RTG Publications and Presentations

Publications

In Progress

  • Page, G. L. and Vardeman, S. B. (2009), "Analysis of Trace Elements in Marine Mammals," in preparation.
  • Page, G. L. and Vardeman, S. B. (2009), "Bayesian Approach to Establishing a Reference Particle Size Distribution in the Presence of Outliers," in preparation.
  • Pintar, A., Anderson-Cook, C. M., and Wu, H. (2009), "Prediction Based Model Selection for Reliability," Technometrics, in preparation.
  • Vardeman, S., Hamada, M., Morris, M., Wendelberger, J., Moore, L., Burr, T., Wu, H., and Jobe, J. M., Stat 101 and Measurement, in preparation.

Submitted

  • Bingham, M. A., Lograsso, B. K., and Labbs, F. C. (2009), "Analysis of the Variation in Crystal Orientations Obtained through Electron Backscatter Diffraction," Ultramicroscopy, submitted.
  • Page, G. L. and Vardeman, S. B. (2008), "Using Mixtures to Model Outliers in Inter-Laboratory Studies," Accreditation and Quality Assurance, submitted.
  • Bingham, M. A., Nordman, D. J., and Vardeman, S. B. (2008), "Likelihood and Bayes Inference for the Symmetric von-Mises-Fisher Distribution," Technometrics, submitted.
  • Bingham, M. A., Vardeman, S. B., and Nordman, D. J. (2008), "Bayes One-Sample and One-Way Random Effects Analyses for 3-D Orientations with Application to Materials Science," Bayesian Analysis, submitted.
  • Nordman, D. J., Vardeman, S. B., and Bingham, M. A. (2008), "Uniformly Hyper-Efficient Bayes Inference in a Class of Non-Regular Problems," The American Statistician, submitted.

To Appear

  • Bingham, M. A., Nordman, D. J., and Vardeman, S. B. (2008), "A Tractable Class of Distributions for Rotations in 3 Dimensions and Some Applications to Measured Crystal Orientation," Journal of the American Statistical Association, to appear.

Published

  • Chapman, J., Morris, M. D., and Anderson-Cook, C. M. (2008), "Computationally Efficient Resource Allocation for Complex System Reliability Analysis," Tech. Rep. LA-UR-08-0217, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  • Hamada, M., Wilson, A. G., Reese, C. S., and Martz, H. F. (2008), Bayesian Reliability, Springer.
  • Huzurbazar, A. V., Anderson-Cook, C. M., Wilson, A. G., and Fatherly, Q. (2008), "Reliability Uncertainty Aggregation Case Study for the B-61," Tech. Rep. LA-UR-09-00172, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  • Morris, M., Moore, L. M., and McKay, M. D. (2008), "Using Orthogonal Arrays in the Sensitivity Analysis of Computer Models," Technometrics, 50, 205-215.
  • Pintar, A. and Anderson-Cook, C. M. (2008), "Model Selection from the Perspective of Prediction," Tech. Rep. LA-UR-08-05666, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  • Weaver, B. and Hamada, M. S. (2008), "A Bayesian Approach to the Analysis of Industrial Engineering Experiments: An Illustration with Binomial Count Data," Quality Engineering, 20, 269-280.
  • Drignei, D. and Morris, M. D. (2006), "Empirical Bayesian Analysis for Computer Experiments Involving Finite-Difference Codes," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 101, 1527-1536.
  • Morris, M. D., Moore, L. M., and McKay, M. D. (2006), "Sampling Plans Based on Balanced Incomplete Block Designs for Evaluating the Importance of Computer Model Inputs," Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 136, 3203-3220.

Presentations

  • Pintar, A., Anderson-Cook, C. M., and Wu, H. (2009), "Prediction-Based Model Selection," Joint Statistical Meetings, Washington, D.C., oral presentation.
  • Pintar, A., Anderson-Cook, C. M., and Wu, H. (2009), "Mean Squared Error in Model Selection," Quality and Productivity Research Conference, Yorktown Heights, NY, oral presentation.
  • Chapman, J. (2008), "Computationally Efficient Resource Allocation for Complex System Reliability Studies," Joint Statistical Meetings, Denver, CO, oral presentation.
  • Hobbs, J. M. (2008), "Large-Scale Structure in Multiparameter Markov Random Field Models," Joint Statistical Meetings, Denver, CO, oral presentation.
  • Hobbs, J. M. (2008), "Probabilistic Hydrometeorological Forecasting in a Coupled Ensemble Framework," 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics, American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA, oral presentation.
  • Weaver, B., Meeker, W., Escobar, L., and Wendelberger, J. (2008), "An Algorithm for Computing Approximate Variances and Covariances of Model Parameters from a Repeated Measures Degradation Model with Applications," ASA Quality and Productivity Research Conference, Madison, WI, oral presentation.
  • Craft, J. (2007), "Statistical Analysis of Tool Mark Striations," Association of Firearms and Tool Mark Examiners - 38th Annual Training Seminar, San Francisco, CA, oral presentation.
  • Pintar, A. (2007), "Ordering the Works of Plato," Spring Research Conference, Ames, IA, oral presentation.

Posters

  • Chapman, J. (2008), "Computationally Efficient Resource Allocation for Complex System Reliability Studies," MCMSki II, Bormio, Italy, poster presentation.
    Poster
  • Hobbs, J. M. (2008), "A Bayesian Framework for Rainfall-Runoff Prediction Under Muliple Sources of Uncertainty," MCMSki II, Bormio, Italy, poster presentation.
    Poster
  • Page, G. L. (2008), "Using Box-Scores to Determine a Position's Contribution to Winning Basketball Games," MCMSki II, Bormio, Italy, poster presentation.
 
Department of Statistics & Statistical Laboratory
Snedecor Hall Ames IA 50011-1210
Phone: 515-294-3440, Fax: 515-294-4040
statistics@iastate.edu

Questions or comments? Email stat-web@iastate.edu.