A Statistician's Adventures in Internet-land

J. S. Marron
Department of Statistics and Operations Research
University of North Carolina

Abstract:  

The analysis and modelling of Internet traffic is
an area with a strong need for a wide range of new
statistical methodologies.  The challenges are particularly
acute because the area abounds in non-standard pitfalls such
as heavy tailed distributions and long range dependence,
which render many standard techniques useless.  Even time
honored classical notions such as random sampling need
re-examination.  These problems motivate some non-standard
statistical analyses, some fun visualizations, and some new
probability theory.