ABSTRACT

The bootstrap was introduced in 1979 by Efron [80], with further developments in 1981 [82, 81], 1982 [83], and numerous other publications including the monograph of Efron and Tibshirani [84]. Chernick [45] has an extensive bibliography. Davison and Hinkley [63] is a comprehensive reference with many applications. Also see Barbe and Bertail [19], Shao and Tu [247], and Mammen [186].