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Chien-Tai Lin and
Yen-Lung Huang and
N. Balakrishnan Exact Bayesian Variable Sampling Plans
for the Exponential Distribution Based
on Type-I and Type-II Hybrid Censored
Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101--1116
Jianbo Li and
Riquan Zhang Penalized Spline Varying-Coefficient
Single-Index Model . . . . . . . . . . . 221--239
Sonia Malefaki and
Samis Trevezas and
Nikolaos Limnios An EM and a Stochastic Version of the EM
Algorithm for Nonparametric Hidden
Semi-Markov Models . . . . . . . . . . . 240--261
Tomasz Górecki and
Maciej Luczak Some Methods of Replacing the Nearest
Neighbor Method . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--276
Yushu Li and
Ghazi Shukur Testing for Unit Root Against LSTAR
Model: Wavelet Improvement Under GARCH
Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--286
Xue Wang and
Andrew T. A. Wood Wavelet Estimation of an Unknown
Function Observed with Correlated Noise 287--304
S. Z. Sim and
S. H. Ong Parameter Estimation for Discrete
Distributions by Generalized
Hellinger-Type Divergence Based on
Probability Generating Function . . . . 305--314
Jinook Jeong and
Byung Ho Yoon The Effect of Pseudo-Exogenous
Instrumental Variables on Hausman Test 315--321
Jean-Pierre Gauchi and
Jean-Pierre Vila and
Louis Coroller New Prediction Interval and Band in the
Nonlinear Regression Model: Application
to Predictive Modeling in Foods . . . . 322--334
H. E. T. Holgersson A Modified Skewness Measure for Testing
Asymmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335--346
Maria Paz Casanova and
Pilar Iglesias and
Heleno Bolfarine A Bayesian Semiparametric Approach for
Solving the Discrete Calibration Problem 347--360
Shipra Banik and
B. M. Golam Kibria Comparison of Some Parametric and
Nonparametric Type One Sample Confidence
Intervals for Estimating the Mean of a
Positively Skewed Distribution . . . . . 361--389
Hao Jin and
Zheng Tian and
Yunfeng Yang Estimation Mean Change-Point in ARCH
Models with Heavy-Tailed Innovations . . 390--404
Edilberto Cepeda Cuervo and
Jorge Alberto Achcar Heteroscedastic Nonlinear Regression
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--419
D. W. Uys and
S. J. Steel Using a Truncated $ C_p $ Statistic for
Variable Selection in Multiple Linear
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420--432
Hung-Wen Yeh and
Wenyaw Chan and
Elaine Symanski and
Barry R. Davis Estimating Transition Probabilities for
Ignorable Intermittent Missing Data in a
Discrete-Time Markov Chain . . . . . . . 433--448
M. Roozbeh and
M. Arashi and
H. A. Niroumand Semiparametric Ridge Regression Approach
in Partially Linear Models . . . . . . . 449--460
Seoung Bum Kim and
Weerawat Jitpitaklert and
Thuntee Sukchotrat One-Class Classification-Based Control
Charts for Monitoring Autocorrelated
Multivariate Processes . . . . . . . . . 461--474
Chin-Shang Li Semiparametric Negative Binomial
Regression Models . . . . . . . . . . . 475--486
Nobumichi Shutoh and
Makiko Kusumi and
Wataru Morinaga and
Shunichi Yamada and
Takashi Seo Testing Equality of Mean Vectors in Two
Sample Problem with Missing Data . . . . 487--500
Qian Zhang and
Xingzhong Xu Confidence Intervals of Performance
Measures for an M/G/1 Queueing System 501--516
Purna Mukhopadhyay and
V. A. Samaranayake Prediction Intervals for Time Series: A
Modified Sieve Bootstrap Approach . . . 517--538
Jing Wang Dirichlet Processes in Nonlinear Mixed
Effects Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539--556
Elizabeth González-Estrada and
José A. Villaseñor-Alva A Goodness-of-Fit Test for
Location-Scale Max-Stable Distributions 557--562
Peter C. Austin A Data-Generation Process for Data with
Specified Risk Differences or Numbers
Needed to Treat . . . . . . . . . . . . 563--577
George Nenes and
George Tagaras Evaluation of CUSUM Charts for
Finite-Horizon Processes . . . . . . . . 578--597
Abdullah Almasri Tests for Trend: A Simulation Study . . 598--611
Chih-Chieh Wu and
Roger C. Grimson and
Sanjay Shete Exact Statistical Tests for
Heterogeneity of Frequencies Based on
Extreme Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612--623
Pablo Livacic-Rojas and
Guillermo Vallejo and
Paula Fernández Analysis of Type I Error Rates of
Univariate and Multivariate Procedures
in Repeated Measures Designs . . . . . . 624--640
Nibedita Bandyopadhyay and
Ananda Sen Bayesian Modeling of Recurrent Event
Data with Dependent Censoring . . . . . 641--654
Longhai Li Are Bayesian Inferences Weak for
Wasserman's Example? . . . . . . . . . . 655--667
R. Fuentes-García and
R. H. Mena and
S. G. Walker A New Bayesian Nonparametric Mixture
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669--682
Serkan Eryilmaz Number of Working Components in
Consecutive $k$-out-of-$n$ System While
It Is Working . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683--692
Zvi Drezner and
Ofir Turel and
Dawit Zerom A Modified Kolmogorov--Smirnov Test for
Normality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693--704
Qiang Zhang and
Dejian Lai Operating Characteristics for Group
Sequential Trials Monitored Under
Fractional Brownian Motion . . . . . . . 705--712
K. E. Ahmad and
Z. F. Jaheen and
A. A. Modhesh Estimation of a Discriminant Function
Based on Small Sample Size from a
Mixture of Two Gumbel Distributions . . 713--725
Chong Sun Hong and
Jong-Min Kim The SSR Plot: A Graphical Representation
for Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726--735
Su-Fen Yang and
Chih-Ying Ko and
Jin-Tyan Yeh Using VSI Loss Control Charts to Monitor
a Process with Incorrect Adjustment . . 736--749
Conghua Cheng and
Jinyuan Chen and
Zehui Li A New Algorithm for Maximum Likelihood
Estimation with Progressive Type-I
Interval Censored Data . . . . . . . . . 750--766
Liting Zhu and
Xianming Tan and
Dongsheng Tu Testing the Homogeneity of Two Survival
Functions Against a Mixture Alternative
Based on Censored Data . . . . . . . . . 767--776
Edwin R. van den Heuvel A Comparison of Estimation Methods on
the Coverage Probability of
Satterthwaite Confidence Intervals for
Assay Precision with Unbalanced Data . . 777--794
Laurent Ferrara and
Dominique Guegan and
Zhiping Lu Testing Fractional Order of Long Memory
Processes: A Monte Carlo Study . . . . . 795--806
Alan Bowman and
Necip Doganaksoy and
Josef Schmee Efficient Gradient-Based Optimization of
Process Capability with Multiple,
Potentially Nonnormal Outputs . . . . . 807--827
Matthew Strand and
Yu Zhang and
Bruce J. Swihart Monotone Nonparametric Regression and
Confidence Intervals . . . . . . . . . . 828--845
Luciana Dalla Valle and
Fabrizio Leisen A New Multinomial Model and a Zero
Variance Estimation . . . . . . . . . . 846--859
Henian Chen and
Patricia Cohen and
Sophie Chen How Big is a Big Odds Ratio?
Interpreting the Magnitudes of Odds
Ratios in Epidemiological Studies . . . 860--864
P. Mantalos and
K. Mattheou and
A. Karagrigoriou An Improved Divergence Information
Criterion for the Determination of the
Order of an AR Process . . . . . . . . . 865--879
Jenny Häggström and
Xavier de Luna Estimating Prediction Error:
Cross-Validation vs. Accumulated
Prediction Error . . . . . . . . . . . . 880--898
Gregory Gurevich and
Albert Vexler Retrospective Change Point Detection:
From Parametric to Distribution Free
Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899--920
Cesar Acosta-Mejia and
Joseph J. Pignatiello, Jr. The Run Sum $R$ Chart with Fast Initial
Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921--932
Mahmoud A. Mahmoud and
William H. Woodall An Evaluation of the Double
Exponentially Weighted Moving Average
Control Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933--949
Tomohiro Nakamura and
Hideyuki Douke Development of Adaptive Group Sequential
Procedure for Changing Sample Size . . . 950--970
Hélcio Vieira, Jr. and
Karl Heinz Kienitz and
Mischel Carmen Neyra Belderrain Multinomial Selection Problem: A Study
of BEM and AVC Algorithms . . . . . . . 971--980
Pedro Macedo and
Manuel Scotto and
Elvira Silva A General Class of Estimators for the
Linear Regression Model Affected by
Collinearity and Outliers . . . . . . . 981--993
Li Lun Yeh and
Fei Long Chen An Extension of Banerjee and Rahim's
Model for an Economic $X$-Bar Control
Chart for Non-Normally Distributed Data
Under Gamma Failure Models . . . . . . . 994--1015
Getulio J. A. Amaral and
Luiz H. Dore and
Rosangela P. Lessa and
Borko Stosic $k$-Means Algorithm in Statistical Shape
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016--1026
Z. Rezaei Ghahroodi and
M. Ganjali and
H. Navvabpour and
D. Berridge An Appraisal of Methods for the Analysis
of Longitudinal Ordinal Response Data
with Random Dropout Using a
Nonhomogeneous Markov Model . . . . . . 1027--1048
Chao Gao and
Caiya Zhang A Novel Method for Visualization of
Clustering Results . . . . . . . . . . . 1049--1056
Abdallah Mkhadri and
Assi N'Guessan and
Bezza Hafidi An MM Algorithm for Constrained
Estimation in a Road Safety Measure
Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1057--1071
Liuxia Wang and
Yulin Li Detecting the Dimensionality for
Principal Components Model . . . . . . . 1073--1082
Karin Ayumi Tamura and
Viviana Giampaoli Prediction in Multilevel Logistic
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1083--1096
L. Sandamali Dharmasena and
P. Zeephongsekul and
P. Castagliola Estimating Process Capability Index $
C_{PM} $ Using a Bootstrap Sequential
Sampling Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . 1097--1110
Purushottam W. Laud and
Paul Damien and
Thomas S. Shively Sampling Some Truncated Distributions
Via Rejection Algorithms . . . . . . . . 1111--1121
Tizheng Li and
Changlin Mei Testing for Linear Regression
Relationships in Randomly Right-Censored
Varying-Coefficient Models . . . . . . . 1122--1146
Jian-Ying Rong Adjustive Liu-Type Estimators in Linear
Regression Models . . . . . . . . . . . 1162--1173
S. Huda and
L. Benkherouf Rotatability is a Sufficient Condition
for $A$- and $D$-Rotatability . . . . . 1174--1182
Xiaodi Wang and
Yincai Tang and
Xueping Chen and
Yingshan Zhang Design of Experiment in Global
Sensitivity Analysis Based on ANOVA
High-Dimensional Model Representation 1183--1195
Lei Zhang and
Jixiang Wu and
William D. Johnson Empirical Study of Six Tests for
Equality of Populations with
Zero-Inflated Continuous Distributions 1196--1211
Jielai Ma and
Wim P. M. Vijverberg Five Diagnostic Tests for Unobserved
Cluster Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . 1212--1227
Rhonda Magel and
Jeff Terpstra and
Katrina Canonizado and
Ja In Park Nonparametric Tests for Mixed Designs 1228--1250
Hossein Riazoshams and
Habshah Bt. Midi and
Olimjon Sh. Sharipov The Performance of Robust Two-Stage
Estimator in Nonlinear Regression with
Autocorrelated Error . . . . . . . . . . 1251--1268
Christian H. Weiß The INARCH(1) Model for Overdispersed
Time Series of Counts . . . . . . . . . 1269--1291
Ahmad A. Zghoul A Goodness of Fit Test for Normality
Based on the Empirical Moment Generating
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1292--1304
P. G. Zhang and
D. G. Chen and
T. Roe Choice of Baselines in Clinical Trials:
A Simulation Study from Statistical
Power Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . 1305--1317
Mitsunori Kayano and
Sadanori Konishi Sparse Functional Principal Component
Analysis via Regularized Basis
Expansions and Its Application . . . . . 1318--1333
Loai Mahmoud Al-Zou'bi and
Robert Graham Clark and
David G. Steel Adaptive Inference for Multi-Stage
Survey Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1334--1350
Reid D. Landes Hierarchical Bayesian Calibration of
Untested Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 1351--1364
Nobumichi Shutoh and
Takashi Seo Asymptotic Expansion of the Distribution
of the Studentized Linear Discriminant
Function Based on Two-Step Monotone
Missing Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . 1365--1383
Zhengqiang Pan and
N. Balakrishnan Multiple-Steps Step-Stress Accelerated
Degradation Modeling Based on Wiener and
Gamma Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . 1384--1402
Dinghai Xu An Efficient Estimation for Switching
Regression Models: A Monte Carlo Study 1403--1421
Sungwan Bang and
Ja-Yong Koo and
Myoungshic Jhun Support Vector Machine Using $k$-Spatial
Medians Clustering and Recovery Process 1422--1434
João Nicolau Transition Density and Simulated
Likelihood Estimation for
Time-Inhomogeneous Diffusions . . . . . 1435--1454
Jeffrey C. Miecznikowski and
Dongliang Wang and
Alan Hutson Bootstrap MISE Estimators to Obtain
Bandwidth for Kernel Density Estimation 1455--1469
Fanglong Dong Bayesian Method to Detect Outliers for
Ordinal Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1470--1484
Songhua Liu and
Junying Zhang and
Keguo Sun Learning Low-Rank Kernel Matrices with
Column-Based Methods . . . . . . . . . . 1485--1498
Chien-Tai Lin and
Yen-Lung Huang and
N. Balakrishnan Corrections on ``Exact Bayesian Variable
Sampling Plans for the Exponential
Distribution Based on Type-I and Type-II
Hybrid Censored Samples'' . . . . . . . 1499--1505
V. Y. Pawar and
D. T. Shirke A Nonparametric Shewhart-Type Synthetic
Control Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1493--1505
Afshin Samani and
Pascal Madeleine Permuted Sample Entropy . . . . . . . . 1506--1516
Edilberto Cepeda-Cuervo Generalized EGARCH Random Effect Models
Application to Financial Time Series . . 1517--1529
H. V. Kulkarni and
V. V. Patil A Comparative Study of Analyses of 2$^n$
Factorial Experiments with a Poisson
Distributed Response Variable . . . . . 1530--1547
M. H. Lee Multivariate EWMA Control Chart with
Adaptive Sample Sizes . . . . . . . . . 1548--1561
Lorrie L. Hoffman and
Greg Knofczynski and
Steve Clark Estimation of Parameters in the
Joinpoint Two-Regime Regression Model 1562--1576
Yiping Yang and
Liugen Xue and
Weihu Cheng Variable Selection for Partially Linear
Models with Randomly Censored Data . . . 1577--1589
Shaowen Wu Lag Length Selection in DF-GLS Unit Root
Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1590--1604
Ching-Hui Chang and
Nabendu Pal and
Jyh-Jiuan Lin A Note on Comparing Several Poisson
Means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605--1627
Pedro Macedo and
Manuel Scotto and
Elvira Silva On the Choice of the Ridge Parameter: A
Maximum Entropy Approach . . . . . . . . 1628--1638
Kristofer Månsson and
Ghazi Shukur and
B. M. Golam Kibria A Simulation Study of Some Ridge
Regression Estimators under Different
Distributional Assumptions . . . . . . . 1639--1670
Thiago Rezende Dos Santos and
Glaura C. Franco Inference for the Hyperparameters of
Structural Models Under Classical and
Bayesian Perspectives: A Comparison
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1671--1689
Yan Li and
Xiaolong Pu A Method for Designing Three-Hypothesis
Test Problems and Sequential Schemes . . 1690--1708
Albert Vexler and
Gregory Gurevich Density-Based Empirical Likelihood Ratio
Change Point Detection Policies . . . . 1709--1725
Saeid Amiri and
Silvelyn Zwanzig An Improvement of the Nonparametric
Bootstrap Test for the Comparison of the
Coefficient of Variations . . . . . . . 1726--1734
M. Bentarzi and
M. Merzougui Adaptive Test for Periodicity in
Autoregressive Conditional
Heteroskedastic Processes . . . . . . . 1735--1753
Shu-Fei Wu and
Ying-Po Lin and
Huei-Jiuan Lin A Modified One-Sided Sequential
Screening Procedure Based on Individual
Misclassification Error . . . . . . . . 1754--1778
Shakir Hussain and
Mohammed A. Mohammed and
M. Sayeed Haque and
Roger Holder and
John Macleod and
Richard Hobbs A Simple Method to Ensure Plausible
Multiple Imputation for Continuous
Multivariate Data . . . . . . . . . . . 1779--1784
W. Kössler and
N. Kumar An Adaptive Test for the Two-Sample
Scale Problem Based on $U$-Statistics 1785--1802
M. A. Mahmoud and
P. E. Maravelakis The Performance of the MEWMA Control
Chart when Parameters are Estimated . . 1803--1817
Ahmad A. Zghoul and
Adnan M. Awad Normality Test Based on a Truncated Mean
Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . 1818--1843
Dewi Rahardja and
Yan D. Zhao and
Hao Helen Zhang Bayesian Inference of Odds Ratios in
Misclassified Binary Data with a
Validation Substudy . . . . . . . . . . 1845--1854
Víctor Gómez and
Félix Aparicio-Pérez and
Ángel Sánchez-Ávila An Alternative to Transfer Function
Forecasting Based on Subspace Methods 1855--1867
Qin Wang A Shrinkage Estimation of Central
Subspace in Sufficient Dimension
Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1868--1876
Gai-Ying Zhang and
Chun-Xia Zhang and
Jiang-She Zhang Out-of-Bag Estimation of the Optimal
Hyperparameter in SubBag Ensemble Method 1877--1892
Yisrael Parmet and
Edna Schechtman and
Michael Sherman Factor Analysis Revisited --- How Many
Factors are There? . . . . . . . . . . . 1893--1908
M. H. Lee Economic Design of Cumulative Sum
Control Charts for Monitoring a Process
with Correlated Samples . . . . . . . . 1909--1922
H. M. Moustafa and
S. G. Ramadan and
S. A. Mohammed Nonlinear Discriminant Functions for
Mixed Random Walk Models . . . . . . . . 1923--1938
Ülkü Erisoglu and
Hamza Erol Modeling Heterogeneous Survival Data
Using Mixture of Extended
Exponential-Geometric Distributions . . 1939--1952
Bartholomew Leung and
Heung Wong and
Riquan Zhang and
Shengtong Han Smoothing Spline Estimation for
Partially Linear Single-index Models . . 1953--1961
Karabi Nandy and
Sami Helle and
Antti Liski and
Erkki Liski Optimal Designs for Binary Logistic
Regression with a Qualitative Classifier
with Independent Levels . . . . . . . . 1962--1977
Chiara Brombin and
Luigi Salmaso and
Giuseppe Ferronato and
Pier-Francesco Galzignato Multi-Aspect Procedures for Paired Data
with Application to Biometric Morphing 1--12
Dehui Wang and
Haixiang Zhang Generalized $ {\rm RCINAR}(p) $ Process
with Signed Thinning Operator . . . . . 13--44
Sòren Asmussen and
Tobias Rydén A Note on Skewness in Regenerative
Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--57
Serkan Eryilmaz and
Cihangir Kan Dynamic Reliability Evaluation of
Consecutive-$k$-Within-$m$-Out-of-$ n
\colon F$ System . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--71
Abdolreza Sayyareh and
Raouf Obeidi and
Avner Bar-Hen Empirical Comparison between Some Model
Selection Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . 72--86
Yuzhi Cai and
Dominic Hames Minimum Sample Size Determination for
Generalized Extreme Value Distribution 87--98
Chanchala Ghadge and
T. V. Ramanathan Rank Test for Testing Randomness of the
Technology Parameters in a Stochastic
Frontier Regression Model . . . . . . . 99--112
Steven Y. Hua and
Doyle L. Hawkins and
Chien-Pai Han and
Yingqi Zhao Multivariate Failure Time Analysis when
only the Time to First Failure is
Observed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--128
Guogen Shan and
Albert Vexler and
Gregory E. Wilding and
Alan D. Hutson Simple and Exact Empirical Likelihood
Ratio Tests for Normality Based on
Moment Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . 129--146
Zawar Hussain and
Javid Shabbir and
Muhammad Riaz Bayesian Estimation Using Warner's
Randomized Response Model through Simple
and Mixture Prior Distributions . . . . 147--164
M. L. Aggarwal and
Poonam Singh and
Vandana Sarin and
Bushra Husain Nearly Optimal Orthogonally Blocked
Designs for Four Mixture Components
Based on $F$-Squares . . . . . . . . . . 165--183
Pooja Bansal and
Sangeeta Arora and
Kalpana K. Mahajan Testing Homogeneity of Gini Indices
Against Simple-Ordered Alternative . . . 185--198
J. Martin van Zyl Application of the Kolmogorov--Smirnov
Test to Estimate the Threshold When
Estimating the Extreme Value Index . . . 199--207
Fazlollah Lak Bayesian Unit Root Testing in
Unobserved-ARCH Models . . . . . . . . . 208--215
Sheau-Chiann Chen and
Jeh-Nan Pan Determining Optimal Number of Samples
for Constructing Multivariate Control
Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216--228
S. J. Steel and
N. Louw and
S. Bierman Variable Selection for Kernel
Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--246
Zhengqiang Pan and
N. Balakrishnan and
Quan Sun Bivariate Constant-Stress Accelerated
Degradation Model and Inference . . . . 247--257
Yi-Kuan Tseng and
Ken-Ning Shu Efficient Estimation for a
Semiparametric Extended Hazards Model 258--273
Zhi-Qiang Cheng and
Yi-Zhong Ma and
Jing Bu Variance Shifts Identification Model of
Bivariate Process Based on LS-SVM
Pattern Recognizer . . . . . . . . . . . 274--284
Oliver Grothe and
Friedrich Schmid Kendall's $ {\cal W} $ Reconsidered . . 285--305
Gustavo H. M. A. Rocha and
Rosangela H. Loschi and
Glaura C. Franco Bayesian and Classical Approaches for
Hypotheses Testing in Trisomies . . . . 307--321
Shervin Asadzadeh and
Yaser Zerehsaz and
Abbas Saghaei and
Abdollah Aghaie Compound-Estimator Based Cause-Selecting
Control Chart for Monitoring Multistage
Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--344
Eralp Do\ugu and
Ipek Deveci Kocakoç Estimation of Change Point in
Generalized Variance Control Chart . . . 345--363
Josenildo de Souza Chaves and
Josemar Rodrigues Standard Exponential Cure Rate Model
with Noninformative or Informative
Uniform-Exponential Censoring . . . . . 364--382
Chuan-Hua Wei Estimation in Varying-Coefficient
Errors-in-Variables Models with Missing
Response Variables . . . . . . . . . . . 383--393
C. Ruwet and
G. Haesbroeck Impact of Contamination on Training and
Test Error Rates in Statistical
Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--411
Jack C. Yue and
Murray K. Clayton The Effect of Migration on a Similarity
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412--423
M. Ivette Gomes and
Lígia Henriques-Rodrigues and
M. Cristina Miranda Reduced-Bias Location-Invariant Extreme
Value Index Estimation: A Simulation
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424--447
Rowena F. Bastero and
Erniel B. Barrios Robust Estimation of a Spatiotemporal
Model with Structural Change . . . . . . 448--468
Tzu-Hsin Liu and
Jau-Chuan Ke and
Yu-Lun Hsu and
Ying-Lin Hsu Bootstrapping Computation of
Availability for a Repairable System
with Standby Subject to Imperfect
Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469--483
C. Koukouvinos and
K. Mylona and
A. Skountzou A Variable Selection Method for
Analyzing Supersaturated Designs . . . . 484--496
Chin-Shang Li Testing the Lack-of-Fit of Zero-Inflated
Poisson Regression Models . . . . . . . 497--510
B. Lagos-Álvarez and
M. D. Jiménez-Gamero and
V. Alba-Fernández Bias Correction in the Type I
Generalized Logistic Distribution . . . 511--531
Zeinhum F. Jaheen and
Mashail M. Al Harbi Bayesian Estimation for the
Exponentiated Weibull Model via Markov
Chain Monte Carlo Simulation . . . . . . 532--543
Farhat Iqbal A Weighted Linear Estimator of
Multivariate ARCH Parameters . . . . . . 544--560
M. Shahidul Islam Testing Periodicity in Short Series and
Application to Gene Expression Data . . 561--573
Chien-Tai Lin and
N. Balakrishnan and
Sam J. S. Wu Planning Life Tests Based on
Progressively Type-I Grouped Censored
Data from the Weibull Distribution . . . 574--595
Zhiping Lu and
Dominique Guegan Estimation of Time-Varying Long Memory
Parameter Using Wavelet Method . . . . . 596--613
Man Jin Analysis of Failure Time Data with
Mixed-Effects Accelerated Failure Time
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614--619
Vishal Maurya and
Anju Goyal and
Amar Nath Gill Multiple Comparisons with More than One
Control for Exponential Location
Parameters Under Heteroscedasticity . . 621--644
Poovich Phaladiganon and
Seoung Bum Kim and
Victoria C. P. Chen and
Jun-Geol Baek and
Sun-Kyoung Park Bootstrap-Based $ T^2 $ Multivariate
Control Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645--662
Milan Stehlík and
Helga Wagner Exact Likelihood Ratio Testing for
Homogeneity of the Exponential
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663--684
A. Moeini and
B. Abbasi and
H. Mahlooji Conditional Distribution Inverse Method
in Generating Uniform Random Vectors
Over a Simplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685--693
Asheber Abebe and
Sai V. Nudurupati Smooth Nonparametric Allocation of
Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694--709
Saman Khowaja and
Shazia Ghufran and
M. J. Ahsan Estimation of Population Means in
Multivariate Stratified Random Sampling 710--718
John T. Cuddington and
William Navidi A Critical Assessment of Simulated
Critical Values . . . . . . . . . . . . 719--727
Jiujun Zhang and
Changliang Zou and
Zhaojun Wang A New Chart for Detecting the Process
Mean and Variability . . . . . . . . . . 728--743
Robert D. Herbert and
Andrew Hayen and
Petra Macaskill and
Stephen D. Walter Interval Estimation for the Difference
of Two Independent Variances . . . . . . 744--758
Hyo-Il Park A Nonparametric Test Procedure Based on
a Group of Quantile Tests . . . . . . . 759--783
Stephen G. Walker Posterior Sampling When the Normalizing
Constant is Unknown . . . . . . . . . . 784--792
J. M. Muñoz-Pichardo and
A. Enguix-González and
J. Muñoz-García and
J. L. Moreno-Rebollo Influence Analysis on Discriminant
Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793--807
Hanna Yoo and
Jaewon Lee and
Yang-Jin Kim Joint Model of Clustered Failure Time
Data with Informative Cluster Size . . . 808--817
Shun-Yi Chen and
Ching-Feng Hsu Likelihood Ratio Tests for the Non
Equivalence of Means . . . . . . . . . . 818--838
Shahzad Munir and
Zahid Asghar and
Muhammad Riaz Performance Evaluation of Different
Tests for Location Parameters . . . . . 839--853
Jacques Touboul Projection Pursuit Through Relative
Entropy Minimization . . . . . . . . . . 854--878
Abel Rodriguez On-Line Learning for the Infinite Hidden
Markov Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879--893
T. Imada Multivariate Two-Sided Tests for Normal
Mean Vectors Based on Approximations of
Likelihood Ratio Test . . . . . . . . . 894--906
Alessandro Barbiero Confidence Intervals for Reliability of
Stress-Strength Models in the Normal
Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907--925
Shing Chih Tsai and
Jung Wei Multinomial Selection for Comparison
with a Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . 926--947
Miroslav Siman On Exact Computation of Some Statistics
Based on Projection Pursuit in a General
Regression Context . . . . . . . . . . . 948--956
Chin Wen Cheong Univariate and Multivariate
Value-at-Risk: Application and
Implication in Energy Markets . . . . . 957--977
Xiaobin Yuan and
Shesh N. Rai Confidence Intervals for Survival
Probabilities: A Comparison Study . . . 978--991
Liming Xiang and
Guo Shou Teo A Note on Tests for Zero-Inflation in
Correlated Count Data . . . . . . . . . 992--1005
Steven P. Ellis An Algorithm for Unconstrained
Quadratically Penalized Convex
Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006--1029
Christopher I. Vahl and
George A. Milliken Whole-Plot Exchange Algorithms for
Constructing $D$-Optimal Multistratum
Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030--1042
Yong Li and
Zhong-Xin Ni and
Jin-Guan Lin A Stochastic Simulation Approach to
Model Selection for Stochastic
Volatility Models . . . . . . . . . . . 1043--1056
Ronald D. Armstrong and
Mabel T. Kung CUSUM Hypothesis Tests and Alternative
Response Probabilities for Finite
Poisson Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1057--1073
N. Balakrishnan and
Katherine F. Davies and
Jerome P. Keating and
Robert L. Mason Correlation-Type Goodness of Fit Test
for Extreme Value Distribution Based on
Simultaneous Closeness . . . . . . . . . 1074--1095
Sarjinder Singh and
Jong-Min Kim and
Hakjin Jang and
Stephen Horn Truncated Midzuno--Sen Sampling Schemes
for Estimating Distribution Functions 1096--1110
Daiki Maki Pitfalls in Estimating Cointegrating
Vector when Cointegration Relationship
has Nonlinear Adjustment . . . . . . . . 1111--1121
Yihao Deng A Note on the Factorization of a Matrix
Inverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1122--1129
Qiang Zhang Repeated Confidence Intervals Under
Fractional Brownian Motion in Long-Term
Clinical Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . 1130--1145
G. Marcon and
G. Adelfio and
M. Chiodi Gamma Kernel Intensity Estimation in
Temporal Point Processes . . . . . . . . 1146--1162
Zheng Su A Note on Importance Resampling for
Multi-Dimensional Statistics . . . . . . 1163--1170
Xiaoyan Lin and
Lianming Wang Bayesian Proportional Odds Models for
Analyzing Current Status Data:
Univariate, Clustered, and Multivariate 1171--1181
Hyejin Lee and
Ming Meng and
Junsoo Lee How Do Nonlinear Unit Root Tests Perform
with Non Normal Errors? . . . . . . . . 1182--1191
M. Amini and
H. Jabbari and
G. R. Mohtashami Borzadaran Aspects of Dependence in Generalized
Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern Distributions 1192--1205
Edwin M. M. Ortega and
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Elizabeth M. Hashimoto A Log-Linear Regression Model for the
Beta-Weibull Distribution . . . . . . . 1206--1235
Shipra Banik and
B. M. Golam Kibria Estimating the Population Coefficient of
Variation by Confidence Intervals . . . 1236--1261
Daniele De Martini Robustness and Corrections for Sample
Size Adaptation Strategies Based on
Effect Size Estimation . . . . . . . . . 1263--1277
P. Khawsithiwong and
N. Yatawara and
V. Pongsapukdee Adaptive Kalman Filtering with
Multivariate Generalized Laplace System
Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1278--1290
Hadeel S. Klakattawi and
Lamya A. Baharith and
Gannat R. Al-Dayian Bayesian and Non Bayesian Estimations on
the Exponentiated Modified Weibull
Distribution for Progressive Censored
Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1291--1309
Xinmin Li and
Juan Wang A Simple Method for Testing Variance
Components in Unbalanced Nested Model 1310--1323
Xiaodi Wang and
Yincai Tang and
Yingshan Zhang Orthogonal Arrays for the Estimation of
Global Sensitivity Indices Based on
ANOVA High-Dimensional Model
Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1324--1341
Claudio Macci Large Deviation Results for Wave
Governed Random Motions Driven by
Semi-Markov Processes . . . . . . . . . 1342--1363
Jen-Je Su On the Oversized Problem of
Dickey--Fuller-Type Tests with GARCH
Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1364--1372
Diarmuid O'Driscoll and
Donald E. Ramirez Geometric View of Measurement Errors . . 1373--1382
Yan-Ping Wang and
Zhen-Zhou Lu Bayesian Inference and Prediction
Analysis of the Power Law Process Based
on a Gamma Prior Distribution . . . . . 1383--1401
Ella Huszti and
Michal Abrahamowicz and
Ahmadou Alioum and
Catherine Quantin Comparison of Selected Methods for
Modeling of Multi-State Disease
Progression Processes: A Simulation
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1402--1421
Husam Awni Bayoud Bayes and Empirical Bayes Estimation of
the Parameter $n$ in a Binomial
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1422--1433
Feng Gao and
Xu-Qing Liu Linearized Ridge Regression Estimator
Under the Mean Squared Error Criterion
in a Linear Regression Model . . . . . . 1434--1443
E. Androulakis and
C. Koukouvinos and
K. Mylona Tuning Parameter Estimation in Penalized
Least Squares Methodology . . . . . . . 1444--1457
Daiho Uhm and
Fred W. Huffer and
Cheolyong Park Additive Risk Model Using Piecewise
Constant Hazard Function . . . . . . . . 1458--1477
Hui-Qiong Li and
Man-Lai Tang and
Wai-Yin Poon and
Nian-Sheng Tang Confidence Intervals for Difference
Between Two Poisson Rates . . . . . . . 1478--1493
Christopher H. Morrell and
Shan L. Sheng and
Larry J. Brant A Comparative Study of Approaches for
Predicting Prostate Cancer from
Longitudinal Data . . . . . . . . . . . 1494--1513
Zhengcheng Zhang and
Yingxiang Chang MRL and MPL Functions of Parallel
Systems with INID Components under
Double Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . 1514--1523
Anonymous Corrigendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1524--1524
Bo Zhang and
Benchang Shia Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1525--1525
Ben-Chang Shia and
Jianping Zhu and
Kuangnan Fang and
Shuangge Ma Fuzzy Canonical Discriminant Analysis:
Theory and Practice . . . . . . . . . . 1526--1539
Rui Pan and
Hansheng Wang and
Chih-Ling Tsai Regression Analysis of Asymmetric Pairs
in Large-Scale Network Data . . . . . . 1540--1547
Miao Liu and
Xiu-quan Qiao and
Wang-li Xu Three Categories Customer Churn
Prediction Based on the Adjusted Real
Adaboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1548--1562
Chuanhe Shen and
Xiangrong Wang Analysis of Convertible Bond Value Based
on Integration of Support Vector Machine
and Copula Function . . . . . . . . . . 1563--1575
Wei Xue and
Peng Shen Application of HITS Algorithm in Web
Mining in Literature Evaluation and
Empirical Study . . . . . . . . . . . . 1576--1586
Jie Song and
Xiaoling Lu and
Miao Liu and
Xizhi Wu Stratified Normalization LogitBoost for
Two-Class Unbalanced Data Classification 1587--1593
Zhong-Yuan Zhang Divergence Functions of Non negative
Matrix Factorization: A Comparison Study 1594--1612
Chao Yu and
Jingxiao Zhang Bayesian Approach to Markov Switching
Stochastic Volatility Model with Jumps 1613--1626
Xiaoling Lu and
Jie Song and
Miao Liu and
Xizhi Wu A New Two-Group-Forecast-and-Selection
Method for Direct Marketing . . . . . . 1627--1636
Tao Bi and
Bo Zhang and
Rong Xu Dynamics of Intraday Serial Correlation
in China's Stock Market . . . . . . . . 1637--1650
Anonymous Editorial Board EOV . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebii
M. Nili Ahmadabadi and
Y. Farjami and
M. B. Moghadam Approximating Distributions by Extended
Generalized Lambda Distribution (XGLD) 1--23
Zoraida C. Martínez and
Daniel Barráez and
Carenne C. Ludeñez A Hybrid Method for Random Pattern
Sequence Classification . . . . . . . . 24--31
Yuchung J. Wang Comparisons of Three Approaches for
Discrete Conditional Models . . . . . . 32--43
C. Koukouvinos and
C. Parpoula Analyzing Supersaturated Designs by
Means of an Information Based Criterion 44--57
H. S. Jhajj and
Gurjeet Singh Walia A Generalized Difference-cum-Ratio Type
Estimator for the Population Mean in
Double Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--64
A. R. Shafay and
N. Balakrishnan One- and Two-Sample Bayesian Prediction
Intervals Based on Type-I Hybrid
Censored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--88
Andres Azuero and
David T. Redden and
Hemant K. Tiwari and
Senait G. Asmellash and
Chandrika J. Piyathilake A Simple Distribution-Free Algorithm for
Generating Simulated High-Dimensional
Correlated Data with an Autoregressive
Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--98
Pao-Sheng Shen Estimation of the Bivariate
Cause-Specific Distribution Function
with Left-Truncated Competing Risks Data 99--110
Jianghua He and
Matthew S. Mayo Adjusted Interim Survival Analysis Under
Nonproportional Hazards . . . . . . . . 111--124
Reiichiro Kawai and
Hiroki Masuda Infinite Variation Tempered Stable
Ornstein--Uhlenbeck Processes with
Discrete Observations . . . . . . . . . 125--139
A. Schützenmeister and
U. Jensen and
H.-P. Piepho Checking Normality and Homoscedasticity
in the General Linear Model Using
Diagnostic Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . 141--154
Yankun Gong and
Asheber Abebe On the Iteratively Reweighted Rank
Regression Estimator . . . . . . . . . . 155--166
Hung-Wen Yeh and
Wenyaw Chan and
Elaine Symanski Intermittent Missing Observations in
Discrete-Time Hidden Markov Models . . . 167--181
Laura Stapleton Evaluation of Conditional Weight
Approximations for Two-Level Models . . 182--204
Guang-Hui Fu and
Qing-Song Xu Grouping Variable Selection by Weight
Fused Elastic Net for Multi-Collinear
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205--221
Mohammad H. Almomani and
Rosmanjawati Abdul Rahman Selecting a Good Stochastic System for
the Large Number of Alternatives . . . . 222--237
Saad Alkahtani and
Jay Schaffer A Double Multivariate Exponentially
Weighted Moving Average (dMEWMA) Control
Chart for a Process Location Monitoring 238--252
Manisha Pal and
Nripes Kumar Mandal $D$-Optimum Designs for Optimum Mixture
in a Quadratic Log Contrast Model . . . 253--264
Donald R. Jensen and
Donald E. Ramirez Variations on Ridge Traces in Regression 265--278
M.-L. Feddag Composite Marginal Likelihoods to the
Normal Bradley-Terry Model . . . . . . . 279--286
Min-Hsien Chiang and
Li-Min Wang Additive Outlier Detection and
Estimation for the Logarithmic
Autoregressive Conditional Duration
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287--301
R. Noorossana and
M. Ayoubi Profile Monitoring Using Nonparametric
Bootstrap $ T^2 $ Control Chart . . . . 302--315
S. Mohammad E. Hosseini-Nasab and
Masoumeh Vakili On Properties of Percentile Bootstrap
Confidence Intervals for Period Using
Periodogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316--326
Jianwen Xu and
Hu Yang On the Preliminary Test Backfitting and
Speckman Estimators in Partially Linear
Models and Numerical Comparisons . . . . 327--341
F. Chang and
T. Lei and
A. C. M. Wong Improved Likelihood Inference on Testing
the Difference of Non Centrality
Parameters of Two Independent Non
central $t$ Distributions with Identical
Degrees of Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . 342--354
Liliana Garrido L. and
Edilberto Cepeda Mixture of Distributions in the
Biparametric Exponential Family: A
Bayesian Approach . . . . . . . . . . . 355--375
Julia N. Soulakova and
Ananya Roy On Power Approximations and Comparison
of Several Asymptotic Tests to Detect a
Specified Difference between Two
Proportions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--390
Ren-Dao Ye and
Yu-Qin Hu and
Kun Luo Inferences on the Among-Group Variance
Component in Unbalanced Heteroscedastic
One-Fold Nested Design . . . . . . . . . 391--404
Viswanathan Ramakrishnan and
Leroy R. Thacker Population Attributable Fraction as a
Measure of Heritability in Dichotomous
Twin Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--418
A. Mohammadi and
M. R. Salehi-Rad Bayesian Inference and Prediction in an
M/G/1 with Optional Second Service . . . 419--435
Giada Adelfio Change-Point Detection for Variance
Piecewise Constant Models . . . . . . . 437--448
W. Kaczynski and
L. Leemis and
N. Loehr and
J. McQueston Nonparametric Random Variate Generation
Using a Piecewise-Linear Cumulative
Distribution Function . . . . . . . . . 449--468
W. Kaczynski and
L. Leemis and
N. Loehr and
J. McQueston Bivariate Nonparametric Random Variate
Generation Using a Piecewise-Linear
Cumulative Distribution Function . . . . 469--496
Susana Faria and
Gilda Soromenho Comparison of EM and SEM Algorithms in
Poisson Regression Models: A Simulation
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497--509
Michelle A. Steane and
Paul D. McNicholas and
Rickey Y. Yada Model-Based Classification via Mixtures
of Multivariate $t$-Factor Analyzers . . 510--523
Inderdeep Kaur and
M. B. Rajarshi Ridge Regression for Estimation of
Transition Probabilities from Aggregate
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524--530
Pao-sheng Shen Empirical Likelihood Ratio for Linear
Transformation Models with Doubly
Censored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531--543
J. Martin Van Zyl A Median Regression Model to Estimate
the Parameters of the Three-Parameter
Generalized Pareto Distribution . . . . 544--553
Yogendra P. Chaubey and
Isha Dewan and
Jun Li An Asymmetric Kernel Estimator of
Density Function for Stationary
Associated Sequences . . . . . . . . . . 554--572
Lingyun Zhang and
Dong Q. Wang and
Min Chen and
Gemai Chen A Note on the Likelihood Ratio Test for
Equality of $k$ Normal Populations . . . 573--581
Kamil Dedecius and
Radek Hofman Autoregressive Model with Partial
Forgetting within Rao-Blackwellized
Particle Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 582--589
Einolah Deiri Classical Estimator of Parameters of the
Gamma Case With Presence of Two Outliers 590--597
Shazia Ghufran and
Saman Khowaja and
M. J. Ahsan Optimum Multivariate Stratified Sampling
Designs with Travel Cost: A
Multiobjective Integer Nonlinear
Programming Approach . . . . . . . . . . 598--610
Zheng Su and
Liang Fang A Novel Method to Calculate Mean
Survival Time for Time-to-Event Data . . 611--620
Yuzhi Cai and
Neville Davies A Simple Bootstrap Method for Time
Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621--631
Hukum Chandra and
U. C. Sud Small Area Estimation for Zero-Inflated
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632--643
M. Hakan Satman A Genetic Algorithm Based Modification
on the LTS Algorithm for Large Data Sets 644--652
Raghu Nandan Sengupta and
Sachin Srivastava Estimation for the Multiple Regression
Setup Using Balanced Loss Function . . . 653--670
Edilberto Cepeda-Cuervo and
B. Piedad Urdinola and
Diana Rodríguez Double Generalized Spatial Econometric
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671--685
Viatcheslav B. Melas Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687--687
Larisa Afanasyeva and
Elena Bashtova and
Ekaterina Bulinskaya Limit Theorems for Semi-Markov Queues
and Their Applications . . . . . . . . . 688--709
Ilham Akhundov and
Valery Nevzorov From Student's $ t_2 $ Distribution to
Student's $ t_3 $ Distribution Through
Characterizations . . . . . . . . . . . 710--716
Alexander Aliev and
Valerii Fedorov and
Sergei Leonov and
Brian McHugh and
Mindy Magee PkStaMp Library for Constructing Optimal
Population Designs for PK/PD Studies . . 717--729
Alexander Andronov and
Diana Santalova Statistical Estimates for Modified
Gravitation Model by Aggregated Data . . 730--745
Rosa Arboretti Giancristofaro and
Mario Bolzan and
Stefano Bonnini and
Livio Corain and
Francesca Solmi Advantages of the Closed Testing Method
in Multiple Comparisons Procedures . . . 746--763
Vilijandas Bagdonavicius and
Sergey V. Malov and
Mikhail Nikulin Homogeneity Tests for Related Samples
Under Censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . 764--775
J. Beleza Sousa and
M. L. Esquível and
R. M. Gaspar Machine Learning Vasicek Model
Calibration with Gaussian Processes . . 776--786
Boris Darkhovskiy Non Asymptotic Minimax Estimation of
Functionals with Noisy Observations . . 787--803
Vladimir Egorov and
Nourlan Kondybaev On Some Applications of Poisson Point
Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804--819
Raúl Gouet and
F. Javier López and
Gerardo Sanz Limit Theorems for the Counting Process
of Near-Records . . . . . . . . . . . . 820--832
Marie Husková and
Simos G. Meintanis Tests for Symmetric Error Distribution
in Linear and Nonparametric Regression
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833--851
Hanna Jankowski and
Larissa Stanberry Identifying Skeleton Curves in Noisy
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852--864
Jialiang Li Applications of the Bootstrap in ROC
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865--877
Marco Marozzi A Distribution Free Test for the
Equality of Scales . . . . . . . . . . . 878--889
D. I. Miretskiy and
W. R. W. Scheinhardt and
M. R. H. Mandjes On Efficiency of Multilevel Splitting 890--904
Reuven Rubinstein and
Andrey Dolgin and
Radislav Vaisman The Splitting Method for Decision Making 905--921
J. Simino and
M. Hollander and
D. McGee Calibration of Proportional Hazards and
Accelerated Failure Time Models . . . . 922--941
Viatcheslav B. Melas Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943--943
M. Amo-Salas and
J. López-Fidalgo and
V. I. López-Ríos Optimal Designs for Two Nested
Pharmacokinetic Models with Correlated
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944--963
Rosa Arboretti Giancristofaro and
Livio Corain and
Susanna Ragazzi A Comparison among Combination-Based
Permutation Statistics for Randomized
Complete Block Design . . . . . . . . . 964--979
V. Bagdonavicius and
R. Levuliene and
M. Nikulin Modelling and Testing of Presence of
Hazard Rates Crossing Under Censoring 980--991
A. Ciampi and
H. Campbell and
A. Dyachenko and
B. Rich and
J. McCusker and
M. G. Cole Model-Based Clustering of Longitudinal
Data: Application to Modeling Disease
Course and Gene Expression Trajectories 992--1005
Antonio Ciampi and
Alina Dyachenko and
Ana Gonzalez-Marcos and
Yves Lechevallier Two-Way Classification of a Data Table
with Non Negative Entries: The Role of
the $ \chi^2 $ Distance and
Correspondence Analysis . . . . . . . . 1006--1022
B. P. Harlamov Stochastic Model of Gas Capillary
Chromatography . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023--1031
Marie Husková and
Miriam Marusiaková $M$-Procedures for Detection of Changes
for Dependent Observations . . . . . . . 1032--1050
Lieven Nils Kennes and
Ralf-Dieter Hilgers and
Nicole Heussen Choice of the Reference Set in a
Randomization Test Based on Linear Ranks
in the Presence of Missing Values . . . 1051--1061
Valentina Klimenok and
Alexander Dudin A BMAP/PH/N Queue with Negative
Customers and Partial Protection of
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1062--1082
Anton Korobeynikov Consistency of Parametric MLE Under
Mixed Case Interval Censoring . . . . . 1083--1092
Andrey Lukyanenko and
Andrei Gurtov and
Evsey Morozov An Adaptive Backoff Protocol with
Markovian Contention Window Control . . 1093--1106
Tobias Mielke $D$-Optimal Designs for Paired
Observations in Quadratic Regression
with Mixed Effects . . . . . . . . . . . 1107--1119
D. Rasch and
B. Spangl and
M. Wang Minimal Experimental Size in the Three
Way ANOVA Cross Classification Model
with Approximate $F$-Tests . . . . . . . 1120--1130
Katrin Roth Sequential Designs for Dose Escalation
Studies in Oncology . . . . . . . . . . 1131--1141
Katharina Schiffl and
Ralf-Dieter Hilgers A-Optimal Designs for Two-Color
Microarray Experiments for
Treatment-Control and All-to-Next
Contrasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1142--1151
Michael G. Schimek and
Alena Mysicková and
Eva Budinská An Inference and Integration Approach
for the Consolidation of Ranked Lists 1152--1166
Milan Stehlík and
Zdenek Fabián and
Lubos Strelec Small Sample Robust Testing for
Normality against Pareto Tails . . . . . 1167--1194
Ansgar Steland Sequential Data-Adaptive Bandwidth
Selection by Cross-Validation for
Nonparametric Prediction . . . . . . . . 1195--1219
C. Tommasi Optimal Design Robust to a Misspecified
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1220--1231
Elena Yarovaya Symmetric Branching Walks in Homogeneous
and Non Homogeneous Random Environments 1232--1249
Linda J. Young and
Carol A. Gotway and
Kenneth K. Lopiano A Closer Look at Errors in Variables
Methods for Use in Regression Models
with Spatially Misaligned Data . . . . . 1250--1269
Jianwei Chen and
Xiaofei Wang and
Dai Yang and
Boming Fan Nonparametric Modeling Auxiliary
Covariates in Random Coefficient Models 1271--1281
Yousung Park and
Daeyoung Kim and
Seongyong Kim Robust Regression Using Data
Partitioning and $M$-Estimation . . . . 1282--1300
Ching-Yun Yu and
Jia-Ren Tsai A Comparison of Approaches to Interval
Estimation of Mediated Effects in Linear
Regression Models . . . . . . . . . . . 1301--1316
Jing Feng and
Quan Sun and
Tongdan Jin Storage Life Prediction for a
High-Performance Capacitor Using
Multi-Phase Wiener Degradation Model . . 1317--1335
S. Chakraborti and
G. Michaelson and
A. K. McCracken Shortest Expected Length Confidence
Interval for the Power of the $t$-Test 1336--1345
Raghu Nandan Sengupta and
Sachin Srivastava Minimum Risk Estimation of Scalar Means
under Convex Combination of Loss
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1346--1371
Gh. Yari and
A. Saghafi Unbiased Weibull Modulus Estimation
Using Differential Cumulative Entropy 1372--1378
Arezoo Bagheri and
M. Habshah and
R. H. M. R. Imon A Novel Collinearity-Influential
Observation Diagnostic Measure Based on
a Group Deletion Approach . . . . . . . 1379--1396
Johan Lim and
Woojoo Lee and
Sin-Ho Jung and
Kyeong Eun Lee and
Sung-Cheol Yun A Regression Model for the AUC of
Clustered Ordinal Test Results and
Working Independent Optimal Weights . . 1397--1410
Funda Erdugan and
Fikri Akdeniz Computational Method for Jackknifed
Generalized Ridge Tuning Parameter based
on Generalized Maximum Entropy . . . . . 1411--1429
R. Hasan Abadi and
M. Doostparast Goodness-of-Fit Test and Parameter
Estimation for a Proportional Odds Model
of Random Censorship . . . . . . . . . . 1430--1443
Sy-Mien Chen and
Ta-Jung Tsai Properties of Estimators of the Process
Capability Index . . . . . . . . . . . . 1444--1462
Chun Kit Low and
Michael B. C. Khoo and
Wei Lin Teoh and
Zhang Wu The Revised $m$-of-$k$ Runs Rule Based
on Median Run Length . . . . . . . . . . 1463--1477
Chia-Hao Chang and
Ching-Ho Yen A New Nonparametric Test for the
Umbrella Alternative Problem . . . . . . 1478--1488
George Y. C. Wong and
Qiqing Yu Estimation Under the Lehmann Regression
Model with Interval-Censored Data . . . 1489--1500
Patricia Pepple Williamson Usefulness of Asymptotic Distributions
in the Classical Occupancy Problem . . . 1501--1517
Neelabh Rohan and
T. V. Ramanathan Asymmetric Volatility Models with
Structural Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . 1519--1543
A. Firat Özdemir and
Rand Wilcox New Results on the Small-Sample
Properties of Some Robust Univariate
Estimators of Location . . . . . . . . . 1544--1556
Zihong Zhong and
Weiquan Chen and
Hua Jin A New Test for Testing Non Inferiority
in Matched-Pairs Design . . . . . . . . 1557--1565
Victor Tercero-Gomez and
Jose Ramirez-Galindo and
Alavarado Cordero-Franco and
Milton Smith and
Mario Beruvides Modified Tukey's Control Chart . . . . . 1566--1579
Hualing Zhao and
Xiaoxia Wu and
Hong Zhang and
Hanfeng Chen Estimating the Proportion of True Null
Hypotheses in Nonparametric Exponential
Mixture Model with Appication to the
Leukemia Gene Expression Data . . . . . 1580--1592
Jinseog Kim and
Insuk Sohn and
Sin-Ho Jung and
Sujong Kim and
Changyi Park Analysis of Survival Data with Group
Lasso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1593--1605
Hamid Bidram The Beta Exponential-Geometric
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1606--1622
Surupa Roy Accounting for Response
Misclassification and Covariate
Measurement Error Using a Random Effects
Logit Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1623--1636
Ross Sparks Spatially Clustered Outbreak Detection
Using the EWMA SCAN Statistics with
Multiple Sized Windows . . . . . . . . . 1637--1653
J. Martin van Zyl and
Robert Schall Parameter Estimation Through Weighted
Least-Squares Rank Regression with
Specific Reference to the Weibull and
Gumbel Distributions . . . . . . . . . . 1654--1666
F. K. Wang and
Y. F. Cheng and
W. L. Lu Partially Accelerated Life Tests for the
Weibull Distribution Under Multiply
Censored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1667--1678
Myung Soon Song and
Leon J. Gleser A Numerical Likelihood-Based Approach to
Combining Correlation Matrices . . . . . 1679--1692
Edward Santos and
Erniel Barrios Nonparametric Decomposition of Time
Series Data with Inputs . . . . . . . . 1693--1710
Yung-Fu Cheng and
Fu-Kwun Wang Estimating the Burr XII Parameters in
Constant-Stress Partially Accelerated
Life Tests Under Multiple Censored Data 1711--1727
Youngjae Chang Multi-Step Classification Trees . . . . 1728--1744
Do Le (Paul) Minh and
David D. L. Minh and
Andrew L. Nguyen Regenerative Markov Chain Monte Carlo
for Any Distribution . . . . . . . . . . 1745--1760
S. Z. Hosseinifard and
B. Abbasi Process Capability Analysis in Non
Normal Linear Regression Profiles . . . 1761--1784
Ming Ha Lee The Design of the Multivariate Synthetic
Exponentially Weighted Moving Average
Control Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1785--1793
Wenli Deng and
Yong Tian and
Qiuping Lv Parametric Estimator of Linear Model
with Interval-Censored Data . . . . . . 1794--1804
K. K. Jose and
Jane A. Luke On Confidence Intervals for Process
Capability Indices in a One-Way Random
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1805--1815
Mahmoud A. Mahmoud The Performance of Phase II Simple
Linear Profile Approaches when
Parameters Are Estimated . . . . . . . . 1816--1833
Rashid Ahmed and
Munir Akhtar Computer-Generated Neighbor Designs . . 1834--1839
Changwon Yoo and
Erik M. Brilz and
Meredith Wilcox and
Mark A. Pershouse and
Elizabeth A. Putnam Gene Pathways Discovery in
Asbestos-Related Diseases using Local
Causal Discovery Algorithm . . . . . . . 1840--1859
S. Ejaz Ahmed and
M. Hafidz Omar and
Anwar H. Joarder Stabilizing the Performance of Kurtosis
Estimator of Multivariate Data . . . . . 1860--1871
M. Mahdizadeh and
N. R. Arghami Quantile Estimation Using Ranked Set
Samples from a Population with Known
Mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1872--1881
A. H. Abuzaid and
A. G. Hussin and
A. Rambli and
I. Mohamed Statistics for a New Test of Discordance
in Circular Data . . . . . . . . . . . . 1882--1890
André Adler and
George Skountrianos Resampling Ratios of Order Statistics
(RROS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1891--1894
S. M. Hashemiparast and
M. Sabzevari The Two-Dimensional Asymmetric Gambler's
Ruin Problem with $n$ Players and
Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1895--1911
Sang-Ho Lee and
Chi-Hyuck Jun A Process Monitoring Scheme Controlling
False Discovery Rate . . . . . . . . . . 1912--1920
Robert F. Phillips On Computing Maximum-Likelihood
Estimates of the Unbalanced Two-Way
Random-Effects Model . . . . . . . . . . 1921--1927
Constance A. Mara and
Robert A. Cribbie Paired-Samples Tests of Equivalence . . 1928--1943
Hui-Guo Zhang and
Chang-Lin Mei SiZer Inference for Varying Coefficient
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1944--1959
Ilya Shvartsman and
Vernon M. Chinchilli and
Hsiao-pin Liu A Frailty Model in Crossover Studies
with Time-to-Event Response Variable . . 1960--1969
T. Baghfalaki and
M. Ganjali An ECM Estimation Approach for Analyzing
Multivariate Skew-Normal Data with
Dropout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970--1988
P. Malekzadeh and
S. D. Gore A Stochastic Approach to General
Nonlinear Programming Problems . . . . . 1989--1997
Sho Takahashi and
Takahiro Nishiyama and
Takashi Seo Simultaneous Tests for Independence
Among Components of Random Vector by
Step-Down Multiple Comparison Procedure 1998--2005
Anonymous Editorial Board EOV . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebii
Yan Lu Standard Error of the Method of
Simulated Moment Estimator for
Generalized Linear Mixed Models . . . . 1--7
Luiz Antonio de Freitas and
Josemar Rodrigues Standard Exponential Cure Rate Model
with Informative Censoring . . . . . . . 8--23
Sílvia R. C. Lopes and
Guilherme Pumi and
Karine Zaniol Mallows Distance in $ {\rm VARFIMA}(0,
d, 0) $ Processes . . . . . . . . . . . 24--51
Fariba Hemmati and
Esmaile Khorram Statistical Analysis of the Log-Normal
Distribution under Type-II Progressive
Hybrid Censoring Schemes . . . . . . . . 52--75
E. Krishna and
K. K. Jose and
Miroslav M. Risti\'c Applications of Marshall--Olkin Fréchet
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76--89
B. Picinbono Algorithms for Point Processes Analysis 90--106
Jafar Ahmadi and
N. Balakrishnan Simultaneous Closeness of $k$-Records 107--120
Gheorghe Craciun and
Jaejik Kim and
Casian Pantea and
Grzegorz A. Rempala Statistical Model for Biochemical
Network Inference . . . . . . . . . . . 121--137
Suliadi Suliadi and
Noor Akma Ibrahim and
Isa Daud Semiparametric Estimation with Profile
Algorithm for Longitudinal Binary Data 138--152
Jacqueline Guarte and
Erniel Barrios Nonparametric Hypothesis Testing in a
Spatial-Temporal Model: A Simulation
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153--170
Olcay Bozkurt Mixtures of Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern
Copulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--182
T. Imada Multivariate Two-Sided Tests for Normal
Mean Vectors with Unknown Covariance
Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--201
Amin Khoshkenar and
Hashem Mahlooji A New Test of Randomness for Lehmer
Generators Based on the Manhattan
Distance Between Pairs of Consecutive
Random Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202--214
Wolfgang Karcher and
Hans-Peter Scheffler and
Evgeny Spodarev Simulation of Infinitely Divisible
Random Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--246
Emanuel Pimentel Barbosa and
Mario Antonio Gneri and
Ariane Meneguetti Range Control Charts Revisited: Simpler
Tippett-like Formulae, Its Practical
Implementation, and the Study of False
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--262
Fei Tang and
B. M. Golam Kibria and
Huiliang Xie Some Statistical Methods in Assessing
Linear Relational Agreement: An
Empirical Comparative Study . . . . . . 263--279
Yuko Araki and
Satoshi Hattori Efficient Regularization Parameter
Selection Via Information Criteria . . . 280--293
Naveen K. Bansal and
Madhusudan Bhandary and
Koji Fujiwara Bayes Estimation of Intraclass
Correlation Coefficients Under Unequal
Family Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--302
Dexter O. Cahoy Estimation of Mittag-Leffler Parameters 303--315
Sergey S. Tarima and
Albert Vexler and
Siddhartha Singh Robust Mean Estimation Under a Possibly
Incorrect Log-Normality Assumption . . . 316--326
A. Martín Andrés and
M. Álvarez Hernández Optimal Method for Realizing Two-Sided
Inferences About a Linear Combination of
Two Proportions . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--343
Julia Volaufova and
Lynn Roy Lamotte A Simulation Comparison of Approximate
Tests for Fixed Effects in Random
Coefficients Growth Curve Models . . . . 344--359
H. E. T. Holgersson and
Rashid Mansoor Assessing Normality of High-Dimensional
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360--369
Hani M. Samawi and
Robert Vogel More Efficient Approximation of Multiple
Integrals using Steady State Ranked
Simulated Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . 370--381
Xuhua Liu and
Daojiang He Testing Homogeneity of Inverse Gaussian
Scale Parameters Based on Generalized
Likelihood Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . 382--392
Aimee N. Gott and
Idris A. Eckley A Note on the Effect of Wavelet Choice
on the Estimation of the Evolutionary
Wavelet Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--406
A. F. Ozdemir and
Rand R. Wilcox and
E. Yildiztepe Comparing Measures of Location: Some
Small-Sample Results When Distributions
Differ in Skewness and Kurtosis Under
Heterogeneity of Variances . . . . . . . 407--424
Man-lai Tang and
Xinjie He and
Guoliang Tian A Confidence Interval Approach for
Comparative Studies Involving Binary
Outcomes in Paired Organs . . . . . . . 425--453
José Rafael Tovar and
Jorge Alberto Achcar Dependence Between Two Diagnostic Tests
with Copula Function Approach: A
Simulation Study . . . . . . . . . . . . 454--475
Behrouz Fathi Vajargah and
Asghar Eskandari Chechaglou Optimal Halton Sequence via Inversive
Scrambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476--484
Farida Mostajabi and
Somnath Datta and
Susmita Datta Predicting Patient Survival from
Proteomic Profile using Mass
Spectrometry Data: An Empirical Study 485--498
Hadi Alizadeh Noughabi and
Naser Reza Arghami Goodness-of-Fit Tests Based on
Correcting Moments of Entropy Estimators 499--513
Xanthi Pedeli and
Dimitris Karlis On Estimation of the Bivariate Poisson
INAR Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514--533
Yu-Ting Cheng and
Chih-Ching Yang and
Sou-Chein Wu Optimal Variable Sample Size and
Sampling Interval MSE Chart Based on
Improved Square Root Transformation . . 534--551
E. Androulakis and
P. Angelopoulos and
C. Koukouvinos A Comparison of Three-Level Orthogonal
Arrays in the Presence of Different
Correlation Structures in Observations 552--569
S. H. Ong and
C. M. Ng A Bivariate Generalization of the
Noncentral Negative Binomial
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570--585
Vicente G. Cancho and
Francisco Louzada and
Edwin M. Ortega The Power Series Cure Rate Model: An
Application to a Cutaneous Melanoma Data 586--602
Pao-Sheng Shen Regression $M$-estimators with One
Modified Form of Doubly Censored Data 603--612
Yuri Salazar and
Wing Lon Ng Nonparametric Tail Copula Estimation: An
Application to Stock and Volatility
Index Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613--635
Prabhakar Chalise and
Eric Chicken and
Daniel McGee Performance and Prediction for Varying
Survival Time Scales . . . . . . . . . . 636--649
Velimir Bole and
Peter Rebec Bootstrapping the Hausman Test in Panel
Data Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650--670
Luis Nobre Pereira and
Pedro Simões Coelho An Applied Comparison of Area-Level
Linear Mixed Models in Small Area
Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671--685
Alicia Graziosi Strandberg and
Boris Iglewicz A Nonparametric Test for Deviation from
Randomness with Applications to Stock
Market Index Data . . . . . . . . . . . 686--697
Håkan Locking and
Kristofer Månsson and
Ghazi Shukur Performance of Some Ridge Parameters for
Probit Regression: With Application to
Swedish Job Search Data . . . . . . . . 698--710
Nripes Kumar Mandal and
Manisha Pal Optimum Mixture Design for the Detection
of Synergistic Effects . . . . . . . . . 711--726
Liang Fang and
Thomas M. Loughin Analyzing Binomial Data in a Split-Plot
Design: Classical Approach or Modern
Techniques? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727--740
Tao Bi and
Bo Zhang and
Huishan Wu Measuring Downside Risk Using
High-Frequency Data: Realized Downside
Risk Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741--754
N. Mamode Khan and
V. Jowaheer Comparing Joint GQL Estimation and GMM
Adaptive Estimation in COM-Poisson
Longitudinal Regression Model . . . . . 755--770
Cheon-Sig Lee and
Stephen A. Sedory and
Sarjinder Singh Simulated Minimum Sample Size
Requirements in Various Randomized
Response Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 771--789
Saman Khowaja and
Shazia Ghufran and
M. J. Ahsan On the Problem of Compromise Allocation
in Multi-Response Stratified Sample
Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790--799
Weixin Yao A Simple Solution to Bayesian Mixture
Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800--813
Fabio H. Nieto and
Hanwen Zhang and
Wen Li Using the Reversible Jump MCMC Procedure
for Identifying and Estimating
Univariate TAR Models . . . . . . . . . 814--840
Liu Liu and
Xuemin Zi and
Jian Zhang and
Zhaojun Wang A Sequential Rank-Based Nonparametric
Adaptive EWMA Control Chart . . . . . . 841--859
Rahim Mahmoudvand and
Nader Najari and
Mohammad Zokaei On the Optimal Parameters for
Reconstruction and Forecasting in
Singular Spectrum Analysis . . . . . . . 860--870
S. Najarian and
M. Arashi and
B. M. Golam Kibria A Simulation Study on Some Restricted
Ridge Regression Estimators . . . . . . 871--890
G. C. Tikkiwal and
Piyush Kant Rai and
Alka Ghiya On the Performance of Generalized
Regression Estimator for Small Domains 891--909
David D. Hanagal and
Alok D. Dabade Bayesian Estimation of Parameters and
Comparison of Shared Gamma Frailty
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910--931
Wenxue Li and
Hu Yang Weighted Stochastic Restricted
Estimation in Linear Measurement Error
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932--968
S. Nayeban and
A. H. Rezaei Roknabadi and
G. R. Mohtashami Borzadaran Bhattacharyya and Kshirsagar Bounds in
Generalized Gamma Distribution . . . . . 969--980
Amirhossein Amiri and
Elnaz Moein Some Notes on Diagnostic Procedures in
Simple and Multiple Linear Regression
Profiles Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . 981--1002
Vassilly Voinov and
Natalya Pya and
Niyaz Shapakov and
Yevgeniy Voinov Goodness-of-Fit Tests for the
Power-Generalized Weibull Probability
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003--1012
Mathias Raschke Parameter Estimation for the Tail
Distribution of a Random Sequence . . . 1013--1043
Christian H. Weiß and
Miia Peltola Sequential Pattern Analysis: A
Statistical Investigation of Sequence
Length and Support . . . . . . . . . . . 1044--1062
Anne Péguin-Feissolle and
Birgit Strikholm and
Timo Teräsvirta Testing the Granger Noncausality
Hypothesis in Stationary Nonlinear
Models of Unknown Functional Form . . . 1063--1087
Ying Zhang and
Hao Yu and
A. Ian McLeod Developments in Maximum Likelihood Unit
Root Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1088--1103
N. K. Mandal and
Manisha Pal Optimum Designs for Optimum Mixtures in
Multiresponse Experiments . . . . . . . 1104--1112
Yueh-Yun Chi and
Keith E. Muller Two-Step Hypothesis Testing When the
Number of Variables Exceeds the Sample
Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113--1125
Mary C. Meyer A Simple New Algorithm for Quadratic
Programming with Applications in
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1126--1139
Sandeep Menon and
Joseph Massaro and
Michael J. Pencina and
Jerry Lewis and
Yong Cheng Wang Comparison of Operating Characteristics
of Commonly Used Sample Size
Re-Estimation Procedures in a Two-Stage
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1140--1152
A. Mukherjee and
M. A. Graham and
S. Chakraborti Distribution-Free Exceedance CUSUM
Control Charts for Location . . . . . . 1153--1187
Marjolein Crabbe and
Bradley Jones and
Martina Vandebroek Comparing Two-Stage Segmentation Methods
for Choice Data with a One-Stage Latent
Class Choice Analysis . . . . . . . . . 1188--1212
Jingqin Luo and
Chengjie Xiong Youden Index and Associated Cut-Points
for Three Ordinal Diagnostic Groups . . 1213--1234
Eralp Dogu and
Ipek Deveci Kocakoç A Multivariate Change Point Detection
Procedure for Monitoring Mean and
Covariance Simultaneously . . . . . . . 1235--1255
Ufuk Beyaztas and
Aylin Alin Jackknife-After-Bootstrap Method for
Detection of Influential Observations in
Linear Regression Models . . . . . . . . 1256--1267
Yangxin Huang and
Getachew Dagne Comparison of Mixed-Effects Models for
Skew-Normal Responses with an
Application to AIDS Data: A Bayesian
Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1268--1287
Dilip Roy and
Rishideep Roy Distribution of the Activity Time in
Network Analysis: A Critical Revisit
with a Gamma Alternative . . . . . . . . 1288--1297
Marco Marozzi Nonparametric Simultaneous Tests for
Location and Scale Testing: A Comparison
of Several Methods . . . . . . . . . . . 1298--1317
Belmiro P. M. Duarte and
Pedro M. Saraiva Optimal Design of Acceptance Sampling
Plans by Variables for Nonconforming
Proportions When the Standard Deviation
Is Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1318--1342
Craig Loehle and
Nasser Arghami Reduced-Variance Methods for
Detectability Correction of Population
Abundance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343--1351
N. Balakrishnan and
E. Chimitova and
N. Galanova and
M. Vedernikova Testing Goodness of Fit of Parametric
AFT and PH Models with Residuals . . . . 1352--1367
F. Pesarin and
L. Salmaso On the Weak Consistency of Permutation
Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368--1379
F. Bertoluzzo and
F. Pesarin and
L. Salmaso On Multi-Sided Permutation Tests . . . . 1380--1390
Livio Corain and
Susanna Ragazzi and
Luigi Salmaso A Permutation Approach to Split-Plot
Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1391--1408
Ramadan Hamed and
Ali El Hefnawy and
Aya Farag Selection of the Ridge Parameter Using
Mathematical Programming . . . . . . . . 1409--1432
Xiaofeng Steven Liu A Unified Way to Represent and Compute
the Cumulative Distribution Function for
Noncentral $t$, $F$, and $ \chi^2$ . . . 1433--1436
Doaa F. Madbuly and
Petros E. Maravelakis and
Mahmoud A. Mahmoud The Effect of Methods for Handling
Missing Values on the Performance of the
MEWMA Control Chart . . . . . . . . . . 1437--1454
Xin Zhang and
Jiujun Zhang CUSUM Procedures for Monitoring Process
Mean and Variability . . . . . . . . . . 1455--1471
Rachida Ouysse A Fast Iterated Bootstrap Procedure for
Approximating the Small-Sample Bias . . 1472--1494
Xuan Huang and
Nuo Xu and
Sòren Bisgaard A Class of Markov Chain Models for
Average Run Length Computations for
Autocorrelated Processes . . . . . . . . 1495--1513
Minhui Paik and
Michael D. Larsen Fractional Regression Hot Deck
Imputation Weight Adjustment . . . . . . 1514--1532
Ryan Martin An Approximate Bayesian Marginal
Likelihood Approach for Estimating
Finite Mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . 1533--1548
Su-Fen Yang Using a Single Average Loss Control
Chart to Monitor Process Mean and
Variability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1549--1562
Ahmed Hossain and
Andrew R. Willan and
Joseph Beyene An Improved Method on Wilcoxon Rank Sum
Test for Gene Selection from Microarray
Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1563--1577
Deniz Inan and
Birsen E. Erdogan Liu-Type Logistic Estimator . . . . . . 1578--1586
P. Angelopoulos and
C. Koukouvinos and
A. Skountzou Construction of New Three-Level Response
Surface Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . 1587--1595
Roy St. Laurent and
Philip Turk The Effects of Misconceptions on the
Properties of Friedman's Test . . . . . 1596--1615
Jung-Chao Wang and
Hend Auda and
Magdalena Niewiadomska-Bugaj Comparing a New Gini Test with Other
Symmetry Tests When Median Is Unknown 1616--1627
Qiaoling Tong and
Xuecheng Zou and
Qian Ding and
Tianzhen Liu and
Hengqing Tong Latent Regression with Constrained
Parameters to Determine the Weight
Coefficients in Summary Index Model . . 1628--1642
Monika Pobiruchin and
Meinhard Kieser Sample Size Calculation and Blinded
Sample Size Recalculation in Clinical
Trials Where the Treatment Effect is
Measured by the Relative Risk . . . . . 1643--1653
Sándor Baran and
Kinga Sikolya and
Lajos Veress Estimating the Risk of a Down's Syndrome
Term Pregnancy Using Age and Serum
Markers: Comparison of Various Methods 1654--1672
Chin-Shang Li A Partially Linear Model with Its
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1673--1680
C. K. Ng Procedures for Selecting Good
Exponential Populations . . . . . . . . 1681--1692
Changchun Xie and
Xuewen Lu and
Janice Pogue and
Ding-Geng (Din) Chen Weighted Multiple Testing Correction for
Correlated Binary Endpoints . . . . . . 1693--1702
Youngjae Chang Variable Selection via Regression Trees
in the Presence of Irrelevant Variables 1703--1726
Jiro Hodoshima The Effect of Estimation of Unknown
Degrees of Freedom on Estimation of
Remaining Parameters in Spanos'
Conditional $t$ Heteroskedastic Model 1727--1749
Jelloul Allal and
Mohammed Benmoumen Parameter Estimation for First-Order
Random Coefficient Autoregressive (RCA)
Models Based on Kalman Filter . . . . . 1750--1762
Anju Goyal and
Vishal Maurya and
Amar Nath Gill A Multiple Three-Decision Procedures for
Comparing Several Treatments with a
Control Under Heteroscedasticity . . . . 1763--1784
Takamitsu Kurita Exploring the Impact of Multivariate
GARCH Innovations on Hypothesis Testing
for Cointegrating Vectors . . . . . . . 1785--1800
Getulio Jose Amorim Amaral and
Olga Patricia Reyes Floréz and
Francisco José A. Cysneiros Graphical and Numerical Methods for
Detecting Influential Observations in
Complex Bingham Data . . . . . . . . . . 1801--1814
Kun-lin Kuo and
Yuchung J. Wang A Fresh Look at the Running Time
Analysis for the Gibbs Sampler . . . . . 1815--1823
M. Emadi Mixture Models in View of Evidential
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1824--1835
Chuan-hua Wei and
Xu-jie Jia and
Hong-sheng Hu Restricted Estimation in Partially
Linear Errors-in-Variables Models . . . 1836--1847
Víctor Gómez A Strongly Consistent Criterion to
Decide Between $ I(1) $ and $ I(0) $
Processes Based on Different Convergence
Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1848--1864
Mahdi Doostparast and
Mohammad Vali Ahmadi and
Jafar Ahmadi Bayes Estimation Based on Joint
Progressive Type II Censored Data Under
LINEX Loss Function . . . . . . . . . . 1865--1886
Dong-Fang Yang and
Fu-Chun Sun and
Shi-Cheng Wang and
Hai-Bo Min A Novel Particle Filter Aided by
Interval Analysis Approach . . . . . . . 1887--1905
Jehad Al-Jararha A Class of Sampling Two Units with
Probability Proportional to Size . . . . 1906--1916
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Feng-chen Chang and
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Y. N. Phang and
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M. Akahira and
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H. Haghbin and
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Interval-Censored Data . . . . . . . . . 18--30
Kambiz Ahmadi Angali and
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Masahiko Gosho and
Chikuma Hamada and
Isao Yoshimura Selection of Working Correlation
Structure in Weighted Generalized
Estimating Equation Method for
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Saman Muthukumarana and
Tim B. Swartz Bayesian Analysis of Ordinal Survey Data
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Duan Qihong and
Liu Junrong Parameter Estimation for a $k$-out-of-$
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Gulanbaier Tuerhong and
Seoung Bum Kim and
Pilsung Kang and
Sungzoon Cho Multivariate Control Charts Based on
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Yan-Dong Wu and
Xu-Qing Liu Non-Diagonal-Type Estimator in Linear
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142--150
Parminder Singh Calculation of Critical Values for
Haibing's Procedure for Successive
Comparisons between Ordered Treatment
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Georgios Pitselis Robust Eligible Own Funds and Value at
Risk Under Solvency II System . . . . . 161--182
Jamal Temsamani and
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Systems with Deferred Repair using
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David J. Edwards and
J. Paul Brooks Alternative Foldover Plans for Two-Level
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Jin Chu Wu and
Alvin F. Martin and
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Steven B. Caudill and
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Jacek Bialek Simulation Study of an Original Price
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Quan Sun Optimal Design for Step-Stress
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Multiple Performance Characteristics
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Jenn-Hwa Yu A New Algorithm in Bayesian Model
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Shun Matsuura and
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Jing Wang and
Yves F. Atchadé Approximate Bayesian Computation for
Exponential Random Graph Models for
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Santanu Dutta Local Smoothing Using the Bootstrap . . 378--389
Boan Zhang and
Yunzhi Lin and
Zheng Su Dichotomizing a Continuous Baseline
Covariate in Randomized Clinical Trials
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N. Balakrishnan and
Debanjan Mitra Some Further Issues Concerning
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W. M. Afify Separation and Lack of Separation of
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Jibo Wu and
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Anonymous Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442--442
B. M. Golam Kibria and
Florence George Methods for Testing Population
Signal-to-Noise Ratio . . . . . . . . . 443--461
Yang-Jin Kim Regression Analysis of Bivariate Current
Status Data Using a Multistate Model . . 462--475
N. Balakrishna and
T. Rahul Inverse Gaussian Distribution for
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Wu Jianjun and
Sun Huijun Detrended Fluctuation Analysis of Mixed
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Man-Kee M. Chu and
John J. Koval Trajectory Modeling of Longitudinal
Binary Data: Application of the EM
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Stephen G. Walker Computing Marginal Likelihoods via
Posterior Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . 520--527
Marjan Kaveh and
Majid Jafari Khaledi Estimation in Truncated GLG Model for
Ordered Categorical Spatial Data Using
the SAEM Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . 528--537
A. Loganathan and
K. Shalini Determination of Single Sampling Plans
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C. Giusti and
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Hakan Demirtas and
Anup Amatya and
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Yunwei Cui and
Rongning Wu A Portmanteau Test for ARMA Processes
with Infinite Variance . . . . . . . . . 597--614
Liu-Cang Wu Variable Selection in Joint Location and
Scale Models of the Skew-$t$-Normal
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Tarciana L. Pereira and
Francisco Cribari-Neto Detecting Model Misspecification in
Inflated Beta Regressions . . . . . . . 631--656
Sun Xu Asymmetric Kernel Density Estimation
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Muhammad Aslam Performance of Kibria's Method for the
Heteroscedastic Ridge Regression Model:
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Mirta Bensi\'c Fitting Distribution to Data by a
Generalized Nonlinear Least Squares
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Chien-tai Lin and
N. Balakrishnan Tests for Multiple Outliers in an
Exponential Sample . . . . . . . . . . . 706--722
F. Palacios-González and
R. M. García-Fernández Mixtures of Mixtures Based on
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Antonello Maruotti and
Valentina Raponi On Baseline Conditions for Zero-Inflated
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Y. L. Lio and
Tzong-Ru Tsai and
M. Aslam and
Nan Jiang Control Charts for Monitoring Burr
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Muhammad Aslam and
Saminathan Balamurali and
Muhammad Azam and
Chi-Hyuck Jun Skip-Lot Sampling Plan of Type SkSP-2
with Two-Stage Group Acceptance Sampling
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Lynda Atil and
Hocine Fellag and
Ana Garcia Sipols Behavior of the Size in the Unit Root
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Amirhossein Amiri and
Ali Nedaie and
Mahdi Alikhani A New Adaptive Variable Sample Size
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M. P. Gadre A Multivariate Group Runs Control Chart
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Jieting Zhang and
Minqiang Zhang and
Wenyi Zhang and
Can Jiao Model Selection for Complex Multilevel
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Ankit Khokhar and
S. K. Upadhyay A Bayes Study on the Feasibility of
Shape and Threshold Parameters Based on
the Assumption of Exponential and
Weibull Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851--870
M. Arashi and
S. M. M. Tabatabaey and
M. Hassanzadeh Bashtian Shrinkage Ridge Estimators in Linear
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Guillermo Henry and
Daniela Rodriguez and
Mariela Sued A Note on the Estimation of the Hölder
Constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905--912
Panagiotis Papastamoulis Handling the Label Switching Problem in
Latent Class Models Via the ECR
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Luís Meira-Machado and
Susana Faria A Simulation Study Comparing Modeling
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Multi-State Model . . . . . . . . . . . 929--946
Ali Ajdari and
Hashem Mahlooji An Adaptive Exploration-Exploitation
Algorithm for Constructing Metamodels in
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Sequential Experimental Design . . . . . 947--968
Xiaohui Liu and
Yijun Zuo Computing Halfspace Depth and Regression
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S. Vidal-Puig and
A. Ferrer A Comparative Study of Different
Methodologies for Fault Diagnosis in
Multivariate Quality Control . . . . . . 986--1005
Pao-Sheng Shen Aalen's Additive Risk Model for
Left-Truncated and Right-Censored Data 1006--1019
René Blacher Proved Random Numbers Obtained from
Hardware Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020--1035
Francesca Solmi and
Patrick Onghena and
Luigi Salmaso and
Isis Bulté Extensions of Permutation Solutions to
Test for Treatment Effects in Replicated
Single-Case Alternation Experiments with
Multivariate Response . . . . . . . . . 1036--1051
Nabil Zougab and
Smail Adjabi and
Célestin C. Kokonendji Bayesian Approach in Nonparametric Count
Regression with Binomial Kernel . . . . 1052--1063
Wenhua Jiang and
Cun-Hui Zhang Paths Following Algorithm for Penalized
Logistic Regression Using SCAD and MCP 1064--1077
Cihangir Kan and
Ceki Franko and
C. Murat Ozkut Reliability and Some Characteristics of
Circular Consecutive-
$k$-Within-$m$-Out-of-$ n \colon F$
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1078--1093
Francesca Solmi and
Patrick Onghena and
Luigi Salmaso and
Isis Bulté A Permutation Solution to Test for
Treatment Effects in Alternation Design
Single-Case Experiments . . . . . . . . 1094--1111
Cédric Heuchenne and
Stéphane Laurent and
Catherine Legrand and
Ingrid Van Keilegom Likelihood-Based Inference for
Semi-Competing Risks . . . . . . . . . . 1112--1132
Ciprian A. Tudor and
Cristiana Tudor EGARCH Model with Weighted Liquidity . . 1133--1142
M. Revan Özkale Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Biased
Estimators in the Linear Regression
Models with Correlated or
Heteroscedastic Errors . . . . . . . . . 1143--1186
Alicia Graziosi Strandberg and
Boris Iglewicz Detecting Randomness: A Review of
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Serkan Eryilmaz On Signatures of Series and Parallel
Systems Consisting of Modules with
Arbitrary Structures . . . . . . . . . . 1202--1211
Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki and
Fazlollah Masoumi Gazaneh and
Moslem Toosheghanian A Parameter-Tuned Genetic Algorithm for
Economic-Statistical Design of Variable
Sampling Interval $X$-Bar Control Charts
for Non-Normal Correlated Samples . . . 1212--1240
Dal Ho Kim and
Gyuhyeong Goh and
Yongku Kim Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to a
Multi-Site Hidden Markov Model . . . . . 1241--1252
Andreu Sansó and
Clara Simón and
Ana E. Sipols A Detrended Range Unit Root (DRUR) Test 1253--1264
Nian-Sheng Tang and
Hui Zhao Bayesian Analysis of Nonlinear
Reproductive Dispersion Mixed Models for
Longitudinal Data with Nonignorable
Missing Covariates . . . . . . . . . . . 1265--1287
Luis A. Salomón and
Jean-Claude Fort and
Li-Vang Lozada-Chang Average Competitive Learning Vector
Quantization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1288--1303
Jeroen Hinloopen and
Rien J. L. M. Wagenvoort On the Exact Finite Sample Distribution
of the $ L_1$-FCvM Test Statistic . . . 1304--1317
Yuzhi Cai and
Neville Davies and
Wan-kai Pang Combining Forecasts via Simulations . . 1318--1332
Wai Chung Yeong and
Michael B. C. Khoo and
M. H. Lee and
M. A. Rahim Economically Optimal Design of a
Multivariate Synthetic $ T^2 $ Chart . . 1333--1361
Zahra Sadat Meshkani Farahani and
Esmaile Khorram Bayesian Statistical Inference for
Weighted Exponential Distribution . . . 1362--1384
Lucio De Capitani Interval Estimation for the Sortino
Ratio and the Omega Ratio . . . . . . . 1385--1429
Sarjinder Singh and
Stephen A. Sedory and
Jong-min Kim An Empirical Likelihood Estimate of the
Finite Population Correlation
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Ali El Hefnawy and
Aya Farag A Combined Nonlinear Programming Model
and Kibria Method for Choosing Ridge
Parameter Regression . . . . . . . . . . 1442--1470
Luca Bagnato and
Francesca Greselin and
Antonio Punzo On the Spectral Decomposition in Normal
Discriminant Analysis . . . . . . . . . 1471--1489
Zhonghua Li and
Yi Dai and
Zhaojun Wang Multivariate Change Point Control Chart
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Wajid Hussain Awan and
Javid Shabbir On Optimum Regression Estimator for
Population Mean Using Two Auxiliary
Variables in Simple Random Sampling . . 1508--1522
Ming Ha Lee and
Michael B. C. Khoo The Synthetic Mean Square Error Control
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Jiunn-I Shieh and
Hsin-Hung Wu and
Hsiang-Chuan Liu Analysis of the Threshold Values of
Semantic Structure Analysis in
Identifying Causal Relationships . . . . 1543--1551
Lovleen Kumar Grover and
Parmdeep Kaur A Generalized Class of Ratio Type
Exponential Estimators of Population
Mean Under Linear Transformation of
Auxiliary Variable . . . . . . . . . . . 1552--1574
E. Androulakis and
P. Angelopoulos and
C. Koukouvinos Model Discrimination Criteria on
Model-Robust Designs . . . . . . . . . . 1575--1582
Nursel Koyuncu and
Sat Gupta and
Rita Sousa Exponential-Type Estimators of the Mean
of a Sensitive Variable in the Presence
of Nonsensitive Auxiliary Information 1583--1594
Xinxing Zhou and
Kaibo Wang and
Lei Zhao Variable-Selection-Based Epidemic
Disease Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . 1595--1610
M. Bentarzi and
L. Djeddou Adaptive Estimation of Periodic
First-Order Threshold Autoregressive
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1611--1630
Nenghui Kuang and
Bingquan Liu Moderate Deviation for Parameter
Estimation in the Rayleigh Diffusion
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1631--1643
Veni Arakelian and
Dimitris Karlis Clustering Dependencies Via Mixtures of
Copulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1644--1661
Jianrong Wu and
Augustine Wong and
Guoyong Jiang Confidence Intervals of Effect Size for
Randomized Comparative Parallel-Group
Studies with Unequal Variances . . . . . 1662--1674
Yan Lu Regression Coefficient Estimation in
Dual Frame Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . 1675--1684
Wei Zhang and
Lianfen Qian and
Yunxia Li Semiparametric Sequential Testing for
Multiple Change Points in Piecewise
Constant Hazard Functions with Long-Term
Survivors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1685--1699
B. Picinbono Simulations of Some Doubly Stochastic
Poisson Point Processes . . . . . . . . 1700--1713
Francisco J. Ortega and
Jose M. Gavilan A Comparison Between Maximum Likelihood
and Bayesian Estimation of Stochastic
Frontier Production Models . . . . . . . 1714--1725
Shannon Zavorka and
Jamis J. Perrett Minimum Sample Size Considerations for
Two-Group Linear and Quadratic
Discriminant Analysis with Rare
Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1726--1739
Osman Dag and
Ozgur Asar and
Ozlem Ilk A Methodology to Implement Box--Cox
Transformation When No Covariate is
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Erika Strandberg and
Xinyi Lin and
Ronghui Xu Estimation of Main Effect When
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Ying Xu and
Chun Fan Lee and
Yin Bun Cheung Analyzing Binary Outcome Data with Small
Clusters: A Simulation Study . . . . . . 1771--1782
Jongkyeong Kang and
Sungwan Bang and
Myoungshic Jhun Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for
the Ratios of Marginal Means of a
Multivariate Poisson Distribution . . . 1783--1796
Jennifer Umali and
Erniel Barrios Nonparametric Principal Components
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Haftom T. Abebe and
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Jan Serroyen and
Martijn P. F. Berger On the Choice of a Prior for Bayesian
$D$-Optimal Designs for the Logistic
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Chuanhua Wei Reliability Research of Dependent
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Qiang Guan and
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Jiayu Fu and
Ancha Xu Optimal Multiple Constant-Stress
Accelerated Life Tests for Generalized
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Shih-Wen Liu and
Chien-Wei Wu Design and Construction of a Variables
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Yi-Kuei Lin and
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Computer Networks Under Tolerable Error
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Nan Zhang and
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Yongmei Ruan A Novel Double-Time-Scale Evaluation
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Hong-fwu Yu and
Chien-yu Peng Designing a Degradation Test with a
Two-Parameter Exponential Lifetime
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Young Jin Han An Optimal Reliability and
Maintainability Design of a Searching
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Won-young Yun and
Young-jin Han and
Ha-won Kim Simulation-Based Inspection Policies for
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Finite Time Span . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979--2003
Liangyong Zhang and
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Xingzhong Xu Nonparametric Estimation for Random
Censored Data Based on Ranking Set
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Ancha Xu and
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Step-stress Accelerated Life Testing . . 2016--2030
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Simo Puntanen Preface to the Special Issue on Advances
on Linear Models and Inference:
Computational Aspects . . . . . . . . . 2045--2046
Ufuk Beyaztas and
Aylin Alin Jackknife-After-Bootstrap as Logistic
Regression Diagnostic Tool . . . . . . . 2047--2060
Baris Asikgil A Novel Approach for Estimating
Seemingly Unrelated Regressions with
High-Order Autoregressive Disturbances 2061--2080
Tomasz Górecki and
Maciej Luczak First and Second Derivatives in Time
Series Classification Using DTW . . . . 2081--2092
Zofia Hanusz and
Joanna Tarasi\'nska Simulation Study on Improved
Shapiro--Wilk Tests for Normality . . . 2093--2105
Lynn R. LaMotte On Inverse Prediction in Mixed Linear
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2106--2116
Julia Volaufova Approximate Small-Sample Tests of Fixed
Effects in Nonlinear Mixed Models . . . 2117--2137
Miros\law Krzy\'sko and
\Lukasz Waszak and
Waldemar Wo\ly\'nski Comparison of Kernel Discriminant
Coordinates Algorithms . . . . . . . . . 2138--2148
Nicholas T. Longford Sample Size Calculation for Comparing
Two Normal Random Samples Using
Equilibrium Priors . . . . . . . . . . . 2149--2161
Ying-hui Zhou and
Zhong-xin Ni and
Yong Li Quantile Regression via the EM Algorithm 2162--2172
Konul Bayramoglu and
Ismihan Bayramoglu (Bairamov) On Censored Bivariate Random Variables:
Copula, Characterization, and Estimation 2173--2185
F. Dubeau and
Y. Mir Exponential Growth Model: From
Horizontal to Linear Asymptote . . . . . 2186--2204
Kevin Hayes Finite-Sample Bias-Correction Factors
for the Median Absolute Deviation . . . 2205--2212
Thangavel Palanisamy and
Joghee Ravichandran Estimation of Variance Function in
Heteroscedastic Regression Models by
Generalized Coiflets . . . . . . . . . . 2213--2224
Donald Lien and
Xiaobin Yang and
Keying Ye Alternative Approximations to
Value-At-Risk: A Comparison . . . . . . 2225--2240
Aamir Saghir and
Zhengyan Lin A Study on the Robustness of $G$-Chart
to Non-Normality . . . . . . . . . . . . 2241--2251
Zhensheng Huang Two Adjusted Empirical-Likelihood-Based
Methods in Generalized
Varying-Coefficient Partially Linear
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2252--2263
João Gomes and
Isabel Barão and
Tiago Oliveira Is It Always Necessary to Take Sample
Selection into Account? . . . . . . . . 2264--2274
James McIntosh Inference Problems in the Analysis of
the Relationship Between Alcohol
Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease 2275--2282
Masashi Hyodo and
Sho Takahashi and
Takahiro Nishiyama Multiple Comparisons Among Mean Vectors
When the Dimension is Larger Than the
Total Sample Size . . . . . . . . . . . 2283--2306
Sungwan Bang and
Myoungshic Jhun Weighted Support Vector Machine Using
$k$-Means Clustering . . . . . . . . . . 2307--2324
M. Bentarzi and
L. Djeddou On Mixture Periodic Vector
Autoregressive Models . . . . . . . . . 2325--2352
Muhammad Aslam Using Heteroscedasticity-Consistent
Standard Errors for the Linear
Regression Model with Correlated
Regressors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2353--2373
Angel Dávalos and
Naijun Sha Estimating Intraclass Correlation
Coefficient and Identifying Influential
Observations Under One-Way Random
Effects Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2374--2389
Stephen A. Sedory and
Sarjinder Singh Estimation of Mode Using Auxiliary
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2390--2402
Kung-Jong Lui and
Chii-Dean Lin Notes on Test Homogeneity of the Odds
Ratio in Matched Pairs Under Stratified
Sampling: A Monte Carlo Evaluation . . . 2403--2414
Rolan Paul K. Veron Cruz and
Erniel B. Barrios Estimation Procedure for a Multiple Time
Series Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2415--2431
Philip M. Westgate A Comparison of Utilized and Theoretical
Covariance Weighting Matrices on the
Estimation Performance of Quadratic
Inference Functions . . . . . . . . . . 2432--2443
D. N. Jayasekara and
M. R. Sooriyarachchi A Simulation Based Study for Comparing
Tests Associated With Receiver Operating
Characteristic (ROC) Curves . . . . . . 2444--2467
Guang-Hui Fu and
Wen-Ming Zhang and
Lin Dai and
Ying-Zi Fu Group Variable Selection with Oracle
Property by Weight-Fused Adaptive
Elastic Net Model for Strongly
Correlated Data . . . . . . . . . . . . 2468--2481
Shuguang He and
Shijie Li and
Zhen He A Combination of CUSUM Charts for
Monitoring a Zero-Inflated Poisson
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2482--2497
Liang Li A Class of Permutation Tests for the
Equality of Two Marginal Survival
Functions Using Paired Censored Data . . 2498--2507
Hasan Alzubaidi and
Tony Shardlow Improved Simulation Techniques for First
Exit Time of Neural Diffusion Models . . 2508--2520
Yujiao Yang and
Song Xu and
Qiongxia Song A Logspline Estimation for a Linear
Regression Model with an
Interval-Censored Continuous Covariate 2521--2539
Javid Shabbir and
Sat Gupta An Improved Generalized
Difference-Cum-Ratio-Type Estimator for
the Population Variance in Two-Phase
Sampling Using Two Auxiliary Variables 2540--2550
Hamzeh Torabi and
Narges H. Montazeri The Logistic-Uniform Distribution and
Its Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 2551--2569
C. Bouveyron and
J. Jacques Adaptive Mixtures of Regressions:
Improving Predictive Inference when
Population has Changed . . . . . . . . . 2570--2592
M. Roozbeh and
M. Arashi Feasible Ridge Estimator in Seemingly
Unrelated Semiparametric Models . . . . 2593--2613
Fu-Kwun Wang Using BBPSO Algorithm to Estimate the
Weibull Parameters with Censored Data 2614--2627
Marie-José Martinez and
Emma Holian An Alternative Estimation Approach for
the Heterogeneity Linear Mixed Model . . 2628--2638
Malika Cheikh Comparative Study of Robust Estimators
Based on a Sensitivity Coefficient in
Principal Component Analysis . . . . . . 2639--2648
Steven T. Garren and
Phillip S. Kott Evaluating the Effective Degrees of
Freedom of the Delete-a-Group Jackknife 2649--2660
Yuzhu Tian and
Maozai Tian and
Qianqian Zhu Transmuted Linear Exponential
Distribution: A New Generalization of
the Linear Exponential Distribution . . 2661--2677
Ross Sparks and
Ellis Patrick Detection of Multiple Outbreaks Using
Spatio-Temporal EWMA-Ordered Statistics 2678--2701
Byoung-Jeong Choi and
Kwang-Rae Kim and
Kyu-Dong Cho and
Changyi Park and
Ja-Yong Koo Variable Selection for Naive Bayes
Semisupervised Learning . . . . . . . . 2702--2713
Chun-Xia Zhang and
Guan-Wei Wang and
Jiang-She Zhang and
Gao Guo and
Qing-Yan Ying IRUSRT: A Novel Imbalanced Learning
Technique by Combining Inverse Random
Under Sampling and Random Tree . . . . . 2714--2731
W. Volterman and
E. Cramer and
K. F. Davies and
N. Balakrishnan Further Results on Order Statistics
Generated by Two Simulation Methods . . 2732--2743
Ismihan Bairamov (Bayramoglu) and
Selma Gurler and
Burcu Ucer On the Mean Remaining Strength of the
$k$-Out-of-$ n \colon F$ System with
Exchangeable Components . . . . . . . . 1--13
Sung Won Han and
Wei Jiang and
Lianjie Shu and
Kwok-Leung Tsui A Comparison of Likelihood-Based
Spatiotemporal Monitoring Methods Under
Non-Homogeneous Population Size . . . . 14--39
Polychronis Economou and
Milan Stehlík On Small Samples Testing for Frailty
Through Homogeneity Test . . . . . . . . 40--65
José L. Gallego and
Carlos Díaz Cointegrated VARIMA Models:
Specification and Simulation . . . . . . 66--70
Zhanshou Chen Monitoring Change in Persistence Against
the Null of Difference-Stationarity in
Infinite Variance Observations . . . . . 71--87
Norbert Reményi and
Brani Vidakovic Wavelet Shrinkage with Double Weibull
Prior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88--104
Luís P. Ramos and
Pedro P. Mota and
João T. Mexia Sample Partitioning Estimation for
Ergodic Diffusions . . . . . . . . . . . 105--117
M. E. Ghitany and
D. K. Al-Mutairi and
S. M. Aboukhamseen Estimation of the Reliability of a
Stress-Strength System from Power
Lindley Distributions . . . . . . . . . 118--136
Wen-Chih Chiu Economic-Statistical Design of EWMA
Control Charts Based on Taguchi's Loss
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--153
Viswanathan Arunachalam and
Álvaro Calvache Approximation of the Bivariate Renewal
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154--167
Andres Gutierrez The Use of Working Variables in the
Bayesian Modeling of Mean and Dispersion
Parameters in Generalized Nonlinear
Models with Random Effects . . . . . . . 168--195
Raphaël Coudret and
Gilles Durrieu and
Jérôme Saracco Comparison of Kernel Density Estimators
with Assumption on Number of Modes . . . 196--216
Gülesen Üstündag Siray and
Selma Toker and
Selahattin Kaçiranlar On the Restricted Liu Estimator in the
Logistic Regression Model . . . . . . . 217--232
Pei-Hsi Lee and
Chau-Chen Torng A Note on ``Modified Tukey's Control
Chart'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--238
Yoshio Komori Suitable Algorithm Associated with a
Parameterization for the Three-Parameter
Log-Normal Distribution . . . . . . . . 239--246
Petra Buzková and
Thomas Lumley Time to Diagnosis: Accounting for
Differential Endpoint Follow-up in
Multi-Cohort Studies . . . . . . . . . . 247--256
Xiao-Bing Ma and
Feng-Chun Lin and
Yu Zhao An Adjustment to the Bartlett's Test for
Small Sample Size . . . . . . . . . . . 257--269
Anonymous Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Amany Hassan Abdel-Karim Construction of Simultaneous Confidence
Intervals for Ratios of Means of
Lognormal Distributions . . . . . . . . 271--283
Xionghua Wilson Wu and
Dejian Lai Comparison of Statistical Methods for
Pretest-Posttest Designs in Terms of
Type I Error Probability and Statistical
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284--294
Hideki Nagatsuka and
N. Balakrishnan An Efficient Method of Parameter and
Quantile Estimation for the
Three-Parameter Weibull Distribution
Based on Statistics Invariant to Unknown
Location Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . 295--318
Ting Hsiang Lin Model Selection Information Criteria in
Latent Class Models with Missing Data
and Contingency Question . . . . . . . . 319--331
David D. L. Minh and
Do Le (Paul) Minh Understanding the Hastings Algorithm . . 332--349
Rhonda J. Rosychuk and
Christina Alloway and
Amanda S. Newton A Bootstrap Approach for Testing
Marginal Independence Between Two
Categorical Variables When Subjects Have
Repeated Responses . . . . . . . . . . . 350--359
Stephen Bush Sample Size Determination for Logistic
Regression: A Simulation Study . . . . . 360--373
Hafida Guerbyenne and
Fayçal Hamdi Bootstrapping Periodic State-Space
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374--401
Guo Penghui and
Liu Lihu and
Qian Zhengming Robust Test for Spatial Error Model:
Considering Changes of Spatial Layouts
and Distribution Misspecification . . . 402--416
Asuman S. Turkmen and
Gulin Tabakan Outlier Resistant Estimation in
Difference-Based Semiparametric
Partially Linear Models . . . . . . . . 417--432
Chen Xu and
Jiahua Chen A Thresholding Algorithm for Order
Selection in Finite Mixture Models . . . 433--453
Mehreteab Aregay and
Ziv Shkedy and
Geert Molenberghs Comparison of Additive and
Multiplicative Bayesian Models for
Longitudinal Count Data with
Overdispersion Parameters: A Simulation
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454--473
Adriano Ferreti Borgatto and
Caio Azevedo and
Aluisio Pinheiro and
Dalton Andrade Comparison of Ability Estimation Methods
Using IRT for Tests with Different
Degrees of Difficulty . . . . . . . . . 474--488
Xu Zhang Nonparametric Inference for an
Inverse-Probability-Weighted Estimator
with Doubly Truncated Data . . . . . . . 489--504
Eileen M. Stock and
James D. Stamey and
Dean M. Young Bayesian Interval Estimation for the
Difference in TPRs and FPRs of Two
Diagnostic Tests with Unverified
Negatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505--524
Fariha Yasmin and
Rashid Ahmed and
Munir Akhtar Construction of Balanced Incomplete
Block Designs Using Cyclic Shifts . . . 525--532
Anna E. Bargagliotti and
Raymond N. Greenwell Combinatorics and Statistical Issues
Related to the Kruskal-Wallis Statistic 533--550
Stefanka Chukova and
Leda D. Minkova Pólya--Aeppli of Order $k$ Risk Model . . 551--564
Agnieszka Rutkowska Properties of the Cox-Stuart Test for
Trend in Application to Hydrological
Series: The Simulation Study . . . . . . 565--579
Manohar Aggarwal and
Seema Gupta and
Mithilesh Kumar Jha Construction of Cross-Over Designs for
Comparing Test Treatments with Control
Using Terraces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580--590
N. Balakrishnan and
Feng Su Exact Likelihood Inference for $k$
Exponential Populations Under Joint
Type-II Censoring . . . . . . . . . . . 591--613
Han Lin Shang Resampling Techniques for Estimating the
Distribution of Descriptive Statistics
of Functional Data . . . . . . . . . . . 614--635
Guan-Wei Wang and
Chun-Xia Zhang and
Gao Guo Investigating the Effect of Randomly
Selected Feature Subsets on Bagging and
Boosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636--646
L. Spectrum Han and
W. John Braun Block Bootstrap Calibration with
Application to the Fire Weather Index 647--665
Behrouz Fathi Vajargah and
Asghar Eskandari Chechaglou New Modified Scrambled Faure Sequences 666--682
Ricardo Ehlers and
M. Zevallos Bayesian Estimation and Prediction of
Stochastic Volatility Models via INLA 683--693
Ching-Ray Yu and
Kelly H. Zou and
Martin O. Carlsson and
Samaradasa Weerahandi Generalized Estimation of the BLUP in
Mixed-Effects Models: A Comparison with
ML and REML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694--704
Giovanni Puccetti and
Ludger Rüschendorf Computation of Sharp Bounds on the
Expected Value of a Supermodular
Function of Risks with Given Marginals 705--718
Christine M. Schubert and
Tobias Guennel Comparing Performance of Multiclass
Classification Systems with ROC
Manifolds: When Volume and Correct
Classification Fails . . . . . . . . . . 719--738
T. Górecki and
M. Krzy\'sko Regression Methods for Combining
Multiple Classifiers . . . . . . . . . . 739--755
Liu Liu and
Jian Zhang and
Xuemin Zi Dual Nonparametric CUSUM Control Chart
Based on Ranks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756--772
Rand R. Wilcox and
Florence Clark Heteroscedastic Global Tests that the
Regression Parameters for Two or More
Independent Groups are Identical . . . . 773--786
Cibele Queiroz Da-Silva and
Guilherme Souza Rodrigues Bayesian Dynamic Dirichlet Models . . . 787--818
Alya O. Al Mutairi and
Heng Chin Low $p$-Value for two-Sample Linear Rank
Tests Using Permutation Simulations and
the Normal Approximation Method . . . . 819--826
Guoyi Zhang A Parametric Bootstrap Approach for
One-Way ANOVA Under Unequal Variances
with Unbalanced Data . . . . . . . . . . 827--832
Shu-Fei Wu and
Ying-Po Lin The Optimal Allocation Combination for
the One-Sided Sequential Screening
Procedure Based on the Individual
Misclassification Error . . . . . . . . 833--850
Patricia Pepple Williamson Estimation of the Population Size in the
Classical Occupancy Problem . . . . . . 851--867
Mauro Costantini and
Paresh Narayan and
Stephan Popp and
Joakim Westerlund Small-Sample Improved Seasonal Unit Root
Tests for Trending and Breaking Series 868--877
Santanu Dutta Local Smoothing for Kernel Distribution
Function Estimation . . . . . . . . . . 878--891
Chuan-Hua Wei and
Li-Jie Wan and
Chun-Ling Liu Efficient Estimation in Heteroscedastic
Partially Linear Varying Coefficient
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892--901
N. Balakrishnan and
Feng Su and
Kin-Yat Liu Exact Likelihood Inference for $k$
Exponential Populations Under Joint
Progressive Type-II Censoring . . . . . 902--923
Ming Ha Lee and
Michael B. C. Khoo Multivariate Synthetic |S| Control Chart
with Variable Sampling Interval . . . . 924--942
B. M. Golam Kibria and
Kristofer Månsson and
Ghazi Shukur A Simulation Study of Some Biasing
Parameters for the Ridge Type Estimation
of Poisson Regression . . . . . . . . . 943--957
Pao-Sheng Shen Parameter Estimation in Regression for
Long-Term Survival Rate from
Left-Truncated and Right-Censored Data 958--978
M. Mahdizadeh On Entropy-Based Test of Exponentiality
in Ranked Set Sampling . . . . . . . . . 979--995
Fuxiao Li and
Zheng Tian and
Peiyan Qi Structural Change Monitoring for Random
Coefficient Autoregressive Time Series 996--1009
B. N. Mandal Combinatorial Equivalence of Fractional
Factorial Designs . . . . . . . . . . . 1010--1019
Jianbo Li and
Yuanyuan Wang and
Zhensheng Huang and
Riquan Zhang and
Lin Liu Testing Serial Correlation in Single
Index Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020--1035
R. Noorossana and
M. Nikoo Phase II Monitoring of Geometric
Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1036--1049
Sarjinder Singh and
Stephen A. Sedory and
Raghunath Arnab Estimation of Finite Population Variance
Using Scrambled Responses in the
Presence of Auxiliary Information . . . 1050--1065
Rui Shan and
Haibo Dai and
Jingyi Zhao and
Wen Liu Forecasting Study of Shanghai's and
Shenzhen's Stock Markets Using a Hybrid
Forecast Method . . . . . . . . . . . . 1066--1077
Haixiang Zhang and
Dehui Wang Inference for Random Coefficient INAR(1)
Process Based on Frequency Domain
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1078--1100
N. Balakrishnan and
E. Chimitova and
M. Vedernikova An Empirical Analysis of Some
Nonparametric Goodness-of-Fit Tests for
Censored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101--1115
Seungbong Han and
Adin-Cristian Andrei and
Kam-Wah Tsui Efficient Stratified Testing Procedure
for a False Discovery Rate . . . . . . . 1117--1125
Gulanbaier Tuerhong and
Seoung Bum Kim Comparison of Novelty Score-Based
Multivariate Control Charts . . . . . . 1126--1143
Eylem Deniz Howe and
Orietta Nicolis Genetic Algorithm in the Wavelet Domain
for Large $p$ Small $n$ Regression . . . 1144--1157
Masayo Yoshimori Numerical Comparison Between Different
Empirical Prediction Intervals Under the
Fay--Herriot Model . . . . . . . . . . . 1158--1170
Sung Won Han and
Hua Zhong and
Mary Putt An Efficient Operator for the Change
Point Estimation in Partial Spline Model 1171--1186
Abdelaziz El Matouat and
Freedath Djibril Moussa and
Hassania Hamzaoui Resampling for Order Estimation of
Autoregressive Models with Missing Data 1187--1196
Hukum Chandra and
U. C. Sud and
Yogita Gharde Small Area Estimation Using Estimated
Population Level Auxiliary Data . . . . 1197--1209
S. Balamurali and
M. Usha Optimal Designing of Variables Sampling
Plan for Resubmitted Lots . . . . . . . 1210--1224
José A. Villaseñor-Alva and
Elizabeth González-Estrada A Correlation Test for Normality Based
on the Lévy Characterization . . . . . . 1225--1238
Jan Vrbik Moments of AR(k) Parameter Estimators 1239--1252
Rashid Ahmed and
Munir Akhtar Some Classes of Binary Block Neighbor
Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253--1256
Wenjun Xiong and
Juan Ding A Flexible Nonparametric Test for
Ordered and Umbrella Alternatives . . . 1257--1263
Liwen Xu and
Fangqin Yang and
Ranran Chen and
Shenghua Yu A Parametric Bootstrap Test for Two-Way
ANOVA Model Without Interaction Under
Heteroscedasticity . . . . . . . . . . . 1264--1272
A. Kohansal and
S. Rezakhah and
E. Khorram Parameter Estimation of Type-II Hybrid
Censored Weighted Exponential
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1273--1299
Lei Zhang and
Wenting Xie and
William D. Johnson Performance of Interval Estimators for
the Inverse Hypergeometric Distribution 1300--1310
A. F. Donneau and
M. Mauer and
G. Molenberghs and
A. Albert A Simulation Study Comparing Multiple
Imputation Methods for Incomplete
Longitudinal Ordinal Data . . . . . . . 1311--1338
Dulal K. Bhaumik and
Kush Kapur and
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan and
Jerome P. Keating and
Robert D. Gibbons Small Sample Tests for Shape Parameters
of Gamma Distributions . . . . . . . . . 1339--1363
M. G. M. Khan and
Dinesh Rao and
A. H. Ansari and
M. J. Ahsan Determining Optimum Strata Boundaries
and Sample Sizes for Skewed Population
with Log-Normal Distribution . . . . . . 1364--1387
H. Bidram and
M. H. Alamatsaz and
V. Nekoukhou On an Extension of the Exponentiated
Weibull Distribution . . . . . . . . . . 1389--1404
B. N. Mandal Linear Integer Programming Approach to
Construction of Balanced Incomplete
Block Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1405--1411
Shaowen Wu and
Yong Yin Combining $p$-Values in Non-Stationary
Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1412--1431
Aya A. Aly and
Mahmoud A. Mahmoud and
William H. Woodall A Comparison of the Performance of Phase
II Simple Linear Profile Control Charts
when Parameters are Estimated . . . . . 1432--1440
Daojiang He and
Kai Xu and
Xingzhong Xu Random Weighting Empirical Distribution
Function and its Applications to
Goodness-of-Fit Testing . . . . . . . . 1441--1452
Pedro Albuquerque and
Solange Alfinito and
Claudio V. Torres Support Vector Clustering for Customer
Segmentation on Mobile TV Service . . . 1453--1464
Yujin Oh and
Yu-Seop Kim Unit Root Tests in the Presence of
Multi-Variance Break and Level Shifts
That Have Power Against the Piecewise
Stationary Alternative . . . . . . . . . 1465--1476
H. M. Barakat and
E. M. Nigm and
O. M. Khaled and
F. A. Momenkhan Bootstrap Method for Order Statistics
and Modeling Study of the Air Pollution 1477--1491
Y. H. Dovoedo and
S. Chakraborti Boxplot-Based Outlier Detection for the
Location-Scale Family . . . . . . . . . 1492--1513
Yuh-Ing Chen and
Wen-Ming Lin Estimation of the Benchmark Dose for
Right-Censored Lifetime Data . . . . . . 1514--1531
T. Palanisamy and
J. Ravichandran Variance Estimation in Heteroscedastic
Models by Undecimated Haar Transform . . 1532--1544
Chen Teel and
Taeyoung Park and
Allan R. Sampson EM Estimation for Finite Mixture Models
with Known Mixture Component Size . . . 1545--1556
Omid Kharazmi and
Abbas Mahdavi and
Malek Fathizadeh Generalized Weighted Exponential
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1557--1569
Reza Baradaran Kazemzadeh and
Rassoul Noorossana and
Mona Ayoubi Change Point Estimation of Multivariate
Linear Profiles Under Linear Drift . . . 1570--1599
Maoyuan Zhou and
Liu Liu and
Wei Geng and
Jie Zhou Multivariate Control Chart Based on
Multivariate Smirnov Test . . . . . . . 1600--1611
Junlong Zhao General Sparse Boosting: Improving
Feature Selection of $ L_2 $ Boosting by
Correlation-Based Penalty Family . . . . 1612--1640
Amir T. Payandeh Najafabadi and
Marjan Qazvini A GLM Approach to Estimating Copula
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1641--1656
Anonymous Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1657--1657
A. A. Jafari and
K. Abdollahnezhad Inferences on the Means of Two
Log-Normal Distributions: A
Computational Approach Test . . . . . . 1659--1672
Ye Tian and
Heng Lian A Note on Application of Nesterov's
Method in Solving Lasso-Type Problems 1673--1682
Anup Amatya and
Hakan Demirtas MultiOrd: An R Package for Generating
Correlated Ordinal Data . . . . . . . . 1683--1691
Mahmoud Torabi Likelihood Inference for Spatial
Generalized Linear Mixed Models . . . . 1692--1701
Francesca Greselin and
Leo Pasquazzi Parametric Versus Nonparametric
Inference on Zenga Index of Inequality:
Issues and Evidence From Survey Data . . 1702--1719
Ruiqin Tian and
Liugen Xue Smooth-Threshold GEE Variable Selection
in High-Dimensional Partially Linear
Models with Longitudinal Data . . . . . 1720--1734
Hyo-Il Park A Nonparametric Test Procedure Based on
Quantiles for the Right Censored Data 1735--1749
Alaa H. Abdel-Hamid and
Essam K. Al-Hussaini Inference and Optimal Design Based on
Step-Partially Accelerated Life Tests
for the Generalized Pareto Distribution
under Progressive Type-I Censoring . . . 1750--1769
Taeryon Choi and
Yoonsung Woo A Partially Linear Model Using a
Gaussian Process Prior . . . . . . . . . 1770--1786
Burcu Aytacoglu and
Hakan S. Sazak A Robust Control Chart for Monitoring
the Mean of an Autocorrelated Process 1787--1800
Christopher S. Withers and
Saralees Nadarajah Improved Estimates and Confidence
Intervals for Regenerative Simulation 1801--1817
Maxime Bouadoumou and
Yichuan Zhao and
Yinghua Lu Jackknife Empirical Likelihood for the
Accelerated Failure Time Model with
Censored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1818--1832
Lei Wang and
Xiaolong Pu and
Yan Li and
Yukun Liu Sequential Two-stage $D$-optimality
Sensitivity Test for Binary Response
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1833--1849
Tamae Kawasaki and
Takashi Seo A Two Sample Test for Mean Vectors with
Unequal Covariance Matrices . . . . . . 1850--1866
P. Prajitha Modeling of Discrete HNBUE Class with
Hypothesis Testing Application . . . . . 1867--1878
Olga Vladimirovna Panteleeva and
Eduardo Gutiérrez González and
Humberto Vaquera Huerta and
José A. Villaseñor Alva Identifiability and Comparison of
Estimation Methods on Weibull Mixture
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1879--1900
Yeliz Mert Kantar and
Vural Yildirim Robust Estimation for Parameters of the
Extended Burr Type III Distribution . . 1901--1930
T. Fischer and
U. Kamps Power Maps in Goodness-of-fit Testing
Based on Censored Samples . . . . . . . 1931--1974
Maoyuan Zhou and
Xuemin Zi and
Wei Geng and
Zhonghua Li A Distribution-free Multivariate
Change-point Model for Statistical
Process Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975--1987
Pao-Sheng Shen Additive Transformation Models for
Clustered Doubly Censored Data . . . . . 1988--2002
Christopher S. Withers and
Saralees Nadarajah Confidence Intervals for the Normal
Multiple Correlation . . . . . . . . . . 2003--2022
E. Gómez-Déniz and
E. Calderín-Ojeda Parameters Estimation for a New
Generalized Geometric Distribution . . . 2023--2039
Marco Bee Estimation of the Lognormal-Pareto
Distribution Using Probability Weighted
Moments and Maximum Likelihood . . . . . 2040--2060
Jibo Wu and
Hu Yang On the Principal Component Liu-type
Estimator in Linear Regression . . . . . 2061--2072
N. Balakrishnan and
Xiaojun Zhu Inference for the Birnbaum--Saunders
Lifetime Regression Model with
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2073--2100
Shuai Wang and
Yang Shen and
Linyi Qian Static Hedging of Geometric Average
Asian Options with Standard Options . . 2101--2116
Weilin Xiao and
Weiguo Zhang and
Xili Zhang Parameter Identification for Drift
Fractional Brownian Motions with
Application to the Chinese Stock Markets 2117--2136
Fabien Navarro and
Christophe Chesneau and
Jalal Fadili On Adaptive Wavelet Estimation of a
Class of Weighted Densities . . . . . . 2137--2150
James B. McDonald and
Hieu Nguyen Heteroscedasticity and Distributional
Assumptions in the Censored Regression
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2151--2168
Behrouz Fathi Vajargah and
Maryam Gharehdaghi Reducing Periodicity of Fuzzy Markov
Chains Based on Simulation Using Halton
Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2169--2175
Hidetoshi Murakami Power Comparison of Multivariate
Wilcoxon-type Tests Based on the
Jurecková-Kalina's Ranks of Distances . . 2176--2194
N. Srimaneekarn and
S. Kiatsupaibul and
A. J. Hayter and
W. Liu Estimating Drug Shelf-life with Unknown
Lot-to-lot Variability . . . . . . . . . 2195--2207
Sat Gupta and
Manohar Aggarwal Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2209--2209
Russell Reeve and
Seth Berry and
Wei Xiao and
Bradley Ferguson and
Marcel Thürk and
Rüdiger Goetz Benefits of Model-based Drug
Development: A Rigorous, Planned Case
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2210--2222
D. E. K. Martin $p$-values for the Discrete Scan
Statistic through Slack Variables . . . 2223--2239
Zaheen Khan and
Javid Shabbir and
Sat Gupta Generalized Systematic Sampling . . . . 2240--2250
V. A. Kelkar and
R. V. Mohan and
H. Shiferaw and
A. D. Kelkar Statistical Analysis of Uncertainties in
Deterministic Computational Modeling ---
Application to Composite Process Resin
Infusion Flow Model . . . . . . . . . . 2251--2263
Jie Yang and
Abhyuday Mandal $D$-optimal Factorial Designs under
Generalized Linear Models . . . . . . . 2264--2277
Jeong Sep Sihm and
Sat Gupta A Two-stage Binary Optional Randomized
Response Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2278--2296
Raúl Fierro and
Víctor Leiva and
N. Balakrishnan Statistical Inference on a Stochastic
Epidemic Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2297--2314
S. Ejaz Ahmed and
Saber Fallahpour and
Dietrich von Rosen and
Tatjana von Rosen Estimation of Several Intraclass
Correlation Coefficients . . . . . . . . 2315--2328
Jean-Marie Dufour and
Lynda Khalaf and
Marcel Voia Finite-sample Resampling-based Combined
Hypothesis Tests, with Applications to
Serial Correlation and Predictability 2329--2347
I. Das and
M. Aggarwal and
S. Mukhopadhyay Robust Designs in Generalized Linear
Models: A Quantile Dispersion Graphs
Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2348--2370
Satoshi Aoki Minimal Markov Basis for Tests of Main
Effect Models for 2$^{p - 1}$ Fractional
Factorial Designs of Resolution $p$ . . 2371--2386
Aamir Saghir and
Zhengyan Lin Designing of Gini-chart for Exponential,
t, Logistic and Laplace Distributions 2387--2409
Ming Ha Lee and
Michael B. C. Khoo Variable Sampling Interval Cumulative
Count of Conforming Chart with Runs
Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2410--2430
Vahid Tadayon and
Majid Jafari Khaledi Bayesian Analysis of Skew Gaussian
Spatial Models Based on Censored Data 2431--2441
J. Martin Van Zyl Applying Least Absolute Deviation
Regression to Regression-type Estimation
of the Index of a Stable Distribution
Using the Characteristic Function . . . 2442--2462
Jim X. Xiang A Bivariate Distribution Family with
Specified Correlation Coefficient and
Given Marginals . . . . . . . . . . . . 2463--2472
R. Santos and
J. P. Martins and
M. Felgueiras Known Mean, Unknown Maxima? Testing the
Maximum Knowing Only the Mean . . . . . 2473--2491
Tchilabalo Abozou Kpanzou On the Influence Function of the
Quintile Share Ratio . . . . . . . . . . 2492--2499
Michael Ruochen Zeng and
Tony Siu Tung Wong A Note on the Modified Likelihood Ratio
Test for Homogeneity in Beta Mixture
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2500--2512
M. Carmen Aguilera-Morillo and
Ana M. Aguilera P-spline Estimation of Functional
Classification Methods for Improving the
Quality in the Food Industry . . . . . . 2513--2534
Ali Arab and
Jason R. Courter Spatio-temporal Trend Analysis of Spring
Arrival Data for Migratory Birds . . . . 2535--2547
Shirin Shahriari and
Susana Faria and
A. Manuela Gonçalves Variable Selection Methods in
High-dimensional Regression --- a
Simulation Study . . . . . . . . . . . . 2548--2561
Rainer Göb and
Kristina Lurz Lot Sampling Distributions for Bounded
Number of Nonconformities . . . . . . . 2562--2591
D. Prata Gomes and
M. Manuela Neves Bootstrap and Other Resampling
Methodologies in Statistics of Extremes 2592--2607
J. Beleza Sousa and
M. L. Esquível and
R. M. Gaspar Brownian Bridge and Other Path-dependent
Gaussian Processes Vectorial Simulation 2608--2621
Adelaide Figueiredo and
Paulo Gomes Clustering of Variables Based on Watson
Distribution on Hypersphere: A
Comparison of Algorithms . . . . . . . . 2622--2635
Dulce G. Pereira and
Anabela Afonso and
Fátima Melo Medeiros Overview of Friedman's Test and Post-hoc
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2636--2653
Raed R. Abu Awwad and
Mohammad Z. Raqab and
Intesar M. Al-Mudahakha Statistical Inference Based on
Progressively Type II Censored Data from
Weibull Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2654--2670
K. Ahmadi and
F. Yousefzadeh Estimation for the Parameters of
Generalized Half-normal Distribution
Based on Progressive Type-I Interval
Censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2671--2695
Ilya Gertsbakh and
Eyal Neuman and
Radislav Vaisman Monte Carlo for Estimating Exponential
Convolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2696--2704
Serkan Eryilmaz Mean Time to Failure of Weighted
$k$-out-of-$n$: $G$ Systems . . . . . . 2705--2713
Sung Won Han and
Kyu Jong Lee and
Hua Zhong and
Seoung Bum Kim A Comparison of Spatiotemporal
Surveillance Methods for Nonhomogeneous
Change Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2714--2730
Manas Ranjan Tripathy and
Nabendu Pal A Note on Estimation of a Distribution
Function in a Nonparametric Set-up Using
Stein's Shrinkage Estimation Technique 2731--2741
Mingqiu Wang and
Lixin Song and
Xiaoguang Wang Quadratic Approximation via the SCAD
Penalty with a Diverging Number of
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--16
Filiz Kardiyen and
Hülya Olmus A Comparison of Two Group Classification
Approaches to Fat-tailed and Skewed Data 17--32
Alya O. Al Mutairi and
Heng Chin Low Improved Measures of the Spread of Data
for Some Unknown Complex Distributions
Using Saddlepoint Approximations . . . . 33--47
Chun Luo and
Yingshan Zhang Symmetrical Design of Experiment in
Global Sensitivity Analysis Based on
ANOVA High-dimensional Model
Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--72
David D. L. Minh and
Do Le (Paul) Minh and
Andrew L. Nguyen Layer Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--100
Juan Ding and
Wenjun Xiong A New Estimator for a Population
Proportion Using Group Testing . . . . . 101--114
H. Park and
S. Konishi Robust Coordinate Descent Algorithm
Robust Solution Path for
High-dimensional Sparse Regression
Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--129
S. Shemehsavar and
Morteza Amini Failure Inference and Optimization for
Step Stress Model Based on Bivariate
Wiener Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--151
Francisco J. Ariza-Hernandez and
Flaviano Godínez-Jaimes and
Ramón Reyes-Carreto Bayesian Estimation of the Log-linear
Exponential Regression Model with
Censorship and Collinearity . . . . . . 152--164
Taeyoung Park and
Seunghyun Min Partially Collapsed Gibbs Sampling for
Linear Mixed-effects Models . . . . . . 165--180
A. R. Shafay Exact Inference for a Simple Step-stress
Model with Generalized Type-I Hybrid
Censored Data from the Exponential
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--206
Gabriel Rodríguez A Comparative Note about Estimation of
the Fractional Parameter under Additive
Outliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207--221
Peiyan Qi and
Xifa Duan and
Zheng Tian and
Fuxiao Li Sequential Monitoring for Changes in
Models with a Polynomial Trend . . . . . 222--239
Yongqiang Tang Notes on Kolassa's Method for Estimating
the Power of Wilcoxon--Mann--Whitney
Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--251
Matthias Arnold and
Nils Raabe and
Dominik Wied Identifying Different Areas of
Inhomogeneous Mineral Subsoil: Spatial
Fluctuation Approaches . . . . . . . . . 252--263
Melody Denhere and
Nedret Billor Robust Principal Component Functional
Logistic Regression . . . . . . . . . . 264--281
Nathalie Villa-Vialaneix and
Noslen Hernández and
Alain Paris and
Céline Domange and
Nathalie Priymenko and
Philippe Besse On Combining Wavelets Expansion and
Sparse Linear Models for Regression on
Metabolomic Data and Biomarker Selection 282--298
Joost C. F. de Winter and
Dimitra Dodou Common Factor Analysis versus Principal
Component Analysis: A Comparison of
Loadings by Means of Simulations . . . . 299--321
Liwen Xu and
Kaiyi Qu and
Mixia Wu and
Bo Mei and
Ranran Chen Parametric Bootstrap Tests for
Unbalanced Three-factor Nested Designs
under Heteroscedasticity . . . . . . . . 322--338
S. F. Bagheri and
M. Alizadeh and
S. Nadarajah Efficient Estimation of the PDF and the
CDF of the Exponentiated Gumbel
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--361
R. Vijayaraghavan and
S. Banumathi Bayesian Design of Special Type of
Double Sampling Plans for Compliance
Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--377
Dong Wan Shin and
Hyo Jin Kim and
Jinwook Seo SUR Approach for IV Estimation of
Canonical Contagion Models . . . . . . . 378--387
A. Daneshkhah and
G. Parham and
O. Chatrabgoun and
M. Jokar Approximation Multivariate Distribution
with Pair Copula Using the Orthonormal
Polynomial and Legendre Multiwavelets
Basis Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--419
Abdou Kâ Diongue and
Mor Ndongo The $k$-factor GARMA Process with
Infinite Variance Innovations . . . . . 420--437
Tanujit Dey and
Sanku Dey and
Debasis Kundu On Progressively Type-II Censored
Two-parameter Rayleigh Distribution . . 438--455
Alexandru V. Asimit and
Edward Furman and
Raluca Vernic Statistical Inference for a New Class of
Multivariate Pareto Distributions . . . 456--471
Santanu Dutta Cross-validation Revisited . . . . . . . 472--490
Donald Lien and
Christopher Stroud and
Keying Ye Comparing VaR Approximation Methods that
Use the First Four Moments as Inputs . . 491--503
Reinhard Brandner and
Ernst Stadlober Samples of iid Lognormals:
Approximations for Characteristics of
Minima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504--518
Dwi Yuli Rakhmawati and
Chao-Lung Yang and
Chien-Wei Wu Process Capability Assessment for
Asymmetric Tolerances with Consideration
of Gauge Measurement Errors . . . . . . 519--547
Muhammad Azam and
Muhammad Aslam and
Karl Peter Pfeiffer Three Steps Strategy to Search for
Optimum Classification Trees . . . . . . 548--565
P. G. Sankaran and
N. Unnikrishnan Nair and
N. N. Midhu A New Quantile Function with
Applications to Reliability Analysis . . 566--582
Deepak Kumar and
S. B. Singh Stochastic Analysis of Complex
Repairable System with Deliberate
Failure Emphasizing Reboot Delay . . . . 583--602
Diego I. Gallardo and
Heleno Bolfarine and
Antonio C. Pedroso-De-Lima Promotion Time Cure Rate Model with
Bivariate Random Effects . . . . . . . . 603--624
Tatiene C. Souza and
Tarciana L. Pereira and
Francisco Cribari-Neto and
Veônica M. C. Lima Testing Inference in Inflated Beta
Regressions under Model Misspecification 625--642
A. A. P. N. M. Perera and
M. R. Sooriyarachchi and
S. L. Wickramasuriya A Goodness of Fit Test for the
Multilevel Logistic Model . . . . . . . 643--659
W. A. Malik and
J. Möhring and
H. P. Piepho A Clustering-based Test for
Nonadditivity in an Unreplicated Two-way
Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660--670
Zhimeng Sun Empirical Likelihood Inference of the
Partial Linear Isotonic
Errors-in-variables Regression Models
with Missing Data . . . . . . . . . . . 671--688
Jibo Wu Modified Restricted Almost Unbiased Liu
Estimator in Linear Regression Model . . 689--700
Yunchan Chi and
Tsung-Hsien Tsai and
Yi-Hsuan Tu and
Wen-Yan Tsai Comparison of Several Confidence
Intervals for Median Residual Lifetime
with Left-truncated and Right-censored
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701--716
Alejandro Villagran and
Gabriel Huerta and
Marina Vannucci and
Charles S. Jackson and
Alvaro Nosedal Non-parametric Sampling Approximation
via Voronoi Tessellations . . . . . . . 717--736
Chunning Yan and
Ren Chen and
Yangxin Huang Mixed-effects Models with Skewed
Distributions for Time-varying Decay
Rate in HIV Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . 737--757
M. R. Faghihi and
S. Tat On $ \Phi_p $-optimality of Incomplete
Block Designs: An Algorithm . . . . . . 758--769
Moonsu Kang Optimal False Discovery Rate Control
with Kernel Density Estimation in a
Microarray Experiment . . . . . . . . . 771--780
Jiunn-I Shieh and
Hsin-Hung Wu Measures of Consistency for DEMATEL
Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781--790
Juha Ala-Luhtala and
Robert Piché Gaussian Scale Mixture Models for Robust
Linear Multivariate Regression with
Missing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791--813
X. Wang and
N. Balakrishnan and
B. Guo Mis-specification Analyses of Nonlinear
Wiener Process-based Degradation Models 814--832
M. Ivette Gomes and
M. Fátima Brilhante and
Dinis Pestana New Reduced-bias Estimators of a
Positive Extreme Value Index . . . . . . 833--862
Dafydd Evans and
Jonathan Gillard Difference-based Methods for Truncating
the Singular Value Decomposition . . . . 863--879
Tianyu Sun and
Yimin Shi Estimation for Birnbaum--Saunders
Distribution in Simple Step
Stress-accelerated Life Test with
Type-II Censoring . . . . . . . . . . . 880--901
Arnaud D. Nze Ossima and
Mohamed C. Belkacemi and
Jean-Pierre Daur\`es Using Adjacent-category Logits Procedure
for Estimating Receiver Operating
Characteristic Surface . . . . . . . . . 902--919
Meryam Krit and
Olivier Gaudoin and
Min Xie and
Emmanuel Remy Simplified Likelihood Based
Goodness-of-fit Tests for the Weibull
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920--951
Shu-Fei Wu and
Hubert J. Chen An Optimal Confidence Region for the
Largest and the Smallest Means from a
Multivariate Normal Distribution . . . . 952--967
Roel de Jong and
Stef van Buuren and
Martin Spiess Multiple Imputation of Predictor
Variables Using Generalized Additive
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968--985
Agnieszka Rutkowska and
Kazimierz Banasik The Cucconi Test for Location-scale
Alternatives in Application to
Asymmetric Hydrological Variables . . . 986--1000
N. H. Jadhav and
D. N. Kashid Robust Linearized Ridge $M$-estimator
for Linear Regression Model . . . . . . 1001--1024
Oleg Sysoev and
Anders Grimvall and
Oleg Burdakov Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for
Large-scale Multivariate Monotonic
Regression Problems . . . . . . . . . . 1025--1040
Bruno Lecoutre and
Jacques Poitevineau New Results for Computing Blaker's Exact
Confidence Interval for One Parameter
Discrete Distributions . . . . . . . . . 1041--1053
Fangyu Liu and
Lirong Cui A Design of Attributes Double Sampling
Plans for Three-class Products . . . . . 1054--1071
Lixiang Tan and
Lihong Wang The LASSO Method for Bilinear Time
Series Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1072--1082
Bernard Picinbono Inversion of the Renewal Density with
Dead-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1083--1093
Yasin Asar and
Asir Genç New Shrinkage Parameters for the
Liu-type Logistic Estimators . . . . . . 1094--1103
Minjung Kyung A Computational Bayesian Method for
Generalized Semiparametric Regression
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1104--1128
Avinash Chandran and
Derek Brown and
Jerome Danoff and
Loretta DiPietro Using the Inverse Maximum Ratio-$
\Lambda $ as a Technique to Quantify
Surface Uniformity . . . . . . . . . . . 1129--1142
Pedro Macedo and
Manuel Scotto and
Elvira Silva Regularization with Maximum Entropy and
Quantum Electrodynamics: The Merg(E)
Estimators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1143--1157
Ben-Chang Shia and
Bo Zhang Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1159--1159
Wei Xue and
Jing Zhang Dealing with Imbalanced Dataset: A
Re-sampling Method Based on the Improved
SMOTE Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . 1160--1172
Shilong Li and
Xia Zhao and
Jingxiao Zhang Fractional Age Assumption Based on Cubic
Polynomial Interpolation . . . . . . . . 1173--1186
Yu-Ting Cheng and
Chih-Ching Yang An Approach of Stocks Substitution
Strategy Using Fuzzy Interval
Correlation Coefficient . . . . . . . . 1187--1196
Jianping Zhu and
Kuangnan Fang A Multistage Chi-square Test for
Measurement of the Degree of Association
in Two-way Table . . . . . . . . . . . . 1197--1212
Hsin-Hung Chen and
Mingchih Chen and
Chun-Cheng Chiu The Integration of Artificial Neural
Networks and Text Mining to Forecast
Gold Futures Prices . . . . . . . . . . 1213--1225
Bo Zhang and
Tao Bi Intraday Serial Correlation,Volatility,
and Jump: Evidence from China's Stock
Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226--1239
Y. K. Tseng and
Y. F. Yang A Kernel Smooth Approach for Joint
Modeling of Accelerated Failure Time and
Longitudinal Data . . . . . . . . . . . 1240--1248
Daniel Wei-Chung Miao and
Hsiu-Chun Lee and
Hung Chen A Standardized Normal-Laplace Mixture
Distribution Fitted to Symmetric Implied
Volatility Smiles . . . . . . . . . . . 1249--1267
Yang Li and
Yichen Qin and
Limin Wang and
Jiaxu Chen and
Shuangge Ma Grouped Variable Selection Using Area
under the ROC with Imbalanced Data . . . 1268--1280
Lei Qin and
Shuangge Ma and
Jung-Chen Lin and
Ben-Chang Shia Lasso Regression Based on Empirical Mode
Decomposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1281--1294
Berlin Wu and
Tsung-Kuo Tien-Liu and
Ching-Ling Wu and
Wentsung Lai Statistical Analysis with Soft
Computation for Fuzzy Answering in
Sampling Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . 1295--1306
Jack C. Yue and
Murray K. Clayton A Multiple-community Overlap Measure
Based on a Probabilistic Approach . . . 1307--1317
Chin-Chuan Wu and
Li-Ching Chen and
Yi-Jie Chen Statistical Inferences for the Lifetime
Performance Index of the Products with
the Gompertz Distribution under Censored
Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1318--1336
Berlin Wu and
Wentsung Lai and
Ching-Ling Wu and
Tsung-Kuo Tienliu Correlation with Fuzzy Data and Its
Applications in the $ 12$-year
Compulsory Education in Taiwan . . . . . 1337--1354
Xiaomao Li and
Jianxin Yin Sparse Sufficient Dimension Reduction
for Markov Blanket Discovery . . . . . . 1355--1364
Lie-Jane Kao and
Tai-Yuan Chen and
Kuang-Chao Chang Efficient Mixture Design Fitting
Quadratic Surface with Quantile
Responses Using First-degree Polynomial 1365--1380
Hu Yang and
Danhui Yi and
Chenqun Yu Cluster Data Streams with Noisy
Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1381--1396
Miao Liu and
Xiaoling Lu and
Jie Song A New Feature Selection Method for Text
Categorization of Customer Reviews . . . 1397--1409
Su-Fen Yang An Improved Distribution-free EWMA Mean
Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1410--1427
Paola Monari and
Viatcheslav B. Melas and
Luigi Salmaso Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1429--1429
Alexander V. Bulinski and
Alexander S. Rakitko Simulation and Analytical Approach to
the Identification of Significant
Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1430--1450
Ekaterina Bulinskaya and
Julia Gusak Optimal Control and Sensitivity Analysis
for Two Risk Models . . . . . . . . . . 1451--1466
M. Ahsanullah and
Prof. V. B. Nevzorov On Some New Record Schemes . . . . . . . 1467--1476
Vladimir V. Anisimov Predictive Hierarchic Modeling of
Operational Characteristics in Clinical
Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1477--1488
Ingram Olkin Life Distributions: A Brief Discussion 1489--1498
Jean-Paul Fox and
Maarten Marsman and
Joris Mulder and
Josine Verhagen Complex Latent Variable Modeling in
Educational Assessment . . . . . . . . . 1499--1510
Cyrielle Dumont and
Marylore Chenel and
France Mentré Two-stage Adaptive Designs in Nonlinear
Mixed Effects Models: Application to
Pharmacokinetics in Children . . . . . . 1511--1525
D. Rasch and
F. Teuscher and
L. R. Verdooren A Conjecture about BIBDs . . . . . . . . 1526--1537
E. Androulakis and
C. Koukouvinos and
F. Vonta Tuning Parameter Selection in Penalized
Frailty Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1538--1553
Stefano Bonnini Multivariate Approach for Comparative
Evaluations of Customer Satisfaction
with Application to Transport Services 1554--1568
R. Arboretti Giancristofaro and
V. Boatto and
T. Tempesta and
D. Vecchiato Statistical Modeling for the Evaluation
of Consumers' Preferences . . . . . . . 1569--1582
Eleonora Carrozzo and
Livio Corain and
Remigio Musci and
Luigi Salmaso and
Luca Spadoni A New Approach to Rank Several
Multivariate Normal Populations with
Application to Life Cycle Assessment . . 1583--1599
Bertrand Gauthier and
Luc Pronzato Approximation of IMSE-optimal Designs
via Quadrature Rules and Spectral
Decomposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1600--1612
Subir Ghosh and
Mike (Fu Ze) Huang Full Estimation Capacity Hierarchical
Fractional Factorial Designs for a Class
of Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1613--1620
Maria Iannario Testing Overdispersion in CUBE Models 1621--1635
Irene Martelli and
Mariagiulia Matteucci and
Stefania Mignani Bayesian Estimation of a
Multidimensional Additive Graded
Response Model for Correlated Traits . . 1636--1654
Giulia Roli and
Paola Monari A Model-based Approach to Measure School
Achievements in Latent Groups of
Students: A Simulation Study . . . . . . 1655--1663
Matteo Farné An Algorithm to Simulate VMA Processes
Having a Spectrum with Fixed Condition
Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1664--1675
Xinwei Feng Anticipated Backward Stochastic
Differential Equation with Reflection 1676--1688
Jin Chu Wu and
Alvin F. Martin and
Raghu N. Kacker Validation of Nonparametric Two-sample
Bootstrap in ROC Analysis on Large
Datasets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1689--1703
Frank Schaarschmidt and
Gemechis D. Djira Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for
Ratios of Fixed Effect Parameters in
Linear Mixed Models . . . . . . . . . . 1704--1717
D. J. Best and
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Jan De Neve and
David Allingham Comparing Nonparametric Tests of
Equality of Means for Randomized Block
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Hélcio Vieira Junior and
Karl Heinz Kienitz and
Mischel Carmen Neyra Belder-Rain Multinomial Selection in the Presence of
Infinite Alternatives . . . . . . . . . 1731--1747
Henri E. Cuny and
Tristan Senga Kiessé On Modeling Wood Formation Using
Parametric and Semiparametric
Regressions for Count Data . . . . . . . 1748--1762
Yasemin Kayhan Atilgan Robust Coplot Analysis . . . . . . . . . 1763--1775
Satish Bhat and
R. Vidya and
V. Pandit Parameshwar Maximum Likelihood Estimation of
Parameters in a Mixture Model . . . . . 1776--1784
H. E. T. Holgersson and
K. Månsson and
G. Shukur Testing for Panel Unit Roots under
General Cross-sectional Dependence . . . 1785--1801
Nehir Ene and
Mehmet Karahasan A New Estimation Method Based on Order
Statistics in the Families of Symmetric
Location-scale Distributions . . . . . . 1802--1825
Cui Xiong and
Jin Xu Confidence Intervals from Stochastic
Approximation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1827--1837
M. Arefi and
G. R. Mohtashami Borzadaran and
Y. Vaghei Interval Estimations for the Mean of the
Generalized Poisson and Generalized
Negative Binomial Distributions . . . . 1838--1864
Ji Luo and
Haifen Li and
Jiajia Zhang Robust Smoothed Rank Estimation Methods
for Accelerated Failure Time Model
Allowing Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . 1865--1884
S. Huda and
L. Benkherouf On Some Two- and Three-dimensional
D-minimax Designs for Estimating Slopes
of a Third-order Response Surface . . . 1885--1895
Guoyi Zhang and
Maozhen Gong and
Yang Cheng Adjusted Confidence Bands for Complex
Survey Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1896--1904
Thalita do Bem Mattos and
Clécio da Silva Ferreira The Mean-shift Outlier Model under Skew
Normal Distribution . . . . . . . . . . 1905--1917
Bailey K. Fosdick and
Michael D. Perlman Variance-stabilizing and
Confidence-stabilizing Transformations
for the Normal Correlation Coefficient
with Known Variances . . . . . . . . . . 1918--1935
Toru Ogura and
Takemi Yanagimoto Powerful Test of Two Proportions by
Assuming a Registered Prior Density . . 1936--1949
Tomohiro Nakamura and
Yoshiro Yamamoto and
Hideyuki Douke Sequential Hypothesis Tests for
Identifying the Minimum Dose with a
Threshold Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . 1950--1970
E. Androulakis and
C. Koukouvinos and
F. Vonta A New Method for the Analysis of
Supersaturated Designs with Discrete
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1971--1990
Tizheng Li and
Changlin Mei Statistical Inference on the Parametric
Component in Partially Linear Spatial
Autoregressive Models . . . . . . . . . 1991--2006
Clemens Draxler and
Gerhard Tutz and
Katharina Zink and
Can Gürer Comparison of Maximum Likelihood with
Conditional Pairwise Likelihood
Estimation of Person Parameters in the
Rasch Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007--2017
Li Qin and
Lisa Weissfeld and
Marsha D. Marcus and
Michele D. Levine and
Feng Dai Modeling Longitudinal Obesity Data with
Intermittent Missingness Using a New
Latent Variable Model . . . . . . . . . 2018--2031
Martin Solberger A Likelihood Ratio Test for
Idiosyncratic Unit Roots in the Exact
Factor Model with Integrated Factors . . 2032--2050
Semhar Michael and
Volodymyr Melnykov Studying Complexity of Model-based
Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2051--2069
Aytaç Pekmezci and
Mustafa Dilek The Comparison of Performances of Widely
Used Cointegration Tests . . . . . . . . 2070--2080
W. L. Teoh and
Michael B. C. Khoo and
Philippe Castagliola and
M. H. Lee The Exact Run Length Distribution and
Design of the Shewhart Chart with
Estimated Parameters Based on Median Run
Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2081--2103
Hubert J. Chen and
Shu-Fei Wu and
Pei-Chi Shao and
Wen-Gine Wang On Testing the Mean Equivalence of
Treatments from Correlated Normal
Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2104--2121
Kohji Yamamura Estimation of the Predictive Ability of
Ecological Models . . . . . . . . . . . 2122--2144
André Beauducel and
Norbert Hilger On the Correlation of Common Factors
with Variance Not Accounted for by the
Factor Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2145--2157
Xiaolin Wang and
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan and
Bo Guo Residual Life Estimation Based on a
Generalized Wiener Process with
Skew-normal Random Effects . . . . . . . 2158--2181
Chunhao Tu and
Woon Yuen Koh Using Inverse Probability Weighting
Estimators to Evaluate Various
Propensity Scores When Treatment
Switching Exists . . . . . . . . . . . . 2182--2190
S. F. Bagheri and
M. Alizadeh and
S. Nadarajah and
E. Deiri Efficient Estimation of the PDF and the
CDF of the Weibull Extension Model . . . 2191--2207
Guangbao Guo and
Lu Lin Parallel Bootstrap and Optimal Subsample
Lengths in Smooth Function Models . . . 2208--2231
Wangxue Chen and
Minyu Xie and
Ming Wu Modified Maximum Likelihood Estimator of
Scale Parameter Using Moving Extremes
Ranked Set Sampling . . . . . . . . . . 2232--2240
Zijian Dong and
Zhongming Wang Variational Inference of Linear
Regression with Nonzero Prior Means . . 2241
Husam A. Bayoud and
Omar A. Kittaneh Testing the Equality of Two Exponential
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2249
Mohammad A. Rahman and
Karl K. Lin and
Ram C. Tiwari and
Matthew Jackson Exact Poly-$K$ Test . . . . . . . . . . 2257
Nursel Koyuncu and
Cem Kadilar Calibration Weighting in Stratified
Random Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . 2267
Canan G. Corlu and
Melike Meterelliyoz Estimating the Parameters of the
Generalized Lambda Distribution: Which
Method Performs Best? . . . . . . . . . 2276
Rajvir Singh Chauhan and
Parminder Singh and
Narinder Kumar Comparing Several Variances with a
Control in Direction-mixed Families of
Hypotheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2297
Daniel Jones and
Michael Kohler and
Adam Krzyzak and
Alexander Richter Empirical Comparison of Nonparametric
Regression Estimates on Real Data . . . 2309
Liu-Cang Wu and
Zhong-Zhan Zhang and
Guo-Liang Tian and
Deng-Ke Xu A Robust Variable Selection to $t$-type
Joint Generalized Linear Models via
Penalized $t$-type Pseudo-likelihood . . 2320
Brianna C. Bright and
Julia N. Soulakova Evaluating the Performance of
Simultaneous Stepwise Confidence
Intervals for the Difference between two
Poisson Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2338
Dong-Dong Pan and
Zheng-Bang Li and
Qi-Zhai Li and
Wing Kam Fung A Novel Powerful Joint Analysis with
Data Fusion in Two-stage Case-Control
Genome-wide Association Studies . . . . 2362
Tao Lu and
Min Wang Investigate Data Dependency for Dynamic
Gene Regulatory Network Identification
through High-dimensional Differential
Equation Approach . . . . . . . . . . . 2377
Hu Yang and
Jing Lv and
Chaohui Guo Penalized LAD Regression for
Single-index Models . . . . . . . . . . 2392
Rahim Alhamzawi Bayesian Elastic Net Tobit Quantile
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409
K. Krishnamoorthy Modified Normal-based Approximation to
the Percentiles of Linear Combination of
Independent Random Variables with
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2428
Maryam Sharifdoust and
Choung Min Ng and
Seng-Huat Ong Probability Generating Function Based
Jeffrey's Divergence for Statistical
Inference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2445
Sen Lin Cheng and
Buqing Liu and
Lei Li and
Jiansong Huang MLE Solution Research for a Certain Kind
of Two-dimensional Lognormal
Distribution Function . . . . . . . . . 2459
Z. Hlávka and
M. Husková and
C. Kirch and
S. G. Meintanis Bootstrap Procedures for Online
Monitoring of Changes in Autoregressive
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2471
George Kalema and
Samuel Iddi and
Geert Molenberghs The Combined Model: A Tool for
Simulating Correlated Counts with
Overdispersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2491
Jiujun Zhang and
Zhonghua Li and
Qin Zhou and
Zhaojun Wang An Adaptive Shiryaev--Roberts Procedure
for Signalling Varying Location Shifts 2511
Hongxia Yang and
Jun Wang Bayesian Hierarchical Kernelized
Probabilistic Matrix Factorization . . . 2528
Wai Chung Yeong and
Michael B. C. Khoo and
M. Shamsuzzaman and
Philippe Castagliola Sensitivity Analyses of the Economic and
Economic Statistical Designs of the
Multivariate Synthetic $ T^2 $ Chart . . 2541
Kung-Jong Lui Notes on Interval Estimation of Odds
Ratio in Matched Pairs under Stratified
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2562
Young-Ju Kim A Comparative Study of Semiparametric
Estimation in Partially Linear
Single-index Models . . . . . . . . . . 2577
Rajan Lamichhane and
Sarjinder Singh Estimation of Mode Using Two-phase
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2586
Junsheng Ma and
Xiaoying Yu and
Elaine Symanski and
Rachelle Doody and
Wenyaw Chan A Bayesian Approach in Estimating
Transition Probabilities of a
Discrete-time Markov Chain for Ignorable
Intermittent Missing Data . . . . . . . 2598
Muhammad Mohsin and
Jürgen Pilz and
Albrecht Gebhardt An Explicit Distribution to Model the
Proportion of Heating Degree Day and
Cooling Degree Day . . . . . . . . . . . 2617
S. Baratpour and
A. Habibi Rad Exponentiality Test Based on the
Progressive Type II Censoring via
Cumulative Entropy . . . . . . . . . . . 2625
Zhensheng Huang Empirical-likelihood-based Test for
Partially Linear Single-index Models
with Error-prone Linear Covariates . . . 2638
Paulo C. Rodrigues and
Eric Laber Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2657
Shahadut Hossain and
Zahirul Hoque and
A. H. M. Saidul Hasan A Better Alternative to Non-parametric
Approaches for Adjusting for Covariate
Measurement Errors in Logistic
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2659
Daniel Gerhard Simultaneous Small Sample Inference for
Linear Combinations of Generalized
Linear Model Parameters . . . . . . . . 2678
Wenyu Jiang and
Nathalie C. Moon and
Bingshu E. Chen and
Dongsheng Tu Permutation Methods for Comparing the
Accuracy of Nested Prediction Models in
Survival Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . 2691
Daojiang He and
Yan Wu and
Kai Xu A Class of $ s - K $ Type Principal
Components Estimators in the Linear
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2709
Wanrong Liu and
Xuewen Lu and
Changchun Xie Empirical Likelihood for the Additive
Hazards Model with Current Status Data 2720
Henian Chen and
Nanhua Zhang and
Xiaosun Lu Is Early Smoking a Causal Risk Factor
for Later Cognitive Impairment? A20-year
Prospective Study with Time-varying
Propensity Score Matching Based on
Random Intercept and Slope . . . . . . . 2733
Hakan Demirtas and
Donald Hedeker Computing the Point-biserial Correlation
under Any Underlying Continuous
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2744
Sheng-Mao Chang and
Ray-Bing Chen and
Yunchan Chi Bayesian Variable Selections for Probit
Models with Componentwise Gibbs Samplers 2752
Emilio Gómez-Déniz and
M. E. Ghitany and
Ramesh C. Gupta Poisson-mixed Inverse Gaussian
Regression Model and Its Application . . 2767
Kamran Abbas and
Yincai Tang Objective Bayesian Analysis for
Log-logistic Distribution . . . . . . . 2782
Sumaia A. Latif and
Pedro A. Morettin Curve of Correlation for Time Series . . 2792
Sanam Haseen and
Irfan Ali and
Abdul Bari Multiobjective Stochastic Multivariate
Stratified Sampling in Presence of
Nonresponse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2810
Moein Saleh and
Rong Pan Constructing Efficient Experimental
Designs for Generalized Linear Models 2827
Fujun Hou A Multiplicative Alo-group Based
Hierarchical Decision Model and
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2846
Erlis Ruli and
Laura Ventura Higher-order Bayesian Approximations for
Pseudo-posterior Distributions . . . . . 2863
Warsha Singh and
Gudmundur Thordarson and
Sisira Haputhantri and
Gunnar Stefansson Optimized Sampling Strategies for
Identifying Modes in Length-frequency
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2874
Liwen Xu and
Lingli Yuan A Parametric Bootstrap Solution to
Two-way MANOVA without Interaction under
Heteroscedasticity: Fixed and Mixed
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2888
I. B. Mohamed and
A. Rambli and
N. Khaliddin and
A. I. N. Ibrahim A New Discordancy Test in Circular Data
Using Spacings Theory . . . . . . . . . 2904
P. T. Pepler and
D. W. Uys and
D. G. Nel A Comparison of Some Methods for the
Selection of a Common Eigenvector Model
for the Covariance Matrices of Two
Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2917
Ayman Baklizi Comparison of Interval Estimators of $
{\rm Pr}(X < Y) $ in the Two-parameter
Exponential Distribution . . . . . . . . 2937
Alan Herschtal and
Farshad Foroudi and
Tomas Kron and
Kerrie Mengersen A Comparison of Bayesian Models of
Heteroscedasticity in Nested Normal Data 2947
Rohan Kumar Raman and
U. C. Sud and
Hukum Chandra Calibration Approach-based Product
Estimator of Finite Population Total
with Subsampling of Nonrespondents under
Single and Two-phase Sampling . . . . . 2965
Gulnora Raimova Probabilistic Approach to Solution of
the Neumann Problem for Some Nonlinear
Equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2981
Tamer M. Elbayoumi and
Jeff Terpstra Weighted $ L_1 $-estimates for the
First-order Bifurcating Autoregressive
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2991
S. Balamurali and
Muhammad Azam and
Muhammad Aslam Attribute-variable Inspection Policy for
Lots Using Resampling Based on EWMA . . 3014
Yan Ma and
Haitao Chu and
Madhu Mazumdar Meta-analysis of Proportions of Rare
Events --- A Comparison of Exact
Likelihood Methods with Robust Variance
Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3036
Fatemah Alqallaf and
Claudio Agostinelli Robust Inference in Generalized Linear
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3053
M. Zargar and
H. Jabbari Nooghabi and
M. Amini Test of Independence for Baker's
Bivariate Distributions . . . . . . . . 3074
Liying Wang and
Jie Zhang and
Wei Chen and
Xujie Jia Reliability Evaluation of a Load-sharing
Parallel System with Failure Dependence 3094
Jin Yang and
Shuang Guo and
Chuanhua Wei Testing Serial Correlation in Partially
Linear Additive Errors-in-variables
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3114
Zhongxian Men and
Tony S. Wirjanto and
Adam W. Kolkiewicz Sampling-based Inference of Time
Deformation Models with Heavy Tail
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3128
Samantha R. Seals and
Charles R. Katholi and
Jing Zhang and
Inmaculada B. Aban Evaluating the Use of Spatial Covariance
Structures in the Analysis of
Cardiovascular Imaging Data . . . . . . 3149
Takeshi Emura and
Shau-Kai Shiu Estimation and Model Selection for
Left-truncated and Right-censored
Lifetime Data with Application to
Electric Power Transformers Analysis . . 3171
S. M. Sadooghi-alvandi and
A. A. Jafari and
H. A. Mardani-Fard Comparing Several Regression Models with
Unequal Variances . . . . . . . . . . . 3190
Roohollah Roozegar and
Alireza Nematollahi and
Ahad Jamalizadeh Properties and Inference for a New Class
of Skew-$t$ Distributions . . . . . . . 3217
Taiane S. Prass and
Sílvia R. C. Lopes and
Jorge A. Achcar MCMC Bayesian Estimation in FIEGARCH
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3238
Mangey Ram and
Monika Manglik Performance Evaluation of a Multi-state
System Covering Imperfect Fault Coverage 3259
Dorin Drignei and
Mihaela C. Drignei Uncertainty Analysis for Functional
Computer Output: A Simulation Study in
Inverse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 3281
Robin Van Oirbeek and
Emmanuel Lesaffre Exploring the Clustering Effect of the
Frailty Survival Model by Means of the
Brier Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3294
Hongjiang Gao and
Inmaculada Aban and
Charles R. Katholi Pool Screening: An Example of
Independent Nonidentical Bernoulli Trial 3307
Sat Gupta and
Javid Shabbir and
Rita Sousa and
Pedro Corte-Real Improved Exponential Type Estimators of
the Mean of a Sensitive Variable in the
Presence of Nonsensitive Auxiliary
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3317
Amy M. Kwon and
Ming Ouyang and
Andrew Cheng Resampling-based Classification Using
Depth for Functional Curves . . . . . . 3329
Daniel Frobish and
Nader Ebrahimi and
Dung Pham Semiparametric Estimation of a
Change-point for Recurrent Events Data 3339
O. Chatrabgoun and
G. Parham Copula Density Estimation Using
Multiwavelets Based on the
Multiresolution Analysis . . . . . . . . 3350
Ma. Sofia Criselda A. Poblador and
Erniel B. Barrios Control Chart for Monitoring
Autocorrelated Process with Multiple
Exogenous Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . 3373
Hossein Riazoshams and
Habshah Bt. Midi The Performance of a Robust Multistage
Estimator in Nonlinear Regression with
Heteroscedastic Errors . . . . . . . . . 3394
Stephen Chan and
Saralees Nadarajah and
Emmanuel Afuecheta An R Package for Value at Risk and
Expected Shortfall . . . . . . . . . . . 3416
Lotfi Khribi and
Marc Fredette and
Brenda MacGibbon The Poisson Maximum Entropy Model for
Homogeneous Poisson Processes . . . . . 3435
Sanjay Kumar Singh and
Umesh Singh and
Manoj Kumar Bayesian Estimation for
Poisson-exponential Model under
Progressive Type-II Censoring Data with
Binomial Removal and Its Application to
Ovarian Cancer Data . . . . . . . . . . 3457
Behzad Mansouri and
Mitra Abasnezhad Discrimination Measures for Fractional
Integrated Models Based on Wavelets . . 3476
Shahjahan Khan and
Budi Pratikno and
Adriana I. N. Ibrahim and
Rossita M. Yunus The Correlated Bivariate Noncentral $F$
Distribution and Its Application . . . . 3491
Yu-Jau Lin and
H. M. Okasha and
Y. L. Lio Prediction Intervals for Future Order
Statistics from a Generalized Modified
Weibull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508
Hasan Önder Comparative Study of Generalized
Estimating Equations and Logistic
Regressions on Different Sample Sizes
and Correlation Levels . . . . . . . . . 3528
Shaul K. Bar-Lev and
Benzion Boukai and
Igor Kleiner A Numerical Study of Small Parameter
Behavior of Some Families of
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3534
M. H. Tahir and
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Ayman Alzaatreh and
M. Mansoor and
M. Zubair A New Weibull--Pareto Distribution:
Properties and Applications . . . . . . 3548
Omer Ozturk and
Neslihan Demirel Estimation of Population Variance from
Multi-ranker Ranked Set Sampling Designs 3568
Zawar Hussain and
Bander Al-Zahrani and
Javid Shabbir and
Manzoor Khan On Using Negative Binomial Distribution
as a Randomization Device in Sensitive
Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3584
Aba Diop and
Aliou Diop and
Jean-François Dupuy Simulation-based Inference in a
Zero-inflated Bernoulli Regression Model 3597
C. N. Kuruwita Non-iterative Estimation and Variable
Selection in the Single-index Quantile
Regression Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 3615
Yousheng Zhou and
Yiping Yang and
Jian Han and
Peixin Zhao Estimation for Partially Linear
Single-index Instrumental Variables
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3629
M. Tariqul Hasan and
Shahariar Huda and
Gary Sneddon A Comparative Study of Observation- and
Parameter-driven Zero-inflated Poisson
Models for Longitudinal Count Data . . . 3643
Hyejin Lee and
Dong-Yop Oh Dealing with the Initial Observation in
the LM Unit Root Test . . . . . . . . . 3660
N. Balakrishnan and
H. Y. So and
X. J. Zhu On Box--Muller Transformation and
Simulation of Normal Record Data . . . . 3670
Mahdi Roozbeh and
Mohammad Arashi New Ridge Regression Estimator in
Semiparametric Regression Models . . . . 3683
Mizuki Onozawa and
Takahiro Nishiyama and
Takashi Seo On Test Statistics in Profile Analysis
with High-dimensional Data . . . . . . . 3716
Farzad Eskandari and
Ehsan Ormoz Finite Mixture of Generalized
Semiparametric Models: Variable
Selection via Penalized Estimation . . . 3744
A. S. Al-Moisheer and
K. S. Sultan Estimation of a Discriminant Function
from a Mixture of Two Burr Type III
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3760
Seong W. Kim and
Hon Keung Tony Ng and
Hakjin Jang Estimation of Parameters in a Bivariate
Generalized Exponential Distribution
Based on Type-II Censored Samples . . . 3776
Zvi Drezner and
Dawit Zerom A Simple and Effective Discretization of
a Continuous Random Variable . . . . . . 3798
Mostafa Tamandi and
Saralees Nadarajah On the Estimation of Parameters of
Kumaraswamy-$G$ Distributions . . . . . 3811
Saran Ishika Maiti Large sample test criteria on Toeplitz
covariance structure . . . . . . . . . . 1--15
Hsiaw-Chan Yeh Four general multivariate stationary
extremal Markovian processes . . . . . . 16--37
Esra Gokpinar and
Fikri Gokpinar Testing equality of variances for
several normal populations . . . . . . . 38--52
Huaming Song and
Qian Xu and
Hui Yang and
Jun Fang Interpreting out-of-control signals
using instance-based Bayesian classifier
in multivariate statistical process
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--77
Kevin Carl P. Santos and
Erniel B. Barrios Improving predictive accuracy of
logistic regression model using ranked
set samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78--90
Özgür Asar and
Ozlem Ilk and
Osman Dag Estimating Box--Cox power transformation
parameter via goodness-of-fit tests . . 91--105
Jianlan Zhong and
Yizhong Ma An integrated model based on statistical
process control and maintenance for
two-stage dependent processes . . . . . 106--126
Nezamoddin N. Kachouie and
Xihong Lin and
Armin Schwartzman FDR control of detected regions by
multiscale matched filtering . . . . . . 127--144
Dejing Kong and
Lirong Cui The analysis of mixed interval-censored
and complete data . . . . . . . . . . . 145--163
Xiaohui Liu Empirical likelihood for the response
mean of generalized linear models with
missing at random responses . . . . . . 164--173
Wenjun Xiong and
Juan Ding Confidence intervals for a population
proportion using group testing in the
presence of misclassification . . . . . 174--183
Kenichi Hayashi and
Keiji Takai Finite-sample analysis of impacts of
unlabeled data and their labeling
mechanisms in linear discriminant
analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184--203
N. Wiwatwattana and
A. J. Hayter and
S. Kiatsupaibul Win-probabilities for comparing two
binary outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . 204--214
Nenghui Kuang and
Huantian Xie Asymptotic behavior of weighted cubic
variation of sub-fractional Brownian
motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--229
David D. Hanagal and
Arvind Pandey and
P. G. Sankaran Shared frailty model based on reversed
hazard rate for left censored data . . . 230--243
Ekele Alih and
Hong Choon Ong Robust cluster-based multivariate
outlier diagnostics and parameter
estimation in regression analysis . . . 244--260
Graham Hepworth and
Ray Watson Revisiting retesting in the estimation
of proportions by group testing . . . . 261--274
Ana Moreira and
Artur Araújo and
Luís Meira-Machado Estimation of the bivariate distribution
function for censored gap times . . . . 275--300
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approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2654--2677
Omar A. Kittaneh and
Mohamed A. El-Beltagy Efficiency estimation of Type-I censored
sample from the Weibull distribution
based on sup-entropy . . . . . . . . . . 2678--2688
C. Satheesh Kumar and
A. Riyaz On some aspects of a generalized
alternative zero-inflated logarithmic
series distribution . . . . . . . . . . 2689--2700
Prajamitra Bhuyan and
Anup Dewanji Reliability computation under dynamic
stress-strength modeling with cumulative
stress and strength degradation . . . . 2701--2713
Shih-Chou Kao $ \bar {X} $ and $R$ control charts
based on weighted variance with
left-right tail-weighted ratio for
skewed distributions . . . . . . . . . . 2714--2732
Violetta Dalla and
Yannis Bassiakos and
Simos G. Meintanis Characteristic function-based inference
for GARCH models with heavy-tailed
innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2733--2755
Hu Xuemei Robust estimators and robust tests for
the slightly contaminated stochastic
logistic population models . . . . . . . 2756--2768
Kanika and
Somesh Kumar Bayes estimation of a Langevin mean
direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2769--2783
Khurshid Alam and
Sudhir Paul Testing equality of two beta binomial
proportions in the presence of unequal
extra-dispersion parameters . . . . . . 2784--2799
Issam Dawoud and
Selahattin Kaçiranlar Evaluation of the predictive performance
of the Liu type estimator . . . . . . . 2800--2820
R. Lamichhane and
S. Singh and
N. Diawara Improved estimation of population mean
using known median of auxiliary variable 2821--2828
Yang Zhao and
Albert Vexler and
Alan Hutson and
Xiwei Chen A statistical software procedure for
exact parametric and nonparametric
likelihood-ratio tests for two-sample
comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2829--2841
Issam Dawoud and
Selahattin Kaçiranlar An optimal $k$ of $k$ th MA-ARIMA models
under $ {\rm AR}(p)$ models . . . . . . 2842--2864
Laís H. Loose and
Fábio M. Bayer and
Tarciana L. Pereira Bootstrap Bartlett correction in
inflated beta regression . . . . . . . . 2865--2879
Mehmet Karahasan and
Nehir Ene New estimators based on order statistics
in some families of scale distributions 2880--2906
Adel Elghafghuf and
Henrik Stryhn Robust Poisson likelihood estimation for
frailty Cox models: A simulation study 2907--2923
Muhammad Azam and
Muhammad Aslam and
Khushnoor Khan and
Anwar Mughal and
Awais Inayat Comparisons of decision tree methods
using water data . . . . . . . . . . . . 2924--2934
Sangun Park On the goodness-of-fit test based on the
ratio of cumulative hazard functions
with the Type II censored data . . . . . 2935--2944
Darcie A. P. Delzell An investigation of a quadratic design
criterion for estimation of the
hemodynamic response function . . . . . 2945--2956
Xiaodi Wang and
Yingshan Zhang and
Yincai Tang A two-stage method for the estimation of
global sensitivity indices of
non-parametric models . . . . . . . . . 2957--2975
Jing Yang and
Hu Yang Robust modal estimation and variable
selection for single-index
varying-coefficient models . . . . . . . 2976--2997
Reza Pakyari and
K. Resalati Nia Testing goodness-of-fit for some
lifetime distributions with conventional
Type-I censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2998--3009
Rand R. Wilcox Global comparisons of medians and other
quantiles in a one-way design when there
are tied values . . . . . . . . . . . . 3010--3019
Gwansu Kim and
Mingue Park Variance estimation of DEE and
regression estimator when a first-phase
cluster sample is restratified . . . . . 3020--3033
Li Yin and
Xiaoqin Wang Estimating confidence regions of common
measures of the baseline and treatment
effect on dichotomous outcome of a
population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3034--3049
Milan Jovanovi\'c Estimation of $ P \{ X < Y \} $ for
geometric--exponential model based on
complete and censored samples . . . . . 3050--3066
Takeshi Emura and
Ting-Hsuan Long and
Li-Hsien Sun R routines for performing estimation and
statistical process control under
copula-based time series models . . . . 3067--3087
Alfonsus Julanto Endharta and
Won Young Yun Condition-based maintenance policy for
linear consecutive-$k$-out-of-$n$: $F$
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3088--3102
Hatem Baffoun and
Mekki Hajlaoui and
Abdeljelil Farhat Equation-solving estimator based on
Metropolis--Hastings algorithm with
delayed rejection . . . . . . . . . . . 3103--3111
Ahmed H. Youssef and
Mohamed R. Abonazel Alternative GMM estimators for
first-order autoregressive panel model:
An improving efficiency approach . . . . 3112--3128
A. N. Gill and
Anju Goyal and
Vishal Maurya Simultaneous inferences for ordered
exponential location parameters under
unbalanced data and heteroscedasticity
of scale parameters . . . . . . . . . . 3129--3139
Arun Kaushik and
Umesh Singh and
Sanjay Kumar Singh Bayesian inference for the parameters of
Weibull distribution under progressive
Type-I interval censored data with
beta-binomial removals . . . . . . . . . 3140--3158
Martin Law and
Dan Jackson Residual plots for linear regression
models with censored outcome data: a
refined method for visualizing residual
uncertainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3159--3171
Yanqing Wen and
Lirong Cui and
Shubin Si and
Baoliang Liu A multiple warm standby $ \delta $-shock
system with a repairman having multiple
vacations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3172--3186
Xueqin Zhou and
Lei Yang and
Xianyi Wu On several estimates to the precision
parameter of Dirichlet process prior . . 3187--3200
Nesrin Alkan Assessing convergence diagnostic tests
for Bayesian Cox regression . . . . . . 3201--3212
Zhe Liu Bayesian model-averaged regularization
for Gaussian graphical models . . . . . 3213--3223
Chunpeng Fan and
Donghui Zhang On power and sample size of the
ANOVA-type rank test . . . . . . . . . . 3224--3241
Ahmet Sezer and
Evren Ozkip and
Berna Yazici Comparison of confidence intervals for
the Behrens--Fisher problem . . . . . . 3242--3266
André Berchtold and
Joan-Carles Surís Imputation of repeatedly observed
multinomial variables in longitudinal
surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3267--3283
M. Sanei Tabass and
G. R. Mohtashami Borzadaran The generalized maximum Tsallis entropy
estimators and applications to the
Portland cement dataset . . . . . . . . 3284--3293
Djamel Zitouni and
Benjamin C. Guinhouya and
Pierre Ravaux and
Christian Vilhelm and
Bruno Sarrazin and
Mohamed Lemdani and
Hossein Mehdaoui Si-GARCH: Construction and validation of
a new method for the detection of
breaking points in models . . . . . . . 3294--3305
Hüseyin Güler and
Berrin Gültay and
Selahattin Kaçiranlar Comparisons of the alternative biased
estimators for the distributed lag
models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306--3318
Yongjin Zhang and
Youchao Sun and
Ming Zhao A combinatorial estimation approach for
storage reliability with initial
failures based on periodic testing data 3319--3340
Rasool Roozegar and
Saeid Tahmasebi and
Ali Akbar Jafari The McDonald Gompertz distribution:
Properties and applications . . . . . . 3341--3355
Jasdeep Pannu and
Nedret Billor Robust group-Lasso for functional
regression model . . . . . . . . . . . . 3356--3374
Myron Hlynka MCMC and the Fibonacci distribution . . 3375--3382
K. Chatterjee and
C. Koukouvinos and
C. Parpoula On the analysis of unbalanced two-level
supersaturated designs via generalized
linear models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3383--3395
Rashid Mansoor Using principal components to test
normality of high-dimensional data . . . 3396--3405
Qiang Wu and
Weixin Yao Relabel mixture models via modal
clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3406--3418
José María Sarabia and
Golnaz Shahtahmassebi Bayesian estimation of incomplete data
using conditionally specified priors . . 3419--3435
Juan Ding and
Hao Li Comparison of robust tests for genetic
association analysis incorporating
uncertain genotype . . . . . . . . . . . 3436--3443
Yuh-Jenn Wu and
Wei-Quan Fang Performance of Wald-type estimator for
parametric component in partial linear
regression with a mixture of Berkson and
classical error models . . . . . . . . . 3444--3457
Ronnie Pingel and
Ingeborg Waernbaum Correlation and efficiency of propensity
score-based estimators for average
causal effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3458--3478
Young Joo Yoon and
Sooyong Lee and
Taewook Lee Adaptive LASSO for linear regression
models with ARMA-GARCH errors . . . . . 3479--3490
Paraskevi Fika and
Christos Koukouvinos Stochastic estimates for the trace of
functions of matrices via Hadamard
matrices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3491--3503
Megdouda Ourbih-Tari and
Arezki Zioui and
Abdelouhab Aloui Variance reduction in the simulation of
a stationary M/G/1 queuing system using
refined descriptive sampling . . . . . . 3504--3515
Haileab Hilafu Random sliced inverse regression . . . . 3516--3526
Pedro Macedo Ridge Regression and Generalized Maximum
Entropy: An improved version of the
Ridge--GME parameter estimator . . . . . 3527--3539
Harald Heinzl and
Martina Mittlboeck Assessing a hypothesis test for the
difference between two quantiles from
independent populations . . . . . . . . 3540--3552
Matthew Stephenson and
R. Ayesha Ali and
Gerarda A. Darlington A simple approach to analyzing clustered
longitudinal data . . . . . . . . . . . 3553--3562
Savitri Joshi and
K. K. Jose and
Deepesh Bhati Estimation of a change point in the
hazard rate of Lindley model under right
censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3563--3574
Chao Yu and
Xujie Zhao and
Bo Zhang Nonparametric estimation of jump
characteristics under market
microstructure noise . . . . . . . . . . 3575--3587
Jacek Bialek Approximation of the Fisher price index
by using the Lloyd--Moulton index:
Simulation study . . . . . . . . . . . . 3588--3598
Gamini Premaratne and
Anil K. Bera Adjusting the tests for skewness and
kurtosis for distributional
misspecifications . . . . . . . . . . . 3599--3613
G. Rekabdar and
R. Chinipardaz and
B. Mansouri On approximating distribution of the
quadratic discriminant function . . . . 3614--3626
David D. Hanagal and
Arvind Pandey and
Ayon Ganguly Correlated gamma frailty models for
bivariate survival data . . . . . . . . 3627--3644
Saieed F. Ateya Estimation under inverse Weibull
distribution based on Balakrishnan's
unified hybrid censored scheme . . . . . 3645--3666
Ghazi Shukur and
Mariusz Doszy\'n and
Krzysztof Dmytrów Comparison of the effectiveness of
forecasts obtained by means of selected
probability functions with respect to
forecast error distributions . . . . . . 3667--3679
Jibo Wu and
Yasin Asar More on the restricted Liu estimator in
the logistic regression model . . . . . 3680--3689
Pao-Sheng Shen A semiparametric regression cure model
for interval-censored and left-truncated
data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3690--3700
Bogna Zawieja and
Anna Szczepa\'nska-Álvarez A simulation study of the Bennett test
and Miller test for coefficients of
variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3701--3711
Muhammad Aslam and
Ali Hussein Al-Marshadi and
Chi-Hyuck Jun Monitoring process mean using generally
weighted moving average chart for
exponentially distributed
characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . 3712--3722
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan and
Ekaterina Chimitova Goodness-of-fit tests for one-shot
device accelerated life testing data . . 3723--3734
Tao Yu and
Jialiang Li and
Shuangge Ma Accounting for clinical covariates and
interactions in ranking genomic markers
using ROC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3735--3755
Xiaohui Liu Approximating the projection depth
median of dimensions $ p \geq 3 $ . . . 3756--3768
N. Moradzadeh and
M. Ganjali and
T. Baghfalaki Weighted kappa as a function of
unweighted kappas . . . . . . . . . . . 3769--3780
Muhammad Aslam and
Nasrullah Khan and
Chi-Hyuck Jun Designing of a control chart using
belief statistic for exponential
distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3781--3793
Ashley J. Bonner and
Joseph Beyene Evaluating the performance of sparse
principal component analysis methods in
high-dimensional data scenarios . . . . 3794--3811
Abdulhakim Al-Babtain and
Ahmed A. Fattah and
A-Hadi N. Ahmed and
Faton Merovci The Kumaraswamy-transmuted exponentiated
modified Weibull distribution . . . . . 3812--3832
Fadoua Balabdaoui and
Saonli Basu Letter to the editor: Comments on
Groparu-Cojocaru and Doray (2013) . . . 3833--3840
Babette A. Brumback and
Li Li and
Zhuangyu Cai On the use of between-within models to
adjust for confounding due to unmeasured
cluster-level covariates . . . . . . . . 3841--3854
Arjun K. Gupta and
Daya K. Nagar and
Armando Gómez Percentage points of LRC for testing
equality of covariance matrices under
intraclass correlation structure . . . . 3855--3869
Hüseyin Tastan Simulation-based estimation of threshold
moving average models with
contemporaneous shock asymmetry and an
application to Turkish business cycles 3870--3891
Andrew L. Nguyen Regenerative Markov Chain Importance
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3892--3906
Hasan Ertas and
Selahattin Kaçiranlar and
Hüseyin Güler Robust Liu-type estimator for regression
based on $M$-estimator . . . . . . . . . 3907--3932
Martina Chvosteková Confidence band for percentile line in
multiple linear regression . . . . . . . 3933--3941
Beste H. Beyaztas and
Esin Firuzan and
Ufuk Beyaztas New block bootstrap methods: Sufficient
and/or ordered . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3942--3951
Li-Li Yue and
Jian-Hong Shi and
Wei-Xing Song A parametric bootstrap approach for
two-way error component regression
models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3952--3961
N. Balakrishna and
P. Anvar Muhammed Estimating function method for product
autoregressive models . . . . . . . . . 3962--3979
Annalisa Orenti and
Ettore Marubini A performance counterexample of
Billor--Chatterjee--Hadi procedure and
an improvement proposal for robust
regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3980--3989
Jéssica Santos and
Francisco Cribari-Neto Hypothesis testing in
log-Birnbaum--Saunders regressions . . . 3990--4003
Min Wu and
Yimin Shi and
Chunfang Zhang Statistical analysis of dependent
competing risks model in accelerated
life testing under progressively hybrid
censoring using copula function . . . . 4004--4017
Ahmed N. Albatineh and
Hafiz M. R. Khan and
Bashar Zogheib and
Golam B. M. Kibria Effects of some design factors on the
distribution of similarity indices in
cluster analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . 4018--4034
Latifa Baghdali-Ourbih and
Megdouda Ourbih-Tari and
Abdelnasser Dahmani Implementing refined descriptive
sampling into three-phase discrete-event
simulation models . . . . . . . . . . . 4035--4049
Kuanwong Watcharotone and
Joseph W. McKean and
Bradley E. Huitema A Monte Carlo study of traditional and
rank-based picked-points analyses . . . 4050--4066
C. Franko and
G. Y. Tütüncü and
S. Eryilmaz Reliability of weighted $k$-out-of-$n$:
$G$ systems consisting of two types of
components and a cold standby component 4067--4081
N. Balakrishnan and
Qingzhou Dai and
Kai Liu A skew logistic distribution as an
alternative to the model of van Staden
and King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4082--4097
Y. S. Wagh and
K. K. Kamalja Comparison of methods of estimation for
parameters of generalized Poisson
distribution through simulation study 4098--4112
Christopher S. Withers and
Saralees Nadarajah A new confidence region for the
multinomial distribution . . . . . . . . 4113--4126
Akio Namba Bootstrap test for a structural break
under possible heteroscedasticity . . . 4127--4139
Jian Liu and
Chao Tan and
Chao Zeng Parameter optimization for a modified
MEWMA control chart based on a PSO
algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4140--4153
Joon Jin Song and
Jong-Min Kim Bayesian estimation of rare sensitive
attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4154--4160
Isaac Almasi and
Adel Mohammadpour and
Mohammad Mohammadi Best linear unbiased interpolation of
order statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . 4161--4171
Muhammad Aslam and
S. Balamurali and
Chi-Hyuck Jun and
Aneela Meer Time-truncated attribute sampling plans
using EWMA for Weibull and Burr type X
distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4173--4184
Issam Dawoud and
Selahattin Kaçiranlar An optimal $k$ of $k$ th MA-ARIMA models
under $ {\rm MA}(q)$ models . . . . . . 4185--4198
Michael Grabchak and
Victor Cosme On the performance of Turing's formula:
A simulation study . . . . . . . . . . . 4199--4209
Wai Chung Yeong and
Michael B. C. Khoo and
Sok Li Lim and
Ming Ha Lee A direct procedure for monitoring the
coefficient of variation using a
variable sample size scheme . . . . . . 4210--4225
Santanu Dutta and
Suparna Biswas Extreme quantile estimation based on
financial time series . . . . . . . . . 4226--4243
Ahmed A. Fattah and
Saralees Nadarajah and
A-Hadi N. Ahmed The exponentiated transmuted Weibull
geometric distribution with application
in survival analysis . . . . . . . . . . 4244--4263
Ali Aghamohammadi and
M. R. Meshkani Gibbs sampling method for the Bayesian
adaptive elastic net . . . . . . . . . . 4264--4273
Ehab F. Abd-Elfattah Saddlepoint $p$-values for group of
linear rank tests . . . . . . . . . . . 4274--4280
Ying-Chao Hung and
Wei-Cheng Chen Simulation of some multivariate
distributions related to the Dirichlet
distribution with application to Monte
Carlo simulations . . . . . . . . . . . 4281--4296
Jorge Garza-Venegas and
Victor Tercero-Gomez and
Alvaro Cordero Franco and
María Temblador-Pérez and
Mario Beruvides An evaluation of change-point estimators
for a sequence of normal observations
with unknown parameters . . . . . . . . 4297--4317
Claudio Macci and
Barbara Pacchiarotti Asymptotic behavior of some hitting
probabilities for sums of IID Gaussian
random sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4318--4332
Nesma A. Saleh and
Mahmoud A. Mahmoud Accounting for phase I sampling
variability in the performance of the
MEWMA control chart with estimated
parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4333--4347
Ali Jinnah and
Yichuan Zhao Empirical likelihood inference for the
bivariate survival function under
univariate censoring . . . . . . . . . . 4348--4355
Keunbaik Lee and
Hyejin Song and
Jae Keun Yoo Dimension test approach of
heteroscedasticity in the linear model 4356--4366
Xuejing Zhao and
Jinxia Su Variable selection for semiparametric
proportional hazards model under
progressive Type-II censoring . . . . . 4367--4376
Muhammad Shuaib Khan and
Robert King and
Irene Lena Hudson Transmuted generalized exponential
distribution: A generalization of the
exponential distribution with
applications to survival data . . . . . 4377--4398
Taewoon Kong and
Kichun Lee Semi-supervised Bayesian adaptive
multiresolution shrinkage for
wavelet-based denoising . . . . . . . . 4399--4418
José André de Moura Brito and
Gustavo Silva Semaan and
Augusto Cesar Fadel and
Luciana Roque Brito An optimization approach applied to the
optimal stratification problem . . . . . 4419--4451
Hua Zhang and
Guogen Shan and
Daniel Young Comparison of unweighted and weighted
rank based tests for an ordered
alternative in randomized complete block
designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4452--4464
Majid Khedmati and
Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki Phase-I monitoring of general linear
profiles in multistage processes . . . . 4465--4489
Lynn R. LaMotte and
Jeffrey D. Wells Inverse prediction for heteroscedastic
response using mixed models software . . 4490--4498
F. Ghapani and
A. R. Rasekh and
B. Babadi Mean shift and influence measures in
linear measurement error models with
stochastic linear restrictions . . . . . 4499--4512
Hrishikesh D. Vinod Generalized correlation and kernel
causality with applications in
development economics . . . . . . . . . 4513--4534
Ding-Geng (Din) Chen and
Naitee Ting and
Shuyen Ho Informative priors or noninformative
priors? A Bayesian re-analysis of binary
data from Macugen phase III clinical
trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4535--4546
Philipp Otto A note on efficient simulation of
multidimensional spatial autoregressive
processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4547--4558
N. Balakrishnan and
H. M. Saleh Recurrence relations for single and
product moments of progressively Type-II
censored order statistics from
generalized logistic distribution with
applications to inference . . . . . . . 4559--4577
Thanoon Y. Thanoon and
Robiah Adnan Model comparison of linear and nonlinear
Bayesian structural equation models with
dichotomous data . . . . . . . . . . . . 4578--4599
Wenhao Gui Exponentiated half logistic
distribution: Different estimation
methods and joint confidence regions . . 4600--4617
Emil Polajnar Using restricted CCA for cross-language
information retrieval . . . . . . . . . 4618--4626
Bishal Gurung and
K. N. Singh and
Ranjit Kumar Paul and
Sanjeev Panwar and
Biwash Gurung and
Lawrence Lepcha An alternative method for forecasting
price volatility by combining models . . 4627--4636
Jing Yang and
Hu Yang Quantile regression and variable
selection for single-index
varying-coefficient models . . . . . . . 4637--4653
Ali I. Genç Truncated inverted generalized
exponential distribution and its
properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4654--4670
Fariba Hemmati and
Esmaile Khorram On adaptive progressively Type-II
censored competing risks data . . . . . 4671--4693
Yongxiu Cao and
Jian Huang and
Yuling Jiao and
Yanyan Liu A lower bound based smoothed
quasi-Newton algorithm for group bridge
penalized regression . . . . . . . . . . 4694--4707
Zawar Hussain and
Javid Shabbir and
Zahid Pervez and
Said Farooq Shah and
Manzoor Khan Generalized geometric distribution of
order $k$: A flexible choice to
randomize the response . . . . . . . . . 4708--4721
Ming-Chung Yang and
Lee-Shen Chen and
Tachen Liang Optimal Bayesian variable sampling plans
for exponential distributions based on
modified type-II hybrid censored samples 4722--4744
Yingchun Zhou and
Liping Zhu and
Nell Sedransk Local functional data model for
characterizing shape variation of
similar curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4745--4759
Chen-Yueh Chen and
Khalil Shafie and
Yen-Kuang Lin Bayesian estimation of the Hurst
parameter of fractional Brownian motion 4760--4766
Seongmi Choi and
Balgobin Nandram and
Dalho Kim A hierarchical Bayesian model for binary
data incorporating selection bias . . . 4767--4782
Zhenzhong Zhang and
Wenlong Wang The stationary distribution of
Ornstein--Uhlenbeck process with a
two-state Markov switching . . . . . . . 4783--4794
Samira Moghaddam and
Hashem Mahlooji A new metamodel-based method for solving
semi-expensive simulation optimization
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4795--4811
P. T. Pepler and
D. W. Uys and
D. G. Nel Discriminant analysis under the common
principal components model . . . . . . . 4812--4827
Guimei Zhao and
Xingzhong Xu The $p$-values for one-sided hypothesis
testing in univariate linear calibration 4828--4840
Fazlolah Lak and
Mahmood Afshari and
Behzad Gholizadeh An efficiency Bayesian unit root test in
Unobserved-ARCH models . . . . . . . . . 4841--4850
Leif Ellingson and
David Groisser and
Daniel Osborne and
Vic Patrangenaru and
Armin Schwartzman Nonparametric bootstrap of sample means
of positive-definite matrices with an
application to diffusion-tensor-imaging
data analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4851--4879
Murad A. Ahmad and
Mohammad Z. Raqab and
Debasis Kundu Discriminating between the generalized
Rayleigh and Weibull distributions: Some
comparative studies . . . . . . . . . . 4880--4895
Dal Ho Kim and
Aejung Jo and
Yongku Kim Nonparametric Bayesian analysis for
multi-site hidden Markov model . . . . . 4896--4907
Housila P. Singh and
Surya K. Pal Estimation of population mean in
two-occasion successive sampling . . . . 4908--4937
Mahmut Kara and
Özlem Türksen and
Halil Aydogdu Statistical inference for $ \alpha
$-series process with the inverse
Gaussian distribution . . . . . . . . . 4938--4950
P. W. West Population structure and correlation
between auxiliary and target variables
may affect precision of estimates in
forest inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . 4951--4965
Sara Jimenez and
Dejian Lai and
K. Lance Gould and
Barry R. Davis Evaluating the effects of treatment
switching with randomization as an
instrumental variable in a randomized
controlled trial . . . . . . . . . . . . 4966--4990
T. Palanisamy Smoothing the difference-based estimates
of variance using variational mode
decomposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4991--5001
Khelidja Idjis and
Megdouda Ourbih-Tari and
Latifa Baghdali-Ourbih Variance reduction in M/M/1 retrial
queues using refined descriptive
sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5002--5020
Anonymous Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5021--5021
Atefeh Ashuri and
Amirhossein Amiri Estimating monotonic change in the rate
and dependence parameters of INAR(1)
process (Case study: IP counts data) . . 5023--5053
H. Mombeni and
S. Rezaei and
S. Nadarajah Linex discrepancy for bandwidth
selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5054--5069
Shengtong Han and
Hongmei Zhang and
Ramin Homayouni and
Wilfried Karmaus An efficient Bayesian approach for
Gaussian Bayesian network structure
learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5070--5084
Guangchao C. Feng Do difference scores make a difference
on the third-person effect? . . . . . . 5085--5104
Satish Bhat and
Vidya Raju A class of generalized ridge estimators 5105--5112
Stephen G. Walker An iterative algorithm for solving
sparse linear equations . . . . . . . . 5113--5122
Alessandro Barbiero and
Pier Alda Ferrari An R package for the simulation of
correlated discrete variables . . . . . 5123--5140
Muhammad Aslam and
Muhammad Mohsin and
Chi-Hyuck Jun A new $t$-chart using process capability
index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5141--5150
Witold Orzeszko Nonparametric testing for serial
independence using the NRL statistic . . 5151--5165
Anil Dolgun and
Haydar Demirhan Performance of nonparametric multiple
comparison tests under
heteroscedasticity, dependency, and
skewed error distribution . . . . . . . 5166--5183
Navid Feroze and
Muhammad Aslam On selection of a suitable prior for the
posterior analysis of censored mixture
of Topp Leone distribution . . . . . . . 5184--5211
Freddy Omar López Quintero Sensitivity analysis for variance
parameters in Bayesian simplex mixed
models for proportional data . . . . . . 5212--5228
Kung-Jong Lui Notes on testing carry-over effects in
continuous data under an incomplete
block crossover design . . . . . . . . . 5229--5239
Matthijs J. Warrens Symmetric kappa as a function of
unweighted kappas . . . . . . . . . . . 5240--5245
Haigang Liu and
Reza Modarres Modeling a minimal spanning tree . . . . 5246--5256
Frank M. De Pinho and
Ricardo F. Couto Comparing volatility forecasting models
during the global financial crisis . . . 5257--5270
Lubna Amro and
Monjed H. Samuh More powerful permutation test based on
multistage ranked set sampling . . . . . 5271--5284
Marcelo Hartmann and
Ricardo S. Ehlers Bayesian inference for generalized
extreme value distributions via
Hamiltonian Monte Carlo . . . . . . . . 5285--5302
Lingling Luo and
Sattayatham Pairote and
Ratthachat Chatpatanasiri GARCH-type forecasting models for
volatility of stock market and MCS test 5303--5312
Melissa C. Braschel and
Gerarda A. Darlington and
Neil Klar A study of grouped failure time data and
the misapplication of recurrent event
modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5313--5322
Ai-Xia Fan and
Nian-Sheng Tang Sensitivity analysis of partially linear
models with response missing at random 5323--5339
Bahar Dadashova and
Blanca Arenas-Ramírez and
José Mira-Mcwilliams and
Camino González-Fernández and
Francisco Aparicio-Izquierdo Simulation-based model comparison
methodology with application to road
accident models . . . . . . . . . . . . 5340--5366
Li-Jen Weng and
Chung-Ping Cheng Is categorization of random data
necessary for parallel analysis on
Likert-type data? . . . . . . . . . . . 5367--5377
Xiao Su and
Sheng Luo Analysis of censored longitudinal data
with skewness and a terminal event . . . 5378--5391
Wook-Yeon Hwang Chi-Square quantile-based multivariate
variance monitoring for individual
observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5392--5409
H. Alizadeh Noughabi An extensive power evaluation of some
tests for the inverse Gaussian
distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5410--5422
S. Balamurali A new mixed chain sampling plan based on
the process capability index for product
acceptance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5423--5439
Glen Livingston, Jr. and
Darfiana Nur Bayesian inference for smooth transition
autoregressive (STAR) model: A prior
sensitivity analysis . . . . . . . . . . 5440--5461
Jung-In Seo and
Suk-Bok Kang Inference for the two-parameter
half-logistic distribution using pivotal
quantities under progressively Type-II
censoring schemes . . . . . . . . . . . 5462--5478
Hassan S. Uraibi and
Habshah Midi and
Sohel Rana Selective overview of forward selection
in terms of robust correlations . . . . 5479--5503
Jean-François Angers and
Atanu Biswas and
Jing-Shiang Hwang Wavelet-based Bayesian nonlinear
regression for the air pollution effects
on clinic visits in small areas of
Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5504--5515
G. Asha and
A. Vincent Raja An extension of the Freund's bivariate
distribution to model cascading failures 5516--5530
Hadi Alizadeh Noughabi Testing the validity of the logistic
model based on the empirical
distribution function . . . . . . . . . 5531--5540
B. S. Trivedi and
M. N. Patel Estimation of parameters of
Misclassified Size Biased Discrete
Lindley Distribution . . . . . . . . . . 5541--5552
Scott J. Richter and
Melinda H. McCann Permutation tests of scale using
deviances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5553--5565
Shalabh and
Jia-Ren Tsai Ratio and product methods of estimation
of population mean in the presence of
correlated measurement errors . . . . . 5566--5593
H. Bekrizadeh and
G. A. Parham and
B. Jamshidi A new asymmetric class of bivariate
copulas for modeling dependence . . . . 5594--5609
Nirodha Epasinghe and
Roshini Sooriyarachchi A goodness of fit test for the
multilevel proportional odds model . . . 5610--5626
J. Mazucheli and
M. E. Ghitany and
F. Louzada Comparisons of ten estimation methods
for the parameters of Marshall--Olkin
extended exponential distribution . . . 5627--5645
Jing Lv and
Hu Yang and
Chaohui Guo Variable selection in partially linear
additive models for modal regression . . 5646--5665
Tien-Mu Hsiao and
Huifen Chen and
Chien-Hua Wu Statistical frameworks for setting
cutoff points of metabolic syndrome
criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5666--5681
Mehdi Rajaei Salmasi and
Gholamhosein Yari On generalized order statistics from
generalized Pareto distribution . . . . 5682--5697
Ming Ha Lee and
Michael B. C. Khoo Combined synthetic and $ |S| $ chart for
monitoring process dispersion . . . . . 5698--5711
D. Moriña and
A. Navarro Competing risks simulation with the
\pkgsurvsim R package . . . . . . . . . 5712--5722
Marica Manisera and
Paola Zuccolotto Estimation of nonlinear CUB models via
numerical optimization and EM algorithm 5723--5739
Muni S. Srivastava and
Martin Singull Testing sphericity and intraclass
covariance structures under a growth
curve model in high dimension . . . . . 5740--5751
A. W. Rathgeber and
J. Stadler and
S. Stöckl Fitting Generalized Hyperbolic processes
--- New insights for generating initial
values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5752--5762
Li-Fei Huang Adjusted Wilcoxon signed rank test
tables for ratio of percentiles . . . . 5763--5771
Khai Wah Khaw and
Michael B. C. Khoo and
Wai Chung Yeong and
Zhang Wu Monitoring the coefficient of variation
using a variable sample size and
sampling interval control chart . . . . 5772--5794
Jung In Seo and
Yongku Kim Robust Bayesian estimation of a
two-parameter exponential distribution
under generalized Type-I progressive
hybrid censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . 5795--5807
Erla Sturludottir and
Helga Gunnlaugsdottir and
Olafur K. Nielsen and
Gunnar Stefansson Detection of a changepoint, a mean-shift
accompanied with a trend change, in
short time-series with autocorrelation 5808--5818
Eder Milani and
Marinho Andrade and
Carlos Diniz Generalized normal ARMA model applied to
the areas of economy, hydrology, and
public policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5819--5835
Zachary Zimmer Tolerance limits under Poisson
regression based on small-sample
asymptotic methodology . . . . . . . . . 5836--5845
M. S. Fallahnezhad and
E. Najafian A model of preventive maintenance for
parallel, series, and single-item
replacement systems based on statistical
analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5846--5859
Fengkai Yang and
Haijing Yuan A non-iterative posterior sampling
algorithm for linear quantile regression
model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5861--5878
Terhi Mäkinen and
Lasse Holmström Modeling probability density through
ultraspherical polynomial
transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . 5879--5900
Ross S. Sparks and
Bella Robinson and
Robert Power and
Mark Cameron and
Sam Woolford An investigation into social media
syndromic monitoring . . . . . . . . . . 5901--5923
K. Ahmadi and
F. Yousefzadeh and
M. Rezaei Progressively Type-I interval censored
competing risks data for the
proportional hazards family . . . . . . 5924--5950
Reza Kamranrad and
Amirhossein Amiri and
Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki Phase-II monitoring and diagnosing of
multivariate categorical processes using
generalized linear test-based control
charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5951--5980
Yangyang Qin and
Kai Liu and
Reem Al-Jarallah and
N. Balakrishnan Inference for Type II bivariate
Pólya--Aeppli distribution . . . . . . . 5981--5990
Tereza Simková and
Jan Picek A comparison of $L$-, $ L Q$-, $ T
L$-moment and maximum likelihood high
quantile estimates of the GPD and GEV
distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5991--6010
Jiajuan Liang and
Kai Wang Ng and
Guoliang Tian A stochastic representation for the $
l_p$-norm symmetric distribution and its
applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6011--6018
Qian Ye and
Lang Wu Two-step and likelihood methods for
joint models of longitudinal and
survival data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6019--6033
Jianwen Xu and
Qianlin Yang and
Jiamao Zhang The performances of several modified CIC
criteria for working intra-cluster
correlation structure selection in GEE
analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6034--6048
Weiyan Mu and
Shifeng Xiong Robust generalized confidence intervals 6049--6060
Hosik Choi and
Yongdai Kim and
Sunghoon Kwon and
Changyi Park A robust support vector machine for
labeling errors . . . . . . . . . . . . 6061--6073
Xiaobin Liu and
Guogen Shan and
Lili Tian and
Chang-Xing Ma Exact methods for testing homogeneity of
proportions for multiple groups of
paired binary data . . . . . . . . . . . 6074--6082
Szu-Peng Yang and
Takeshi Emura A Bayesian approach with generalized
ridge estimation for high-dimensional
regression and testing . . . . . . . . . 6083--6105
K. Pradeepa Veerakumari and
S. Azarudheen Evaluation of single sampling plan under
the conditions of intervened Poisson
distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6106--6114
Junguang Zhao A new test for the mean vector in large
dimension and small samples . . . . . . 6115--6128
H. M. Barakat and
O. M. Khaled Toward the establishment of a family of
distributions that may fit any dataset 6129--6143
André Beauducel and
Norbert Hilger On the bias of factor score determinacy
coefficients based on different
estimation methods of the exploratory
factor model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6144--6154
Amany Hassan Abdel-Karim Extended zero-one inflated beta and
adjusted three-part regression models
for proportional data analysis . . . . . 6155--6172
M. Mahdizadeh On testing uniformity using an
information-theoretic measure . . . . . 6173--6196
Deniz Ozonur and
Hatice Tul Kubra Akdur and
Hulya Bayrak Comparisons of tests of distributional
assumption in Poisson regression model 6197--6207
S. Reza H. Shojaei and
Yadollah Waghei and
Mohsen Mohammadzadeh A simulation comparison on spatial
Poisson mixed models . . . . . . . . . . 6208--6220
V. A. Gonzalez-Lopez and
Ramin Gholizadeh and
Christian E. Galarza E-Bayesian estimation for system
reliability and availability analysis
based on exponential distribution . . . 6221--6241
M. M. Mohie El-Din and
Y. Abdel-Aty and
M. H. Abu-Moussa Statistical inference for the Gompertz
distribution based on Type-II
progressively hybrid censored data . . . 6242--6260
Chun Yu and
Weixin Yao Robust linear regression: A review and
comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6261--6282
Zhong-Cheng Han and
Jin-Guan Lin and
Hong-Xia Wang and
Xing-Fang Huang A robust and efficient estimation method
for nonparametric models with jump
points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6283--6297
Ali Hussein Al-Marshadi and
Abdullah Hamoud Alharby and
Muhammad Aslam Evaluating modified generalized
information criterion in presence of
multicollinearity . . . . . . . . . . . 6298--6307
Kelly Vanessa Parede Barco and
Josmar Mazucheli and
Vanderly Janeiro The inverse power Lindley distribution 6308--6323
Yonghua Wei and
Gabriel Huerta Dynamic generalized extreme value
modeling via particle filters . . . . . 6324--6341
Diego I. Gallardo and
Jose S. Romeo and
Renate Meyer A simplified estimation procedure based
on the EM algorithm for the power series
cure rate model . . . . . . . . . . . . 6342--6359
Ching-Hui Chang and
Nabendu Pal and
Jyh-Jiuan Lin A revisit to test the equality of
variances of several populations . . . . 6360--6384
Edmore Ranganai and
Saralees Nadarajah A predictive leverage statistic for
quantile regression with measurement
errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6385--6398
Fatima Batool and
Javid Shabbir A generic randomization device for
quantitative response variables . . . . 6399--6413
Dariush Najarzadeh Testing equality of generalized
variances of $k$ multivariate normal
populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6414--6423
Osman Dag and
Ozlem Ilk An algorithm for estimating Box--Cox
transformation parameter in ANOVA . . . 6424--6435
N. Balakrishnan and
Y. Ye and
R. A. Al-Jarallah Likelihood inference for Type I
bivariate Pólya--Aeppli distribution . . 6436--6453
Jacek Bialek Approximation of the Fisher price index
by using Lowe, Young, and AG Mean
indices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6454--6467
Haibing Zhao and
Wing Kam Fung FDR control under block dependence . . . 6468--6474
Jaehee Kim and
Minjung Kyung Bayesian Fourier clustering of gene
expression data . . . . . . . . . . . . 6475--6494
Soumya Roy and
E. V. Gijo and
Biswabrata Pradhan Inference based on progressive Type I
interval censored data from log-normal
distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6495--6512
Gamze Ozel and
Morad Alizadeh and
Selen Cakmakyapan and
G. G. Hamedani and
Edwin M. M. Ortega and
Vicente G. Cancho The odd log-logistic Lindley Poisson
model for lifetime data . . . . . . . . 6513--6537
Yasin Asar and
Mohammad Arashi and
Jibo Wu Restricted ridge estimator in the
logistic regression model . . . . . . . 6538--6544
Rolf Turner and
Celeste Jeffs An extension of Monte Carlo hypothesis
tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6545--6558
Zhensheng Huang and
Haiying Ding Statistical estimation for partially
linear error-in-variable models with
error-prone covariates . . . . . . . . . 6559--6573
Wen Cheong Chin and
Min Cherng Lee and
Pei Pei Tan Heterogeneous market hypothesis
evaluation using multipower variation
volatility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6574--6587
Choukri Mohamed and
Stephen A. Sedory and
Sarjinder Singh Imputation using higher order moments of
an auxiliary variable . . . . . . . . . 6588--6617
Patarawan Sangnawakij and
Sa-aat Niwitpong Confidence intervals for coefficients of
variation in two-parameter exponential
distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6618--6630
Luis Firinguetti and
Golam Kibria and
Rodrigo Araya Study of partial least squares and ridge
regression methods . . . . . . . . . . . 6631--6644
Buddhananda Banerjee and
Atanu Biswas True endpoint reduction by surrogate
endpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6645--6653
Zahid Pervez and
Said Farooq Shah and
Zawar Hussain and
Andreas N. Philippou An application of negative binomial
distribution of order $k$ in sensitive
surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6654--6660
Li Zhang and
Cunjie Lin and
Yong Zhou A resampling method by perturbing the
estimating functions for quantile
regression with missing data . . . . . . 6661--6671
Pao-Sheng Shen Estimation of the joint survival
function for successive duration times 6672--6684
Jin-Jian Hsieh and
Hsin-Yu Chen A testing strategy for two crossing
survival curves . . . . . . . . . . . . 6685--6696
Haibing Zhao Estimating false discovery proportion in
multiple comparison under dependency . . 6697--6704
Tatjana Miljkovic and
Megan Orr An evaluation of the reconstructed
coefficient of determination and
potential adjustments . . . . . . . . . 6705--6718
Morteza Amini and
Mahdi Mahdizadeh Nonparametric estimation of the entropy
using a ranked set sample . . . . . . . 6719--6737
Paulo Teles and
Paulo S. A. Sousa The effect of temporal aggregation on
the estimation accuracy of time series
models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6738--6759
Jibo Wu Preliminary test Liu-type estimators
based on W, LR, and LM test statistics
in a regression model . . . . . . . . . 6760--6771
Chinmoy Paul and
Gajendra K. Vishwakarma Back propagation neural networks and
multiple regressions in the case of
heteroskedasticity . . . . . . . . . . . 6772--6789
Khamis K. Said and
Wei Ning and
Yubin Tian Likelihood procedure for testing changes
in skew normal model with applications
to stock returns . . . . . . . . . . . . 6790--6802
Yuvraj Sunecher and
Naushad Mamode Khan and
Vandna Jowaheer Estimating the parameters of a BINMA
Poisson model for a non-stationary
bivariate time series . . . . . . . . . 6803--6827
Márcio Poletti Laurini and
Luiz Koodi Hotta GMC/GEL estimation of stochastic
volatility models . . . . . . . . . . . 6828--6844
Saralees Nadarajah and
Rui Li Exact distribution of a modified
Behrens--Fisher statistic . . . . . . . 6845--6864
Helena Viljoen A comparison of stepwise common singular
spectrum analysis and horizontal
multi-channel singular spectrum analysis 6865--6878
Mathias Raschke Opportunities of the minimum
Anderson--Darling estimator as a variant
of the maximum likelihood method . . . . 6879--6888
Gholamhossein Yari and
Zahra Tondpour Estimation of the exponential Pareto II
distribution parameters . . . . . . . . 6889--6906
Abdelaziz Qaffou and
Hamid El Maroufy and
Tewfik Kernane Bayesian parameter inference for
stochastic SIR epidemic model with
hyperbolic diffusion . . . . . . . . . . 6907--6922
Haiko Luepsen The aligned rank transform and discrete
variables: a warning . . . . . . . . . . 6923--6936
Mariana Resende and
Carla Regina Guimarães Brighenti and
Marcelo Ângelo Cirillo Procedure to identify outliers through
cumulative distribution of extremes in a
Gamma response model . . . . . . . . . . 6937--6946
Wenli Deng and
Fei Ouyang and
Jiajia Zhang Semiparametric estimation method for
accelerated failure time model with
dependent censoring . . . . . . . . . . 6947--6958
Muhammad Amin and
Muhammad Amanullah and
Gauss M. Cordeiro Influence diagnostics in the Gamma
regression model with adjusted deviance
residuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6959--6973
Harun Özkan and
Thanasis Stengos and
Ege Yazgan Markov regime switching in mean and in
fractional integration parameter . . . . 6974--6981
Vikas Kumar Sharma and
Hassan S. Bakouch and
Khushboo Suthar An extended Maxwell distribution:
Properties and applications . . . . . . 6982--7007
Abdeldjalil Slama and
Hafida Saggou A Bayesian analysis of a change in the
parameters of autoregressive time series 7008--7021
Huilan Liu and
Hu Yang Estimation and variable selection in
single-index composite quantile
regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7022--7039
Christy Cassarly and
Renee' H. Martin and
Marc Chimowitz and
Edsel A. Peña and
Viswanathan Ramakrishnan and
Yuko Y. Palesch Assessing Type I error and power of
multistate Markov models for panel data
--- a simulation study . . . . . . . . . 7040--7061
Shun Fu Lee and
Allan Donner and
Neil Klar Power of the adjusted $Q$ statistic to
evaluate heterogeneity in meta-analyses
of cluster randomized trials . . . . . . 7062--7073
Carsten Schröder and
Shlomo Yitzhaki Reasonable sample sizes for convergence
to normality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7074--7087
Yasin Asar and
Asir Genç Two-parameter ridge estimator in the
binary logistic regression . . . . . . . 7088--7099
Gillian M. Hendry and
Temesgen Zewotir and
Rajen N. Naidoo and
Delia North The effect of the mechanism and amount
of missingness on subset correspondence
analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7100--7115
Yang-Jin Kim Cure rate model with bivariate interval
censored data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7116--7124
Huihui Sun Testing for autocorrelation and
random-effects in nonlinear mixed
effects models based on $M$-estimation 7125--7137
Li Yin and
Xiaoqin Wang and
Weimin Ye Maximum-likelihood estimation and
presentation for the interaction between
treatments in observational studies with
a dichotomous outcome . . . . . . . . . 7138--7153
Aijun Yan and
Sanyang Liu and
Muhammad Azam Designing a multiple state repetitive
group sampling plan based on the
coefficient of variation . . . . . . . . 7154--7165
Breno Silveira de Andrade and
Jacek Leskow and
Marinho G. Andrade Transformed GARMA model: Properties and
simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7166--7179
Tristan R. Grogan and
David A. Elashoff A simulation based method for assessing
the statistical significance of logistic
regression models after common variable
selection procedures . . . . . . . . . . 7180--7193
Abouzar Bazyari Bootstrap approach to test the
homogeneity of order restricted mean
vectors when the covariance matrices are
unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7194--7209
Xiang Jia and
Bo Guo Exact inference for exponential
distribution with multiply Type-I
censored data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7210--7220
Xinxia Yang and
Ratthachat Chatpatanasiri and
Pairote Sattayatham Value at risk estimation under
stochastic volatility models using
adaptive PMCMC methods . . . . . . . . . 7221--7237
Nilgun Yildiz On the weighted mixed Liu-type estimator
under unbiased stochastic restrictions 7238--7248
Yang Zhang and
Yanfen Shang and
Nini Gao and
Qing Wang Monitoring prespecified changes in
linear profiles using control charts
with supplementary runs rules . . . . . 7249--7263
Zahid Asghar and
Amena Urooj Analysis of seasonal level shift (SLS)
detection in SARIMA models . . . . . . . 7264--7318
F. R. B. Cruz and
R. C. Quinino and
L. L. Ho Bayesian estimation of traffic intensity
based on queue length in a multi-server
M/M/s queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7319--7331
Mahdi Roozbeh and
Nor Aishah Hamzah Feasible robust estimator in restricted
semiparametric regression models based
on the LTS approach . . . . . . . . . . 7332--7350
Muhammad Aslam and
Wenhao Gui and
Nasrullah Khan and
Chi-Hyuck Jun Double moving average-EWMA control chart
for exponentially distributed quality 7351--7364
Mohammad Baratnia and
Mahdi Doostparast Modeling lifetime of sequential
$r$-out-of-$n$ systems with independent
and heterogeneous components . . . . . . 7365--7375
Ronghua Luo and
Wei Lan Detecting homogeneous predictors in
high-dimensional panel model with an
MCMC algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7376--7392
Erdogan Gunel and
Kenneth Joseph Ryan Fisher's exact test from a Bayes
perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7393--7404
S. Asghari and
B. Sadeghpour Gildeh and
J. Ahmadi and
G. Mohtashami Borzadaran Lifetime performance index based on
ranked set sampling . . . . . . . . . . 7405--7422
Kalanka P. Jayalath and
Hon Keung Tony Ng and
Ananda B. Manage and
Kent E. Riggs Improved tests for homogeneity of
variances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7423--7446
T. Kayal and
Yogesh Mani Tripathi and
M. K. Rastogi and
A. Asgharzadeh Inference for Burr XII distribution
under Type I progressive hybrid
censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7447--7465
Azizur Rahman Small area housing stress estimation in
Australia: Calculating confidence
intervals for a spatial microsimulation
model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7466--7484
John de Guzman Eustaquio and
Erniel B. Barrios Nonparametric hypothesis testing in
clustered survival model . . . . . . . . 7485--7500
Sara Escudeiro and
Adelaide Freitas and
Vera Afreixo Approximate confidence intervals for a
linear combination of binomial
proportions: a new variant . . . . . . . 7501--7524
Ilkay Dogan and
Kazim Özdamar The effect of different data structures,
sample sizes on model fit measures . . . 7525--7533
Miguel Patrício and
Fábio Ferreira and
Bárbara Oliveiros and
Francisco Caramelo Comparing the performance of normality
tests with ROC analysis and confidence
intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7535--7551
Guangcai Mao and
Yi Wei and
Yanyan Liu SIMEX method for censored quantile
regression with measurement error . . . 7552--7560
Yuan-chin Ivan Chang Multiple-class classification: Ordinal
and categorical labels . . . . . . . . . 7561--7581
Fatima Siddiqui and
Qazi M. Ali An analytical study of the
classification of highly skewed data . . 7582--7601
Liwen Xu and
Dengkui Wang Parametric bootstrap inferences for
unbalanced panel data models . . . . . . 7602--7613
Nesrin Alkan and
Yuksel Terzi and
M. Ali Cengiz Using informative priors for handling
missing data problem in Cox regression 7614--7623
Hadi Alizadeh Noughabi Testing exponentiality based on
Kullback--Leibler information for
progressively Type II censored data . . 7624--7638
Jong-Min Kim and
S. Y. Hwang Directional dependence via Gaussian
copula beta regression model with
asymmetric GARCH marginals . . . . . . . 7639--7653
Lukasz Smaga Bootstrap methods for multivariate
hypothesis testing . . . . . . . . . . . 7654--7667
Mohammad Ehsanul Karim and
John Petkau and
Paul Gustafson and
Helen Tremlett and
The Beams Study Group On the application of statistical
learning approaches to construct inverse
probability weights in marginal
structural Cox models: Hedging against
weight-model misspecification . . . . . 7668--7697
Manisha Pal and
Nripes Kumar Mandal Optimum designs for parameter estimation
in a mixture experiment with two
correlated responses . . . . . . . . . . 7698--7709
Mohammad Reza Maleki and
Amirhossein Amiri and
Ali Reza Taheriyoun Phase II monitoring of binary profiles
in the presence of within-profile
autocorrelation based on Markov Model 7710--7732
Wilfrido J. Paredes-García and
Eduardo Castaño-Tostado Differential evolutionary algorithm in
the construction process of optimal
experimental designs . . . . . . . . . . 7733--7743
Guoping Zeng A comparison study of computational
methods of Kolmogorov--Smirnov statistic
in credit scoring . . . . . . . . . . . 7744--7760
Haiqing Chen and
Weihu Cheng and
Jing Zhao and
Xu Zhao Parameter estimation for generalized
Pareto distribution by generalized
probability weighted moment-equations 7761--7776
Luca Greco Weighted likelihood based inference for
$ P(X < Y) $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7777--7789
N. Chakraborty and
S. W. Human and
N. Balakrishnan A generally weighted moving average
chart for time between events . . . . . 7790--7817
Steven E. Rigdon and
William H. Woodall Using the predictive distribution to
determine control limits for the
Bayesian MEWMA chart . . . . . . . . . . 7818--7826
Jyun-You Chiang and
Nan Jiang and
Trenton N. Brown and
Tzong-Ru Tsai and
Y. L. Lio Control charts for generalized
exponential distribution percentiles . . 7827--7843
Hoda Kamranfar and
Rahim Chinipardaz and
Behzad Mansouri Detecting outliers in GARCH(p,q) models 7844--7854
Ming Ha Lee and
Michael B. C. Khoo Double sampling max chart . . . . . . . 7855--7878
Qianrao Fu and
Yimin Shi Constant-partially accelerated life
tests for Marshall--Olkin exponential
series system with dependent masked data 7879--7893
George Y. C. Wong and
Michael P. Osborne and
Qinggang Diao and
Qiqing Yu Piecewise Cox models with right-censored
data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7894--7908
Fayyaz Bahari and
Safar Parsi and
Mojtaba Ganjali A doubly robust goodness-of-fit test in
general linear models with missing
covariates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7909--7923
Shanjun Helian and
Babette A. Brumback and
Robert L. Cook Sparse canonical correlation analysis
between an alcohol biomarker and
self-reported alcohol consumption . . . 7924--7941
Mauricio Zevallos and
Loretta Gasco and
Ricardo Ehlers Riemann manifold Langevin methods on
stochastic volatility estimation . . . . 7942--7956
Ding-Geng (Din) Chen and
Shuyen Ho From statistical power to statistical
assurance: It's time for a paradigm
change in clinical trial design . . . . 7957--7971
Weiyan Mu and
Shifeng Xiong On algorithmic construction of maximin
distance designs . . . . . . . . . . . . 7972--7985
Nighat Zahra and
Supranee Lisawadi and
S. Ejaz Ahmed Meta-analysis, pretest, and shrinkage
estimation of kurtosis parameters . . . 7986--8004
Serkan Eryilmaz Reliability analysis of systems with
components having two dependent
subcomponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8005--8013
Yan Liu and
Hideaki Nagahata and
Hirotaka Uchiyama and
Masanobu Taniguchi Discriminant and cluster analysis of
possibly high-dimensional time series
data by a class of disparities . . . . . 8014--8027
Alessandro Barbiero Least-squares and minimum chi-square
estimation in a discrete Weibull model 8028--8048
Mohammad Hasan Bakhtiarifar and
Mahdi Bashiri and
Amirhossein Amiri Optimization of problems with
multivariate multiple functional
responses: a case study in air quality 8049--8063
Spyridon J. Hatjispyros and
Theodoros Nicoleris and
Stephen G. Walker Bayesian nonparametric density
estimation under length bias . . . . . . 8064--8076
Yaprak Arzu Özdemir and
Meral Ebegil and
Fikri Gökpinar A test statistic based on ranked set
sampling for two normal means . . . . . 8077--8085
Tomasz Z\kad\lo On prediction of population and
subpopulation characteristics for future
periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8086--8104
Achraf Cohen and
Raid Amin The effects of normal mixtures and
autocorrelation on the fraction
non-conforming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8105--8117
Sanku Dey and
Devendra Kumar and
Pedro L. Ramos and
Francisco Louzada Exponentiated Chen distribution:
Properties and estimation . . . . . . . 8118--8139
Li Wang Adaptive procedure for generalized
familywise error rate control . . . . . 8140--8151
Janet van Niekerk and
Andriëtte Bekker and
Mohammad Arashi A gamma-mixture class of distributions
with Bayesian application . . . . . . . 8152--8165
Minoo Aminnejad and
Habib Jafari Bayesian $A$- and $D$-optimal designs
for gamma regression model with inverse
link function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8166--8189
Xiaohua Cui and
Xia Chen and
Li Yan Quasi-likelihood Bridge estimators for
high-dimensional generalized linear
models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8190--8204
Chien-Tai Lin and
Chung-Tao Lu A two-stage algorithm for computation of
the exact distribution of sums of
spacings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8205--8217
Maolin Cheng and
Minyin Xiang Parameter estimation of a composite
production function model based on
improved artificial fish swarm algorithm
and model application . . . . . . . . . 8218--8232
A. C. Cambon and
K. B. Baumgartner and
G. N. Brock and
N. G. F. Cooper and
D. Wu and
S. N. Rai Properties of adaptive clinical trial
signature design in the presence of gene
and gene-treatment interaction . . . . . 8233--8250
Man-Hua Chen and
Hsin-Yu Yang A class of linear transformation models
for interval censored data with a cured
proportion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8251--8263
Ricardo Saldanha de Morais and
Roberto da Costa Quinino and
Emílio Suyama and
Linda Lee Ho Inferences in dichotomous
classifications with misclassifications
based on sequential repetitive
classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 8264--8282
Taban Baghfalaki and
Mojtaba Ganjali Robust weighted generalized estimating
equations based on statistical depth . . 8283--8305
Lazhar Benkhelifa The Marshall--Olkin extended generalized
Lindley distribution: Properties and
applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8306--8330
Anonymous Editorial Board:EOV . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebi
Xin Xin and
Julie Horrocks and
Gerarda A. Darlington Weighting methods for ties between event
times and covariate change times . . . . 1--15
Osama H. Arif and
Omar Eidous Fourth-order kernel method for simple
linear degradation model . . . . . . . . 16--29
Kirushanthini Balakrishnan and
M. R. Sooriyarachchi A goodness of fit test for multilevel
survival data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30--47
Takanobu Nomura and
Satoshi Hattori Estimation of the average causal effect
via multiple propensity score
stratification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--62
Hyejin Song and
Dong Wan Shin and
Jae Keun Yoo Do we need the constant term in the
heterogeneous autoregressive model for
forecasting realized volatilities? . . . 63--73
Lihua Yao Comparing methods for estimating the
abilities for the multidimensional
models of mixed item types . . . . . . . 74--91
Qifa Xu and
Chao Cai and
Cuixia Jiang and
Fang Sun and
Xue Huang Sampling Lasso quantile regression for
large-scale data . . . . . . . . . . . . 92--114
Junjie Wang and
Qin Su and
Min Xie A univariate procedure for monitoring
location and dispersion with ordered
categorical data . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--128
Diamanta Benson-Karhi and
Haim Shore and
Maya Malamud Modeling fetal-growth biometry with
Response Modeling Methodology (RMM) and
comparison to current models . . . . . . 129--142
Surya K. Pal and
Housila P. Singh Estimation of finite population mean
using auxiliary information in presence
of non-response . . . . . . . . . . . . 143--165
Fengjun Duan and
Guanjun Wang and
Huan Wang Inverse Gaussian process models for
bivariate degradation analysis: a
Bayesian perspective . . . . . . . . . . 166--186
Xiaojuan Kang and
Tizheng Li Testing a linear relationship in varying
coefficient spatial autoregressive
models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--205
Uchenna Chinedu Nduka EM-based algorithms for autoregressive
models with $t$-distributed innovations 206--228
Eveliny Barroso Da Silva and
Carlos Alberto Ribeiro Diniz and
Jalmar Manuel Farfan Carrasco and
Mário De Castro A class of beta regression models with
multiplicative log-normal measurement
errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--248
Sanku Dey and
Mahendra Saha and
Sudhansu S. Maiti and
Chi-Hyuck Jun Bootstrap confidence intervals of
generalized process capability index $
C_{pyk} $ for Lindley and power Lindley
distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249--262
Tomasz Górecki Classification of time series using
combination of DTW and LCSS
dissimilarity measures . . . . . . . . . 263--276
Salaheddine El Adlouni and
Garba Salaou and
André St-Hilaire Regularized Bayesian quantile regression 277--293
Melike Kaya Bahçecitapar Some factors affecting statistical power
of approximate tests in the linear mixed
model for longitudinal data . . . . . . 294--314
Radek Hendrych and
Tomás Cipra Self-weighted recursive estimation of
GARCH models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--328
Reza Shokrizadeh and
Abbas Saghaei and
Vahid Amirzadeh Optimal design of the variable sampling
size and sampling interval variable
dimension $ T^2 $ control chart for
monitoring the mean vector of a
multivariate normal process . . . . . . 329--337
Santanu Dutta and
Suparna Biswas Nonparametric estimation of $ 100 (1 -
p) $ % expected shortfall: $ p \to 0 $
as sample size is increased . . . . . . 338--352
Yisong Huang and
Jingjing Yin and
Hani Samawi Methods improving the estimate of
diagnostic odds ratio . . . . . . . . . 353--366
W. Chantarangsi and
W. Liu and
F. Bretz and
S. Kiatsupaibul and
A. J. Hayter Normal probability plots with confidence
for the residuals in linear regression 367--379
Priscilla H. Chan and
Ronghui Xu and
Christina D. Chambers A study of $ R^2 $ measure under the
accelerated failure time models . . . . 380--391
Md. Mobarak Hossain and
Tomasz J. Kozubowski and
Krzysztof Podgórski A novel weighted likelihood estimation
with empirical Bayes flavor . . . . . . 392--412
Saowanit Sukparungsee and
Sasigarn Kuvattana and
Piyapatr Busababodhin and
Yupaporn Areepong Bivariate copulas on the Hotelling's $
T^2 $ control chart . . . . . . . . . . 413--419
Jing Xu and
Xinmin Li A fiducial $p$ -value approach for
comparing heteroscedastic regression
models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420--431
Peter Filzmoser and
Fatma Sevinç Kurnaz A robust Liu regression estimator . . . 432--443
Byoung Cheol Jung and
Sooyoung Cheon and
Hwa Kyung Lim Mixtures of regression models with
incomplete and noisy data . . . . . . . 444--463
Jiaqi Chen and
Hualong Yang and
Jianfeng Yao A new multivariate CUSUM chart using
principal components with a revision of
Crosier's chart . . . . . . . . . . . . 464--476
Shu-Mei Wan and
Tien-Yu Sun and
Kai-Hui Chen and
Chien-Hua Wu Sample size algorithm for randomized
response model with dichotomized
response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477--499
Janne Mannseth and
Tore S. Kleppe and
Hans J. Skaug On the application of improved
symplectic integrators in Hamiltonian
Monte Carlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500--509
Jian Hou and
Bo Jiang Predictions and estimations under a
group of linear models with random
coefficients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510--525
Feridun Tasdan Smoothed ranks for two or multi-sample
location problems . . . . . . . . . . . 526--541
Shahzad Munir and
Muhammad Riaz and
Zahid Asghar On evaluating the performance of
different forecasters . . . . . . . . . 542--555
Shih-Chou Kao A control chart based on weighted
bootstrap with strata . . . . . . . . . 556--581
Mahdi Teimouri and
Saeid Rezakhah and
Adel Mohammadpour EM algorithm for symmetric stable
mixture model . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582--604
Emre Dünder and
Serpil Gümüstekin and
Naci Murat and
Mehmet Ali Cengiz Variable selection in linear regression
analysis with alternative Bayesian
information criteria using differential
evaluation algorithm . . . . . . . . . . 605--614
Ming Ha Lee and
Michael B. C. Khoo Double sampling $ |S| $ control chart
with variable sample size and variable
sampling interval . . . . . . . . . . . 615--628
Anonymous Corrigendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629--629
P. T. Pepler and
D. W. Uys and
D. G. Nel Regularized covariance matrix estimation
under the common principal components
model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631--643
Suvra Pal and
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan Likelihood inference based on EM
algorithm for the destructive
length-biased Poisson cure rate model
with Weibull lifetime . . . . . . . . . 644--660
Mu Feng and
Zhao Chen and
Ximing Cheng Two-step variable selection in partially
linear additive models with time series
data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661--671
Mark A. Wolters and
W. John Braun Enforcing shape constraints on a
probability density estimate using an
additive adjustment curve . . . . . . . 672--691
Hao Jin and
Si Zhang Spurious regression between long memory
series due to mis-specified structural
breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692--711
Pratheesh P. Gopinath and
Rajender Parsad and
B. N. Mandal Two-dimensional balanced sampling plans
excluding adjacent units under sharing a
border and island adjacency schemes . . 712--720
Fabien Campillo and
Marc Joannides and
Ir\`ene Larramendy-Valverde Parameter identification for a
stochastic logistic growth model with
extinction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721--737
Reza Mokarram and
Mahdi Emadi and
Arezou Habibi Rad and
Mahdi Jabbari Nooghabi A comparison of parametric and
semi-parametric survival models with
artificial neural networks . . . . . . . 738--746
Mhamed-Ali El-Aroui and
Olivier Gaudoin Prequential omnibus goodness-of-fit
tests for stochastic processes: a
numerical study . . . . . . . . . . . . 747--761
Amir Moslemi and
Mirmehdi Seyyed-Esfahani and
Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki Robust surface estimation in
multi-response multistage statistical
optimization problems . . . . . . . . . 762--782
Mohammad Saber Fallah Nezhad and
Faeze Zahmatkesh Saredorahi Designing an economically optimal
repetitive group-sampling plan based on
loss functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783--799
Manisha Pal and
N. K. Mandal Optimum mixture designs for the
log-logistic dose-response model with
mixture of two similar compounds . . . . 800--808
Wu Hao and
Wang Weifeng and
Guo Zhongkai Generalized anticipated backward
stochastic differential equations driven
by Brownian motion and continuous
increasing process . . . . . . . . . . . 809--821
Jyun-You Chiang and
Nan Jiang and
Tzong-Ru Tsai and
Y. L. Lio Inference of $ \delta = P(X < Y) $ for
Burr XII distributions with record
samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822--838
Tristan Guillaume Computation of the quadrivariate and
pentavariate normal cumulative
distribution functions . . . . . . . . . 839--851
A. Firat Ozdemir and
Rand Wilcox and
Engin Yildiztepe Comparing $J$ independent groups with a
method based on trimmed means . . . . . 852--863
A. R. Najafi and
Farshid Mehrdoust and
Shima Shirinpour Pricing American put option on
zero-coupon bond under fractional CIR
model with transaction cost . . . . . . 864--870
Amit Sen A simple unit root testing methodology
that does not require knowledge
regarding the presence of a break . . . 871--889
A. S. Mirniam and
A. R. Nematollahi Maximum likelihood estimation in vector
autoregressive models with multivariate
scaled $t$-distributed innovations using
EM-based algorithms . . . . . . . . . . 890--904
Mohammed S. Kotb and
Mohammad Z. Raqab Bayesian inference and prediction of the
Rayleigh distribution based on ordered
ranked set sampling . . . . . . . . . . 905--923
Yue Gao and
Zong-Feng Qi and
Jian-Feng Yang and
Jin-Yu Yang Algorithmic construction of nearly
column-orthogonal designs . . . . . . . 924--937
A. Aghamohammadi A Bayesian multiple comparison procedure
for simply ordered treatment medians . . 939--953
Serkan Eryilmaz Phase type stress-strength models with
reliability applications . . . . . . . . 954--963
Safoora Gharibzadeh and
Mohammad Ali Mansournia and
Abbas Rahimiforoushani and
Ahad Alizadeh and
Atieh Amouzegar and
Kamran Mehrabani-Zeinabad and
Kazem Mohammad Comparing different propensity score
estimation methods for estimating the
marginal causal effect through
standardization to propensity scores . . 964--976
Bruna Gregory Palm and
Fábio M. Bayer Bootstrap-based inferential improvements
in beta autoregressive moving average
model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977--996
Cindy X. Feng and
Andrea Piesse On correcting measurement error in the
persistence rate estimator . . . . . . . 997--1013
Mary Jane Esmenda and
Erniel B. Barrios Robust estimation of a multilevel model
with structural change . . . . . . . . . 1014--1027
Thomas Jaki and
Ting-Li Su and
Minjung Kim and
M. Lee Van Horn An evaluation of the bootstrap for model
validation in mixture models . . . . . . 1028--1038
Hamzah Abdul Hamid and
Yap Bee Wah and
Xian-Jin Xie and
Ong Seng Huat Investigating the power of
goodness-of-fit tests for multinomial
logistic regression . . . . . . . . . . 1039--1055
Dal Ho Kim and
Hyunnam Ryu and
Yongku Kim Nonparametric Bayesian modeling for
monotonicity in catch ratio . . . . . . 1056--1065
J. Y. Dauxois and
A. Nucit Some estimation problems in epidemic
modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1066--1087
Soumita Modak and
Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay and
Tanuka Chattopadhyay Clustering of gamma-ray bursts through
kernel principal component analysis . . 1088--1102
Pan Wang and
Zhenzhou Lu and
Sinan Xiao Variance-based sensitivity analysis with
the uncertainties of the input variables
and their distribution parameters . . . 1103--1125
Yanyan Zhao Feasible algorithm for linear mixed
model for massive data . . . . . . . . . 1126--1133
K. Drosou and
C. Koukouvinos and
A. Lappa A method for analyzing supersaturated
designs inspired by control charts . . . 1134--1145
J. Martin van Zyl The performance of univariate
goodness-of-fit tests for normality
based on the empirical characteristic
function in large samples . . . . . . . 1146--1156
Guogen Shan and
John J. Chen Optimal inference for Simon's two-stage
design with over or under enrollment at
the second stage . . . . . . . . . . . . 1157--1167
Rahim Alhamzawi and
Haithem Taha Mohammad Ali The Bayesian elastic net regression . . 1168--1178
Mehrdad Naderi and
Alireza Arabpour and
Ahad Jamalizadeh Multivariate normal mean-variance
mixture distribution based on Lindley
distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1179--1192
Zohreh Pakdaman and
Jafar Ahmadi Point estimation of the stress-strength
reliability parameter for parallel
system with independent and
non-identical components . . . . . . . . 1193--1203
V. Mameli and
M. Musio and
L. Ventura Bootstrap adjustments of signed scoring
rule root statistics . . . . . . . . . . 1204--1215
E. Cramer and
K. Davies Restricted optimal progressive censoring 1216--1239
Hasan Ertas A modified ridge $m$-estimator for
linear regression model with
multicollinearity and outliers . . . . . 1240--1250
Amir Rezaei and
Maryam Sharafi and
Javad Behboodian and
Atefeh Zamani Inferences on stress-strength parameter
based on GLD5 distribution . . . . . . . 1251--1263
Mbanefo S. Madukaife and
Fabian C. Okafor A powerful affine invariant test for
multivariate normality based on
interpoint distances of principal
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1264--1275
K. Ahmadi and
M. Rezaei and
F. Yousefzadeh Progressively Type-II censored competing
risks data for exponential distributions
based on sequential order statistics . . 1276--1296
Reema Sharma and
S. K. Upadhyay A hierarchical Bayes analysis for
one-shot device testing experiment under
the assumption of exponentiality . . . . 1297--1314
Jianhua Ding Bayesian estimation on semiparametric
models with shape restricted B-splines 1315--1325
Masanari Iida and
Yoichi Miyata and
Takayuki Shiohama Bootstrap estimation and model selection
for multivariate normal mixtures using
parallel computing with graphics
processing units . . . . . . . . . . . . 1326--1342
Rafel Xampeny and
Pere Grima and
Xavier Tort-Martorell Selecting significant effects in
factorial designs: Lenth's method versus
using negligible interactions . . . . . 1343--1352
Sajal Saha and
Michael B. C. Khoo and
Ming Ha Lee and
Philippe Castagliola A side-sensitive modified group runs
double sampling (SSMGRDS) control chart
for detecting mean shifts . . . . . . . 1353--1369
Sudhansu S. Maiti and
Indrani Mukherjee On estimation of the PDF and CDF of the
Lindley distribution . . . . . . . . . . 1370--1381
Severin Hauenstein and
Simon N. Wood and
Carsten F. Dormann Computing AIC for black-box models using
generalized degrees of freedom: a
comparison with cross-validation . . . . 1382--1396
Mohammad Z. Raqab and
Shafiqah A. Al-Awadhi and
Debasis Kundu Discriminating among Weibull,
log-normal, and log-logistic
distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1397--1419
Geng Chen and
Sheng Luo Bayesian hierarchical joint modeling
using skew-normal/independent
distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1420--1438
Zofia Hanusz and
Rie Enomoto and
Takashi Seo and
Kazuyuki Koizumi A Monte Carlo comparison of Jarque--Bera
type tests and Henze--Zirkler test of
multivariate normality . . . . . . . . . 1439--1452
Arezo Hajrajabi and
Afshin Fallah Nonlinear semiparametric AR(1) model
with skew-symmetric innovations . . . . 1453--1462
Marcos Antonio Alves Pereira and
Betsabé G. Blas Achic Calibration model with skew scale
mixtures of normal distributions . . . . 1463--1478
Yousef F. Alharbi and
Prakash N. Patili Error variance function estimation in
nonparametric regression models . . . . 1479--1491
Lisa Hermans and
Vahid Nassiri and
Geert Molenberghs and
Michael G. Kenward and
Wim Van der Elst and
Marc Aerts and
Geert Verbeke Fast, closed-form, and efficient
estimators for hierarchical models with
AR(1) covariance and unequal cluster
sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1492--1505
Vikas Kumar Sharma and
Sanku Dey and
Sanjay Kumar Singh and
Uzma Manzoor On length and area-biased Maxwell
distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1506--1528
Shu-Fei Wu Multiple comparisons with the average
for exponential location parameters
based on doubly censored sample under
heteroscedasticity . . . . . . . . . . . 1529--1539
M. Sabzevari Variance of the asymmetric $n$ -player
gambler's ruin problem with ties allowed 1540--1549
S. Balamurali and
P. Jeyadurga and
M. Usha Optimal designing of quick switching
sampling system assuring percentile life
under Weibull distribution . . . . . . . 1550--1563
Pei-Fang Su and
Sheng-Mao Chang Power and sample size calculation for
paired right-censored data based on
survival copula models . . . . . . . . . 1565--1582
Li Zhao and
Liang Yan and
Xingzhong Xu High-correlated residuals improved
estimation in the high-dimensional SUR
model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1583--1605
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Georgios Skoulakis Simulating from polynomial-normal
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