Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, Volume 36

Volume 36, Number 1, 2007

Ordered Data and Applications

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  Montip Tiensuwan, Sukuman Sarikavanij, Bimal K. Sinha:
  Nonnegative Unbiased Estimation of Scale Parameters and Associated Quantiles Based on a Ranked Set Sample. 3-31
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  Amjad D. Al-Nasser:
  L Ranked Set Sampling: A Generalization Procedure for Robust Visual Sampling. 33-43

Inference

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  Stephen G. Walker:
  Sampling the Dirichlet Mixture Model with Slices. 45-54
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  Edit Gombay, Daniel Serban:
  Sequential Comparison of d Populations and Related Tables. 55-72
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  Nathalie Villa, Martin Paegelow, María Teresa Camacho Olmedo, Laurence Cornez, Frédéric Ferraty, Louis Ferré, Pascal Sarda:
  Various Approaches for Predicting Land Cover in Mountain Areas. 73-86

Regression Analysis

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  Eva Boj Del Val, M. Mercè Claramunt Bielsa, Josep Fortiana:
  Selection of Predictors in Distance-Based Regression. 87-98
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  Dennis Oberhelman, Rao Kadiyala:
  A Test for the Equality of Parameters for Separate Regression Models in the Presence of Heteroskedasticity. 99-121
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  M. Isabel Reis dos Santos, Acácio M. O. Porta Nova:
  Estimating and Validating Nonlinear Regression Metamodels in Simulation. 123-137

Categorical Data Analysis

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  Rosa Arboretti Giancristofaro, Fortunato Pesarin, Luigi Salmaso:
  Permutation Anderson-Darling Type and Moment-Based Test Statistics for Univariate Ordered Categorical Data. 139-150

Multivariate Analysis

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  Myoungshic Jhun, Hyeong Chul Jeong, Joshua Seungwook Bahng:
  Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for the Mean of Multivariate Poisson Distribution: A Comparison. 151-164
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  Jan G. De Gooijer, Ali Gannoun:
  TR Multivariate Conditional Median Estimation. 165-176
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  Shaheena Bashir, Edward M. Carter:
  Performance of High Breakdown Mixture Discriminant Analysis Under Different Biweight Functions. 177-183

Survival Analysis

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  Marcia F. Mizoi, Heleno Bolfarine, Antonio Carlos Pedroso de Lima:
  Cure Rate Model with Measurement Error. 185-196

Goodness-of-Fit Tests

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  Lauren Bin Dong, David E. A. Giles:
  An Empirical Likelihood Ratio Test for Normality. 197-215

Quality Control

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  Shihyu Chou, Min-Chiang Wang:
  Setting Policy for On-Line Process Control with Dynamic Characteristics. 217-232

Volume 36, Number 2, 2007

Inference

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  Philip H. Ramsey, Patricia P. Ramsey:
  Testing Variability in the Two-Sample Case. 233-248
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  Sharmila Banerjee, Boris Iglewicz:
  A Simple Univariate Outlier Identification Procedure Designed for Large Samples. 249-263
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  Ching-Ching Lin, Deng-Yuan Huang:
  On Some Multiple Decision Procedures for Normal Variances. 265-275
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  Pier Francesco Perri, Agostino Tarsitano:
  Partially Adaptive Estimation via Quantile Functions. 277-296

Bayesian Inference

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  Maria Ivanilde Araújo, Basilio de Bragança Pereira:
  A Comparison of Bayes Factors for Separated Models: Some Simulation Results. 297-309

Nonparametric Inference

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  Juan M. Vilar-Fernández, Ricardo Cao:
  Nonparametric Forecasting in Time Series - A Comparative Study. 311-334
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  Subha Chakraborti, Serkan Eryilmaz:
  A Nonparametric Shewhart-Type Signed-Rank Control Chart Based on Runs. 335-356

Resampling Methods

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  Jeffrey S. Racine, James G. MacKinnon:
  Simulation-Based Tests that Can Use Any Number of Simulations. 357-365

Regression Analysis

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  William E. Leithead, Yunong Zhang:
  O(N ²)-Operation Approximation of Covariance Matrix Inverse in Gaussian Process Regression Based on Quasi-Newton BFGS Method. 367-380

Design of Experiments and Linear Models

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  Xinmin Li:
  Comparison of Confidence Intervals on Between Group Variance in Unbalanced Heteroscedastic One-Way Random Models. 381-390

Time Series Analysis

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  Nikolay Angelov, Rolf Larsson:
  Testing for Unit Root Against Stationarity Using the Likelihood Ratio Test. 391-412

Multivariate Analysis

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  Adelaide Figueiredo:
  Discordancy Tests Based on the Likelihood Ratio for the Bipolar Watson Distribution on the Hypersphere. 413-421

Survival Analysis

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  Trent Gaugler, Daeyoung Kim, Shu-Min Liao:
  Comparing Two Survival Time Distributions: An Investigation of Several Weight Functions for the Weighted Logrank Statistic. 423-435

Computational Statistics

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  J.-B. Hardouin, M. Mesbah:
  The SAS Macro-Program %AnaQol to Estimate the Parameters of Item Responses Theory Models. 437-453

Volume 36, Number 3, 2007

Distributions, Models, and Applications

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  Alberto Contreras-Cristán, José M. González-Barrios:
  Model Selection Using Conditional Densities. 455-469
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  Ronald A. Webster, Anthony N. Pettitt:
  Stability of Approximations of Average Run Length of Risk-Adjusted CUSUM Schemes Using the Markov Approach: Comparing Two Methods of Calculating Transition Probabilities. 471-482

Inference

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  James D. Stamey, Athanassios Katsis:
  Sample Size Determination for Comparing Two Poisson Rates with Underreported Counts. 483-492
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  Karl Mosler, Lars Haferkamp:
  Size and Power of Recent Tests for Homogeneity in Exponential Mixtures. 493-504
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  Jenny Jiang, Min Tsao:
  Mixture Distributions Based Methods of Calibration for the Empirical Log-Likelihood Ratio. 505-517
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  Davide S. Paolino:
  Conservative Likelihood Inference for Type I Censored Samples from the Log-Location-Scale Distributions. 519-533
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  Mahdi A. Alkhamisi, Ghazi Shukur:
  A Monte Carlo Study of Recent Ridge Parameters. 535-547
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  Enrique F. Schisterman, Neil Perkins:
  Confidence Intervals for the Youden Index and Corresponding Optimal Cut-Point. 549-563

Survival Analysis

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  Yichuan Zhao, Wen Jian:
  Analysis of Longitudinal Data in the Case-Control Studies via Empirical Likelihood. 565-578

Reliability Analysis

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  Tieling Zhang, Min Xie:
  Failure Data Analysis with Extended Weibull Distribution. 579-592
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  Yichuan Zhao, Yijian Huang:
  Test-Based Interval Estimation Under the Accelerated Failure Time Model. 593-605
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  Jin Zhao, Jinde Wang:
  Testing the Existence of Change-Point in NHPP Software Reliability Models. 607-619

Multivariate Analysis

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  Timothy E. Hanson, Osbjorn M. Pearson:
  Fitting Manova Models with Missing Continuous or Ordinal Data Using Reference Priors. 621-630

Goodness-of-Fit Tests

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  María Dolores Esteban, Yolanda Marhuenda, Domingo Morales, Ángel Sánchez:
  New Goodness-of-Fit Tests Based on Sample Quantiles. 631-642

Quality Control

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  Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, Víctor Leiva, Jorge López:
  Acceptance Sampling Plans from Truncated Life Tests Based on the Generalized Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution. 643-656
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  Chien-Wei Wu, Wen Lea Pearn, C. S. Chang, H. C. Chen:
  Accuracy Analysis of the Percentile Method for Estimating Non Normal Manufacturing Quality. 657-697
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  Pairoj Khawsithiwong, Nihal Yatawara:
  Monitoring Process Variability with Individual Measurements Following Elliptically Contoured Distributions. 699-718

Statistics in Health

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  Dirac Moutinho Cordeiro, Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro:
  Model of Combined Prevision: An Application of the Monthly Series of Dengue Notifications in the State of Pernambuco. 719-740

Time Series Analysis

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  Leila Hedhili Zaier, Abdelwahed Trabelsi:
  A Polynomial Method for Temporal Disaggregation of Multivariate Time Series. 741-759

Volume 36, Number 4, 2007

Original Articles

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  Yu-Ling Tseng, Shao-Wei Wu:
  Ranked-Set-Sample-Based Tests for Normal and Exponential Means. 761-782
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  Jungsywan Hwang Sepanski:
  A Modification on the Friedman Test Statistic. 783-790
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  Livio Corain, Luigi Salmaso:
  A Critical Review and a Comparative Study on Conditional Permutation Tests for Two-Way ANOVA. 791-805
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  Marcin Kozak, Andrzej Zielinski:
  Comparison of Efficiency of Stratified and Unequal Probability Sampling. 807-816
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  Reza Modarres:
  A Test of Independence Based on the Likelihood of Cut-Points. 817-825
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  Carlos Tenreiro:
  On the Finite Sample Behavior of Fixed Bandwidth Bickel-Rosenblatt Test for Univariate and Multivariate Uniformity. 827-846
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  Ersin Ogus, Ayse Canan Yazici, Fikret Gurbuz:
  Evaluating the Significance Test When the Correlation Coefficient is Different from Zero in the Test of Hypothesis. 847-854
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  Junyong Park, Jayson D. Wilbur, Jayanta K. Ghosh, Cindy H. Nakatsu, Corinne Ackerman:
  Selection of Binary Variables and Classification by Boosting. 855-869
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  Hakan Demirtas:
  Practical Advice on How to Impute Continuous Data When the Ultimate Interest Centers on Dichotomized Outcomes Through Pre-Specified Thresholds. 871-889
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  Alan Chow, Bryant Chow, Sriharsha Hanumanth, Teresa A. Wagner:
  Comparison of Robust Estimators of Standard Deviation in Normal Distributions Within the Context of Quality Control. 891-899
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  Lianjie Shu, Wei Jiang, Shujin Wu:
  A One-Sided EWMA Control Chart for Monitoring Process Means. 901-920
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  Young Soon Chang:
  Multivariate CUSUM and EWMA Control Charts for Skewed Populations Using Weighted Standard Deviations. 921-936

Volume 36, Number 5, 2007

Distributions and Models

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  Ali I. Genç:
  A Generalization of the Univariate Slash by a Scale-Mixtured Exponential Power Distribution. 937-947

Inference

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  Kohji Yamamura, Akihiro Hino:
  Estimation of the Proportion of Defective Units by Using Group Testing Under the Existence of a Threshold of Detection. 949-957
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  José Antonio Roldán Nofuentes, Juan de Dios Luna del Castillo:
  The Effect of Verification Bias in the Naïve Estimators of Accuracy of a Binary Diagnostic Test. 959-972

Multivariate Analysis

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  Hye-Seung Lee:
  Canonical Correlation Analysis Using Small Number of Samples. 973-985
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  James Cui, Guoqi Q. Qian:
  Selection of Working Correlation Structure and Best Model in GEE Analyses of Longitudinal Data. 987-996

Copulas and Applications

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  Beatriz Vaz de Melo Mendes, Eduardo F. L. de Melo, Roger B. Nelsen:
  Robust Fits for Copula Models. 997-1017
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  Florence Wu, Emiliano Valdez, Michael Sherris:
  Simulating from Exchangeable Archimedean Copulas. 1019-1034

Spatial Statistics

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  Jorge Mateu, Pablo Juan, Emilio Porcu:
  Geostatistical Analysis Through Spectral Techniques: Some Words of Caution. 1035-1051

Goodness-of-Fit Tests

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  Christos T. Nakas:
  Performance of the One-Sample Goodness-of-Fit P-P-Plot Length Test. 1053-1059
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  Berna Yazici, Özlem Alpu, Yaning Yang:
  Comparison of Goodness-of-Fit Measures in Probit Regression Model. 1061-1073

Quality Control

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  Jay R. Schaffer, Myoung-Jin Kim:
  Number of Replications Required in Control Chart Monte Carlo Simulation Studies. 1075-1087
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  Shih-Chou Kao, Chuanching Ho:
  Robustness of R-Chart to Non Normality. 1089-1098
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  Shey-Huei Sheu, Wen-Chih Chiu:
  Poisson GWMA Control Chart. 1099-1114
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  Maria E. Calzada, Stephen M. Scariano:
  Joint Monitoring of the Mean and Variance of Combined Control Charts with Estimated Parameters. 1115-1134

Volume 36, Number 6, 2007

Distributions and Applications

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  Hyung-Tae Ha, Serge B. Provost:
  A Viable Alternative to Resorting to Statistical Tables. 1135-1151
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  Y. C. Chang, Wen Lea Pearn, Chien-Wei Wu:
  On the Sampling Distributions of the Estimated Process Loss Indices with Asymmetric Tolerances. 1153-1170

Inference

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  K. Krishnamoorthy, Jie Peng:
  Some Properties of the Exact and Score Methods for Binomial Proportion and Sample Size Calculation. 1171-1186
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  Filippo Domma:
  Asymptotic Distribution of the Maximum Likelihood Estimators of the Parameters of the Right-Truncated Dagum Distribution. 1187-1199
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  Jiro Hodoshima, Masakazu Ando:
  The Finite-Sample Performance of White's Test for Heteroskedasticity Under Stochastic Regressors. 1201-1215
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  Lang Li, Siu Hui:
  Positive False Discovery Rate Estimate in Step-Wise Variable Selection. 1217-1231
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  Hal Whitehead:
  Selection of Models of Lagged Identification Rates and Lagged Association Rates Using AIC and QAIC. 1233-1246

Nonparametric Inference

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  N. Balakrishnan, Donghoon Han:
  Optimal Progressive Type-II Censoring Schemes for Nonparametric Confidence Intervals of Quantiles. 1247-1262
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  Cheng Peng, Bhisham C. Gupta:
  An Improved Hollander's Distribution-Free Test for Parallelism. 1263-1273
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  Myoungshic Jhun, Hyeong Chul Jeong, Ja-Yong Koo:
  On the Use of Adaptive Nearest Neighbors for Missing Value Imputation. 1275-1286

Outliers and Robust Inference

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  Dyah Erny Herwindiati, Maman A. Djauhari, Muhammad Mashuri:
  Robust Multivariate Outlier Labeling. 1287-1294

Survival Analysis

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  Polychronis Economou, Chrysseis Caroni:
  Parametric Proportional Odds Frailty Models. 1295-1307
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  Ingrid David, Tristan Lorino, Moez Sanaa:
  Bayesian Versus Frequentist Approach of the Frailty Cox Model, Application to Calf Gastroenteritis. 1309-1320

Quality Control

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  B. Fournier, N. Rupin, Maxence Bigerelle, D. Najjar, Alain Iost:
  Comments on the Mixture Detection Rule Used in SPC Control Charts. 1321-1331
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  Jaeheon Lee, Changsoon Park:
  Estimation of the Change Point in Monitoring the Process Mean and Variance. 1333-1345

Multivariate Analysis

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  Eurof Walters:
  Some Observations on the Correlation Determinant. 1347-1354