcutta University. His various assignments saw him serving at the University of Illinois (Chicago), University of Brasilia (Brazil), and the Laurentian University (Canada). Besides, he was a Visiting Faculty at the University of Regina, McMaster, and Ottawa (all in Canada); IPN (Mexico); and the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta. Dr. Basu was a member of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, International Statistical Association, and the Statistical Science Association of Canada. He published several articles in reputed national and international journals.