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K. F. Cheng and
C. H. Chen Estimation of the Weibull parameters
with grouped data . . . . . . . . . . . 325--341
William B. Smith Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v--v
Kwang-Su Park and
Chi-Hyuck Jun Use of contagious distributions in the
semiconductor yield models considering
cluster effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--17
P. I. Keison and
K. E. Kemp Small sample set estimation of a
baseline ranking . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--43
John N. Haddad On robust estimation in the first order
autoregressive processes . . . . . . . . 45--54
Jiin-Huarng Guo Robust estimation for the coefficient of
a first order autoregressive process . . 55--66
Markus Neuhäuser An exact two-sample test based on the
Baumgartner--Weiss--Schindler statistic
and a modification of Lepage's test . . 67--78
Madhusudan K. Bhandary Bayes estimation of intraclass
correlation coefficient . . . . . . . . 79--93
Ahmed A. Soliman Comparison of LINEX and quadratic Bayes
estimators for the Rayleigh distribution 95--107
Shannon L. Quinn and
Thomas J. Harris and
David W. Bacon Notes on likelihood intervals and
profiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--129
Paul D. Feigin and
Yan P. Lumelskii On confidence limits for the difference
of two binomial parameters . . . . . . . 131--141
Yinsheng Qu and
Ming Tan and
Lisa Rybicki A unified approach to estimating
association measures via a joint
generalized linear model for paired
binary data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143--156
Kanwar Sen and
Preeti Wanti Srivastava Tests for exponentiality against new
better than old in expectation and new
better than some used in expectation
alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157--180
Julian de la Horra and
Maria Teresa Rodriguez-Bernal Optimality of the posterior predictive
$p$-value based on the posterior odds 181--192
Cicilia Y. Wada and
Luiz K. Hotta Restricted alternatives tests in a
bivariate exponential model with
covariates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--210
Armelle Guillou Bootstrap confidence intervals for the
Pareto index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--226
W. F. Scott Tables of the Cramér--von Mises
distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--235
William B. Smith Inference with overlapping $ 2 \times 2
$ tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--241
Anonymous Editorial Board . . . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebi
Jorge G. Adrover and
Victor J. Yohai Quantile estimation for a selected
normal population . . . . . . . . . . . 243--262
Wenjiang J. Fu, Ph.D. Ridge estimator in singular design with
application to age-period-cohort
analysis of disease rates . . . . . . . 263--278
Francisco Cribari-Neto and
Spyeos G. Zarkos The size and power of analytical and
bootstrap corrections to score tests in
regression models . . . . . . . . . . . 279--289
A. Vijayakumar and
B. Krishna Kumar and
B. Thilaka Stochastic compartmental models with
branching particles and disasters:
sojourn time and related characteristics 291--318
Choon Mo Ahn and
Byung Chun Kim and
Sang Gue Park The estimation of treatment effect for
the censored bivariate data under the
univariate censoring . . . . . . . . . . 319--334
Choongrak Kim and
Soonyoung Hwang Influential subsets on the variable
selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335--347
P. J. Farrell and
N. G. Cadigan Local influence in binary regression
models, and its correspondence with
global influence . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--368
Ji-Cheng Wu and
Lii-Yuh Leu A two-stage procedure with accelerated
test for selecting the best exponential
population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--380
Chengjie Xiong and
George A. Milliken Change-points in stochastic ordering . . 381--400
Qi-Hua Wang and
Bing-Yi Jing A Martingale-based bootstrap inference
with censored data . . . . . . . . . . . 401--415
Kanwar Sen and
Sunil Kumar Mathur A test for bivariate two sample location
problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417--436
Somesh Kumar and
Aditi Kar Quantile estimation for a selected
normal population . . . . . . . . . . . 437--444
Soohwa Kim and
Sinsup Cho and
Sangyeol Lee On the Cusum test for parameter changes
in $ {\rm garch}(1, 1) $ Models . . . . 445--462
Hirokazu Yanagihara Asymptotic expansion of the null
distribution of one-way ANOVA test
statistic for heteroscedastic case under
nonnormality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463--476
Anonymous Editorial Board . . . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebi
Vee Ming Ng A note on predictive inference for
multivariate elliptically contoured
distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477--483
JeongHye Han and
JoongJae Cho and
Choon Seong Leem Bootstrap confidence limits for Wright's
$ C_5 $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485--505
Shahjahan Khan Improved estimation of the mean vector
for Student-$t$ model . . . . . . . . . 507--527
J. M. Muñoz Pichardo and
J. Muñoz García and
J. M. Fernández Ponce and
M. D. Jiménez Garnero Influence analysis in multivariate
linear general models . . . . . . . . . 529--547
Patricia Gimenez and
Enrico A. Colosimo and
Heleno Bolfarine Asymptotic relative efficiency of Wald
tests in measurement error models . . . 549--564
Tachen Liang Empirical Bayes tests in a positive
exponential family with partial
information on priors . . . . . . . . . 565--577
M. Pensky and
P. Ni Extended linear empirical Bayes
estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579--592
V. M. Rohan and
G. Jones Efficient run orders for a two-factor
response surface experiment on a
correlated process . . . . . . . . . . . 593--609
Makoto Aoshima Second-order properties of improved
two-stage procedure for a multivariate
normal distribution . . . . . . . . . . 611--622
Carmen D. S. André and
Silvia N. Elian and
Subhash C. Narula and
Rodrigo A. Tavares Coefficients of determinations for
variable selection in the MSAE
regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623--642
Francisco Cumsille and
Shrikant I. Bangdiwala and
Pranab K. sen and
Lawrence L. Kupper Effect of dichotomizinlg a continuous
variable on the model structure in
multiple linear regression models . . . 643--654
Sangit Chatterjee and
Mustafa R. Yilmaz and
Mohamed Habibuliah and
Matthew Laudato An approximate entropy test for
randomness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655--675
K. S. Man Maximum likelihood estimation for a
nearly random walk model . . . . . . . . 677--697
Anonymous Editorial Board . . . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebi
Robert J. Boik and
Charles Todd and
Scott K. Hyde Response transformations in repeated
measures and growth curve models . . . . 699--733
Gwowen Shieh General multivariate linear models for
longitudinal studies . . . . . . . . . . 735--753
Madhusudan Bhadary and
Mohammed Khorsed Alam Test for the equality of interclass
correlation coefficients under unequal
family sizes for several populations . . 755--768
Samuel O. M. Manda A Bayesian analysis of multivariate
survival data from multi-stage cluster
sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769--782
Chattopadhay Saibal Sequential estimation of exponential
location parameter using an asymmetric
loss function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783--795
Klaus L. P. Vasconcellos and
Gauss M. Cordeiro Bias corrected estimates in multivariate
Student $t$ regression models . . . . . 797--822
C. T. Liao and
H. K. Iyer Optimal $ 2^{n - p} $ fractional
factorial designs for dispersion effects
under a location-dispersion model . . . 823--835
Silvia N. Elian and
Carmen D. S. André and
Subhash C. Narula Influence measure for the $ L_1 $
regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837--849
Christopher S. Coffey and
Keith E. Muller Properties of doubly-truncated gamma
variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851--857
Anwar M. Hossain and
William J. Zimmer Comparisons of methods of estimation for
a Pareto distribution of the first kind 859--878
Siu Fai Leung and
Shihti Yu How effective are the reset tests for
omitted variables . . . . . . . . . . . 879--902
Anonymous Editorial Board . . . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebi
Chin Long Chiang My life as a statistician . . . . . . . 905--921
Shang P. Lin and
T. Timothy Chen Optimal two-stage designs for Phase II
clinical trials with differentiation of
complete and partial responses . . . . . 923--940
Jessica Y. Chang and
Hongshik Ahn and
James J. Chen On sequential closed testing dose groups
with a control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941--956
Wei Zhu and
Weng Kee Wong Optimum treatment allocation for
dual-objective clinical trials with
binary outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . 957--974
Chinying Wang and
T. Timothy Chen and
Irvin Tyan Designs for Phase I cancer clinical
trials with differentiation of graded
toxicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975--987
Thomas Permutt and
Vance W. Berger A new look at rank tests in ordered-$ 2
\times k $ contingency tables . . . . . 989--1003
Justine Shults Modeling the correlation structure of
data that have multiple levels of
association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005--1015
Colin O. Wu and
Kai F. Yu and
Vivian W. S. Yuan Large sample properties and confidence
bands for component-wise
varying-coefficient regression with
longitudinal dependent variable . . . . 1017--1037
Qiming Liao and
Victor De Gruttola A class of semiparametric transformation
frailty models with application to
estimating treatment effects and
heterogeneity in AIDS clinical trails 1039--1057
Wai-Yuan Tan and
Zhengzheng Ye Some state space models of HIV epidemic
and its applications for the estimation
of HIV infection and incubation . . . . 1059--1088
Jen-pei Liu and
Mi-Chia Ma On difference factor in assessment of
dissolution similarity . . . . . . . . . 1089--1113
Zhaohai Li and
Heping Zhang Mapping quantitative trait loci using
both extremely discordant and concordant
sib pairs: a unified approach for
meta-analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115--1127
Dai Wang and
Fengzhu Sun Sample sizes for the transmission
disequilibrium tests: TDT, $s$-TDT and
$1$-TDT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1129--1142
K. Chatterjee and
Lih-Yuan Deng and
Dennis K. J. Lin Resolution v.2 search designs . . . . . 1143--1154
Guoyong Jiang and
Sanat K. Sarkar The likelihood ratio test for the
homogeneity of the variances in a
covariance matrix with block compound
symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1155--1178
Ruiguand Song and
Paul C. Schlecht and
Jensen H. Groff A composite binomial model derived from
correlated random variables . . . . . . 1179--1195
Jianan Peng and
Chu-In Charles Lee and
Lin Liu A multiple comparisons procedure for
detecting differences between treatments
and a control in two-factor experiments 1197--1217
Saumendranath Mandal and
Ben Torsney Algorithms for the construction of
optimizing distributions . . . . . . . . 1219--1231
Peter X. K. Song and
Wenxin Jiang Assessing conditional independence for
log-linear Poisson models with random
effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1233--1245
James E. Whitney II and
Kerron Duncan and
Maria Richardson and
Isaac Bankman Parameter estimation in a highly
non-linear model using simultaneous
perturbation stochastic approximation 1247--1256
Colin Chen Generalized additive mixed models . . . 1257--1271
S. E. Ahmed Construction of improved estimators of
multinomial proportions . . . . . . . . 1273--1291
Cong Chen and
Wayne A. Fuller and
F. Jay Breidt A semiparametric estimator of the
distribution function of a variable
measured with error . . . . . . . . . . 1293--1310
Dylan Shi and
Junjie Song and
Chi Wang A note on maximum entropy spectrum
estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1311--1325
Kao-Tai Tsai Robust Williams trend test . . . . . . . 1327--1346
Lijian Yang Finite nonparametric GARCH model for
foreign exchange volatility . . . . . . 1347--1365
Ngai Hang Chan and
Giovanni Petris Long memory stochastic volatility: a
Bayesian approach . . . . . . . . . . . 1367--1378
Lih-Yuan Deng and
Yingfu Li and
Boxin Tang Catalogue of small runs nonregular
designs from Hadamard matrices with
generalized minimum aberration . . . . . 1379--1395
Jiang-Ming Johnny Wu Extreme statistics from the cosine
distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1397--1403
Beiyao Zheng Bayesian estimation of multidimensional
item response theory model using Gibbs
sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1405--1417
Anonymous Editorial Board . . . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebi
A. Bekker and
J. J. J. Roux and
P. J. Mosteit A generalization of the compound
Rayleigh distribution: using a Bayesian
method on cancer survival times . . . . 1419--1433
Efthymios G. Tsionas Posterior analysis, prediction and
reliability in three-parameter Weibull
distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1435--1449
Mithat Gönen A Bayesian analysis of the intraclass
correlations in the mixed linear model 1451--1464
Carlos A. Coelho On two asymptotic normal distributions
for the generalized Wilks lambda
statistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1465--1486
D. Richard Cutler and
Adele Cutler Estimation for $U$-shaped beta
distributions: minimum Hellinger
distance and related methods . . . . . . 1487--1509
Myung Geun Kim Multivariate outliers and decompositions
of Mahalanobis distance . . . . . . . . 1511--1526
K. Anaya and
F. O'Reilly Fisher's observed information matrix for
location and scale parameters under Type
I censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1527--1537
Hyun Jip Choi and
Chong Sun Hong Testing non-nested log-linear models
with pseudo estimator . . . . . . . . . 1539--1547
Jianping Dong and
Renfang Jiang A boundary kernel for local polynomial
regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1549--1558
Philip Samuel and
P. Yageens Thoma An improved form of a recurrence
relation on the product moments of order
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1559--1564
A. K. Gupta and
D. G. Kabe On the impact of equicorrelated
responses on multicollinearity . . . . . 1565--1568
A. M. Carolan and
J. C. W. Rayner One sample tests of location for
nonnormal symmetric data . . . . . . . . 1569--1581
Emad El-Neweihi and
Bikas K. Sinha Reliability estimation based on ranked
set sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1583--1595
Mohamed Habibullah and
M. Ahsanullah Estimation of parameters of a Pareto
distribution by generalized order
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1597--1609
W. Stute and
W. González Manteiga and
C. Sánchez Sellero Nonparametric model checks in censored
regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1611--1629
Mohammad Z. Raqab On the moments of record values . . . . 1631--1647
Harshinder Singh and
R. S. Singh and
Shixian Qian Testing uniform stochastic ordering for
survival functions . . . . . . . . . . . 1649--1661
P. G. Sankaran and
N. Unnikrishnan Nair Conditional mean residual life functions 1663--1675
Anonymous Editorial Board . . . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebi
Janc L. Harvill and
Bonnic K. Ray An investigation of lag identification
tools for vector nonlinear time series 1677--1701
ByoungSeon Choi On the asymptotic distributions of mean,
autocovariance, autocorrelation,
crosscovariance and impulse response
estimators of a stationary
multidimensional random field . . . . . 1703--1724
Jeffrey T. Terpstra The median estimate of the
autoregressive location parameter . . . 1725--1739
Dimitris N. Politis and
Joseph P. Romano and
Michael Wolf Subsampling, symmetrization, and robust
interpolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1741--1757
Gael M. Martin and
Vance L. Martin Bayesian inference in the triangular
cointegration model using a Jeffreys
prior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1759--1785
Marianna Pensky and
Kalpana Kirtane Linear empirical Bayes estimation in the
case of the Wishart distribution . . . . 1787--1799
Glen Meeden and
Stephen Vardeman A simple hidden Markov model for
Bayesian modeling with time dependent
data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1801--1826
S. Huda and
A. A. Al-Shiha On $D$- and $E$-minimax optimal designs
for estimating the axial slopes of a
second-order response surface over
hypercubic regions . . . . . . . . . . . 1827--1849
Teruo Fujioka and
Takerni Yanagimoto Constructing estimators of a mean vector
through orthogonal reparametrization and
differential equations . . . . . . . . . 1851--1863
Robert L. Fountain A class of closeness criteria . . . . . 1865--1883
Kai-Tai Fang and
Hong-Bin Fang and
Dietrich von Rosen A family of bivariate distributions with
non-elliptical contours . . . . . . . . 1885--1898
Ingrid A. Baade and
Anthony N. Pettitt Multiple and conditional deletion
diagnostics for general linear models 1899--1910
Mark Finkelstein and
Howard G. Tucker and
Jerry Alan Veeh Conservative confidence intervals for a
single parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . 1911--1928
Sung-il Han and
Sigeo Aki A unified approach to binomial-type
distributions of order $k$ . . . . . . . 1929--1943
Anonymous Editorial Board . . . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebi
Yadolah Dodge and
Joe Whittaker The information for the direction of
dependence in $ L_1 $ regression . . . . 1945--1955
Yadolah Dodge and
Valentin Rousson Direction dependence in a regression
line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1957--1972
J. B. Copas and
A. J. Krebs-Brown Calibration of predictions in regression 1973--1986
Robert Gilchrist Regression models for data with a
non-zero probability of a zero response 1987--2003
Alan J. Miller Another look at subset selection using
linear least squares . . . . . . . . . . 2005--2017
Thomas P. Ryan Some issues in logistic regression . . . 2019--2032
D. M. Smith and
M. G. Kenward Extensions of multiple linear regression 2033--2053
Alan M. Sykes Ratio estimates and Fieller's theorem in
regression modelling . . . . . . . . . . 2055--2063
A. N. Donev Dealing with errors in variables in
response surface exploration . . . . . . 2065--2077
G. C. Brown and
A. J. Lawrance Theory and illustration of regression
influence diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 2079--2107
R. Dennis Cook Save: a method for dimension reduction
and graphics in regression . . . . . . . 2109--2121
Yonghong (Fred) Yang and
Norman R. Draper The effects of model mis-specifications
in linear measurement error models . . . 2123--2142
Peter W. M. John Breaking alias chains in fractional
factorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2143--2155
Steven G. Gilmour and
Luzia A. Trinca Some practical advice on polynomial
regression analysis from blocked
response surface designs . . . . . . . . 2157--2180
Sofia Paul and
Andre I. Khuri Modified ridge analyses under
nonstandard conditions . . . . . . . . . 2181--2200
Norman R. Draper and
Irwin Guttman Assessing prior information for designed
experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2201--2214
Sandy D. Balkin and
Dennis K. J. Lin A neural network approach to response
surface methodology . . . . . . . . . . 2215--2227
Philip Prescott Projection designs for mixture
experiments in orthogonal blocks . . . . 2229--2253
Scott Kowalski and
John A. Cornell and
G. Geoffrey Vining A new model and class of designs for
mixture experiments with process
variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2255--2280
Ling-Yau Chan Optimal designs for experiments with
mixtures: a survey . . . . . . . . . . . 2281--2312
K. Draper Norman Applied regression analysis bibliography
update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2313--2341
Anonymous Editorial Board . . . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebi
P. Saavedra and
C. N. Hernández and
J. Artiles Spectral analysis with replicated time
series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2343--2362
Michael Falk Frank Marohn Efficient estimation in local parametric
regression analysis . . . . . . . . . . 2363--2389
Dong Q. Wang and
F. Critchley Multiple deletion measures and
conditional influence in regression
model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2391--2404
Elisete C. Q. Aubin and
Gauss M. Cordeiro Bartlett-corrected tests for normal
linear models when the error covariance
matrix is nonscalar . . . . . . . . . . 2405--2426
L. Gajek and
A. Okolewski Inequalities for generalized order
statistics from some restricted family
of distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . 2427--2438
Sally McClean and
Colum Devine Nonparametric maximum likelihood
estimation for artificially truncated
absence data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2439--2457
Arthur Pewsey The wrapped skew-normal distribution on
the circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2459--2472
Jonghyeon Kim and
Leon J. Gleser SIMEX approaches to measurement error in
ROC studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2473--2491
Jungsywan H. Sepanski On a random coefficient probit model . . 2493--2505
Zhong-Zhan Zhang and
Yoshinori Fuji and
Takashi Yanagawa On Mantel--Haenszel type estimators in
simple nested case-control studies . . . 2507--2521
Hyo-Ii Park and
Jung-Sub Park and
Seung-Joo Lee Asymptotic equivalence between two
empirical mean residual life processes 2523--2533
Werner Hürlimann General location transform of the order
statistics from the exponential, Pareto
and Weibull, with application to maximum
likelihood estimation . . . . . . . . . 2535--2545
Teruo Nakatsuma and
Elena Gouskova and
Jinichi Uemura and
Hiroki Tsurumi Ratio tests of a unit root . . . . . . . 2547--2571
A. R. De Leon and
K. C. Carriere On the one-sample location hypothesis
for mixed bivariate data . . . . . . . . 2573--2581
De Wayne R. Derryberry and
Paul A. Murtaugh A scale-location adjustment for
proportional hazards deviance residuals 2583--2591
W. L. Pearn and
G. H. Lin Estimating capability index c$_{pk}$ for
processes with asymmetric tolerances . . 2593--2604
I. B. J. Goudie and
J. Ashbridge A conditionally-unbiased estimator of
population size based on plant-capture
in continuous time . . . . . . . . . . . 2605--2619
Ramkrishna L. Shinde and
Ashok Shanubhogue Estimation of parameters and the mean
life of a mixed failure time
distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2621--2642
Anonymous Editorial Board . . . . . . . . . . . . ebi--ebi
Caries M. Cuadras and
Younes Lahlou Some orthogonal expansions for the
logistic distribution . . . . . . . . . 2643--2663
Jörg-Uwe Löbus and
Lutz Ritter The limiting power of the Durbin--Watson
test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2665--2676
Christopher S. Coffey and
Keith E. Muller Seme distributions and their
implications for an internal pilot study
with a univariate linear model . . . . . 2677--2691
T. Pham-Gia Distributions of the ratios of
independent beta variables and
applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2693--2715
Govind S. Mudholkar and
Deo Kumar Srivastava Robust analogs of Hotelling's two-sample
$ T^2 $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2717--2749
Xiaohu Li and
Chengkui Zhong and
Bingyi Jing Test for new better than used in convex
ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2751--2760
Despina Dasiou and
Chronis Moyssiadis Robustness of confidence intervals for
scale parameters based on $M$-estimators 2761--2773
G. Jones and
C. D. Lai and
J. C. W. Rayner A bivariate gamma mixture distribution 2775--2790
Shaui K. Bar-Lev and
Benzion Boukal On a UMP and curtailed double sampling
test for proportions . . . . . . . . . . 2791--2803
Hisashi Tanizaki Nonlinear and non-Gaussian state
estimation: A quasi-optimal estimator 2805--2834
Wang-Shu Lu Improved confidence intervals for a
binomial parameter using the Bayesian
method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2835--2847
Daniel Barry A Bayesian analysis for less smooth
departures from polynomial regression
models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2849--2864
Dal Ho Kirn and
Woo Dong Lee and
Sang Gil Kang Bayesian model selection for life time
data under type II censoring . . . . . . 2865--2878
Layth C. Alwan Designing an effective exponential cusum
chart without the use of nomographs . . 2879--2893
Rüdiger Vollandt and
Manfred Horn and
Pranab K. Sen Sample size determination of Steel's
nonparametric many-one test . . . . . . 2895--2914
Charles J. Monlezun Addendum to fitting polynomials to main
effects in multi factor experiments: A
note concerning polynomial coefficients
when all factors are quantitative . . . 2915--2919
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Mitchell Watnik and
Wesley Johnson and
Edward J. Bedrick Nonnested Linear Model Selection
Revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--20
Julie Zhou Integer-Valued, Minimax Robust Designs
for Approximately Linear Models with
Correlated Errors . . . . . . . . . . . 21--39
Qihua Wang and
Lixing Zhu Estimation in Partly Linear
Error-In-Covariable Models with Censored
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41--54
Anoop Chaturvedi and
Alan T. K. Wan and
Shri P. Singh Stein-Rule Restricted Regression
Estimator in a Linear Regression Model
with Nonspherical Disturbances . . . . . 55--68
J. Ahmadi and
N. R. Arghami Some Univariate Stochastic Orders on
Record Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--74
Raul P. Mentz Likelihood Ratio Test of Equality of
Several Variances in the Intraclass
Correlation Model . . . . . . . . . . . 75--91
Ramalingam Shanmugam Predicting a ``Successful'' Prevention
of an Epidemic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--103
M. Menéndez and
D. Morales and
L. Pardo and
I. Vajda Approximations to powers of $ \phi
$-disparity goodness-of-fit tests . . . 105--134
W. Liu and
A. J. Hayter Selecting and Sharpening Inferences in
Simultaneous Inference with a Bayesian
Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--145
Daling Wen and
Martin S. Levy BLINEX: a Bounded Asymmetric Loss
Function with Application to Bayesian
Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--153
Daling Wen and
Martin S. Levy Admissibility of Bayes Estimates under
BLINEX Loss for the Normal Mean Problem 155--163
P. C. Consul and
Felix Famoye On Lagrangian Distributions of the
Second Kind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--178
Efthymios G. Tsionas Bayesian Inference in Birnbaum--Saunders
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--193
Seuck Heun Song and
Götz Trenkler On the Efficiency of the
Cochrane--Orcutt Estimator in the
Serially Correlated Error Components
Regression Model for Panel Data . . . . 195--207
Walter Tinsson Prediction of the Variations of the Mean
Response by Using Experimental Design
with Quantitative Factors and Random
Block Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--228
P. Ndlovu and
J. Preater Calibration Using a Piecewise Simple
Linear Regression Model . . . . . . . . 229--242
Efthymios G. Tsionas Bayesian Multivariate Poisson Regression 243--255
John Byrne and
Paul Kabaila Short Exact Confidence Intervals for the
Poisson Mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--261
Linda Lee Ho and
Julio da Motta Singer Generalized Least Squares Methods for
Bivariate Poisson Regression . . . . . . 263--277
N. David Yanez III and
Gregory R. Warnes and
Richard A. Kronmal A Univariate Measurement Error Model for
Longitudinal Change . . . . . . . . . . 279--287
Germán Aneiros-Pérez and
Alejandro Quintela-del-Río Modified Cross-Validation in
Semiparametric Regression Models with
Dependent Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--307
Satish K. Agarwal and
Jamal A. Al-Saleh Generalized Gamma Type Distribution and
Its Hazard Rate Function . . . . . . . . 309--318
Chien-Tai Lin Nonparametric Classification on Two
Univariate Distributions . . . . . . . . 319--330
Erhard Cramer Inference for Stress-Strength Models
Based on Weinman Multivariate
Exponential Samples . . . . . . . . . . 331--346
Sadullah Sakallioglu and
Selabattin Kaçiranlar and
Fikri Akdeniz Mean Squared Error Comparisons of Some
Biased Regression Estimators . . . . . . 347--361
Deborah H. Glueck and
Keith E. Muller On the Expected Values of Sequences of
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--369
Marjorie E. Bond, Ph.D. and
James J. Higgins, Ph.D. A note on `A comparison of Bayes and
maximum likelihood estimation of the
intraclass correlation coefficient' . . 371--380
Barry C. Arnold and
Enrique Castillo and
José María Sarabia Quantification of Incompatibility of
Conditional and Marginal Information . . 381--395
K. Muralidharan Tests for Exponentiality Against Gamma
Alternatives Using Normalized Waiting
Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397--405
H. Boudjellaba and
B. MacGibbon and
P. Sawyer On Exact Inference for Change in a
Poisson Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--434
Nian-Sheng Tang and
Bo-Cheng Wei and
Xue-Ren Wang Local Influence in Nonlinear
Reproductive Dispersion Models . . . . . 435--449
Chun Jin and
Abdulaziz Elfessi On the Common Scale Parameter of Several
Pareto Populations in Censored Samples 451--462
Baibing Li and
Elaine B. Martin and
A. Julian Morris A Graphical Technique for Detecting
Influential Cases in Regression Analysis 463--483
Richard A. Chechile Bayesian Analysis of Gumbel Distributed
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485--496
M. González and
M. Molina and
M. Mota Estimation of the Offspring Distribution
and the Mean Vector for a Bisexual
Galton--Watson Process . . . . . . . . . 497--516
Aysen Akkaya and
Moti L. Tiku Estimating Parameters in Autoregressive
Models in Non-Normal Situations:
Asymmetric Innovations . . . . . . . . . 517--536
Zdenek Fabián Induced Cores and Their Use in Robust
Parametric Estimation . . . . . . . . . 537--555
Min Chen and
Gemai Chen A Nonparametric Test of Changing
Conditional Variances in Autoregressive
Time Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557--578
Neil H. Timm and
Ali A. Al-Subaihi Testing Model Specification in Seemingly
Unrelated Regression Models . . . . . . 579--590
E. Letón and
P. Zuluaga Equivalence Between Score and Weighted
Tests for Survival Curves . . . . . . . 591--608
ByoungSeon Choi The Asymptotic Joint Distribution of the
Yule--Walker Estimators of a Causal
Multidimensional AR Process . . . . . . 609--614
George Montopoli and
Donald A. Anderson The Analysis of Discrete Choice
Experiments with Correlated Error
Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615--626
Amita K. Manatunga and
John M. Williamson Assessing Familial Aggregation with an
Ordinal Response . . . . . . . . . . . . 627--641
Anthony Y. C. Kuk and
T. K. Mak and
W. K. Li Estimation Procedures for Categorical
Survey Data with Nonignorable
Nonresponse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643--663
Athanassios Katsis Calculating the Optimal Sample Size for
Binomial Populations . . . . . . . . . . 665--678
Alberto Luceño Selection of Sample Size for Discrete
Feedback Dead-Band Control Schemes . . . 679--689
Gianpaolo Pulcini On the Prediction of Future Failures for
a Repairable Equipment Subject to
Overhauls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691--706
Yanqing Sun and
Shan Sun and
Yuanan Diao Smooth Quantile Processes from Right
Censored Data and Construction of
Simultaneous Confidence Bands . . . . . 707--727
Ping-Hung Hsieh On Bayesian Predictive Moments of Next
Record Value Using Three-Parameter Gamma
Priors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729--738
Piotr Pawlas and
Dominik Szynal Recurrence Relations for Single and
Product Moments of Generalized Order
Statistics from Pareto, Generalized
Pareto, and Burr Distributions . . . . . 739--746
Efthymios G. Tsionas Exact Inference in Four-Parameter
Generalized Gamma Distributions . . . . 747--756
K. Anaya and
F. O'Reilly Test of Fit for the Inverse Gaussian and
Gamma Distributions under Censoring . . 757--773
Juei-Chao Chen and
Shen-Ming Lee Approximation to Optimal Stopping Rules
for Gamma Random Variables with Unknown
Location and Scale Parameters . . . . . 775--784
Jeffrey T. Terpstra The Median Estimate of the
Autoregressive Location Parameter . . . 785--786
Mammo Woldie and
J. Leroy Folks and
John P. Chandler Power Function for Inverse Gaussian
Regression Models . . . . . . . . . . . 787--797
M. Mercedes Suárez Rancel and
Miguel A. González Sierra Regression Diagnostic Using Local
Influence: a Review . . . . . . . . . . 799--813
Subrahmaniam Kocherlakota and
Kathleen Kocherlakota Regression in the Bivariate Poisson
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815--825
José A. Díaz-García and
Rogelio Ramos-Quiroga An Approach to Optimization in Response
Surface Methodology . . . . . . . . . . 827--835
Manisha Sane and
A. V. Kharshikar Effect of Missing an Influential
Covariate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837--853
Hisashi Tanizaki and
Xingyun Zhang Posterior Analysis of the Multiplicative
Heteroscedasticity Model . . . . . . . . 855--874
M. H. Chen and
P. C. Wang Multi-Level Factorial Designs with
Minimum Numbers of Level Changes . . . . 875--885
Heng Li Nested Designs with Multivariate
Measurement: an Illustration of the
Structural Approach to Random Effects
Multivariate Analysis of Variance . . . 887--895
Göran Arnoldsson Optimal Designs for Binomial Sampling
under a Mixture Hypothesis . . . . . . . 897--911
Karen Leffondré and
Joseph Lellouch and
Catherine Com-Nougué and
Thierry Moreau Optimality of Nonparametric Tests for
Association Between Survival Time and
Continuous Covariates . . . . . . . . . 913--929
Hironori Takeuchi On the Likelihood Ratio Test for a
Single Model Against the Mixture of Two
Known Densities . . . . . . . . . . . . 931--942
Jose M. González-Barrios and
Raúl Rueda On Convergence Theorems for Quantiles 943--955
F. López-Blázquez and
B. Salamanca-Miño Exact and Approximated Relations Between
Negative Hypergeometric and Negative
Binomial Probabilities . . . . . . . . . 957--967
Yisrael Parmet and
David M. Steinberg Quality Improvement from
Disassembly-Reassembly Experiments . . . 969--985
E. Gómez and
M. A. Gómez-Villegas and
J. M. Marín Response to Letter to the Editor . . . . 989--992
M. Qamarul Islam and
Moti L. Tiku and
F. Yildirim Nonnormal Regression. I. Skew
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993--1020
Moti L. Tiku and
M. Qamarul Islam and
A. Sevtap Selçuk Nonnormal Regression. II. Symmetric
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1021--1045
Nan-Jung Hsu and
Bonnie K. Ray and
F. Jay Breidt Long-Range Dependent Common Factor
Models: a Bayesian Approach . . . . . . 1047--1061
Pierre Dutilleul Multi-Frequential Periodogram Analysis
and the Detection of Periodic Components
in Time Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1063--1098
Ibrahim A. Salama and
Dana Quade The Symmetric Footrule . . . . . . . . . 1099--1109
Ming Tan and
Guo-Liang Tian and
Xiaoping Xiong Explicit Bayesian Solution for
Incomplete Pre-Post Test Problems Using
Inverse Bayes Formulae . . . . . . . . . 1111--1129
Bhaskar Bhattacharya Csiszar Divergence from Constant Failure
Rate Model for Grouped Data . . . . . . 1131--1141
Samir M. Shaarawy and
Ahmed L. Daif and
Alyaa R. Zahran Bayesian Classification of ARMA Sources
with Unknown Order . . . . . . . . . . . 1143--1154
Roger B. Nelsen and
José Juan Quesada-Molina and
Joseé Antonio Rodriíguez-Lallena and
Manuel Úbeda-Flores Bounds on Bivariate Distribution
Functions with Given Margins and
Measures of Association . . . . . . . . 1155--1162
L. C. Zhao and
H. Zhang A Central Limit Theorem for Testing
Exponentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1163--1170
Fikri Akdeniz The Examination and Analysis of
Residuals for Some Biased Estimators in
Linear Regression . . . . . . . . . . . 1171--1183
Anup Dewanji and
Tummala S. Rao On System Reliability under
Stress-Strength Modeling . . . . . . . . 1185--1196
Enrique Castillo and
Ali S. Hadi and
Beatriz Lacruz Regression Diagnostics for the Least
Absolute Deviations and the Minimax
Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1197--1225
Gianluigi Rech and
Timo Teräsvirta and
Rolf Tschernig A Simple Variable Selection Technique
for Nonlinear Models . . . . . . . . . . 1227--1241
F. Belzunce and
A. Guillamón and
J. Navarro and
J. M. Ruiz Kernel Estimation of Residual Entropy 1243--1255
Jong-Hyeon Jeong A Note on Asymptotic Efficiency of a
Regression Coefficient Parameter under
Ordinal Logistic Regression Model . . . 1257--1269
M. Francisco-Fernández and
J. M. Vilar-Fernández Local Polynomial Regression Estimation
with Correlated Errors . . . . . . . . . 1271--1293
Lúcia P. Barroso and
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Klaus L. P. Vasconcellos Improved Score Tests for von Mises
Regression Models . . . . . . . . . . . 1295--1315
Hérbetes de H. Cordeiro and
Gauss M. Cordeiro Skewness for Parameters in Generalized
Linear Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1317--1334
Birdal Senoglu and
Moti L. Tiku Analysis of Variance in Experimental
Design with Nonnormal Error
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1335--1352
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Lourdes Coral C. Montenegro Bartlett Corrected Likelihood Ratio
Tests in Location-Scale Nonlinear Models 1353--1372
Hua Lin and
Andy H. Lee A Conditional Cook's Distance to Assess
Influence in Autoregressive Models . . . 1373--1380
Chin-Fu Hsiao and
Murray K. Clayton Bayes Discrete Sequential Boundaries for
Clinical Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . 1381--1394
Essam K. Al-Hussaini On Bayes Prediction of Future Median . . 1395--1410
Charles J. Monlezun Orthogonally Decomposing the Interaction
Sum of Squares in Two Factor Experiments
When Both Factors Are Quantitative:
Unbalanced Data and Unequal Spacing . . 1411--1433
Neeraj Misra and
Edward C. van der Meulen A New Test of Uniformity Based on
Overlapping Sample Spacings . . . . . . 1435--1470
Jeng-Fu Liu Two-Stage Approximation of Expected
Reward for Gamma Random Variables . . . 1471--1480
Mei Lu and
Gary Chase and
Shuhui Li Permutation tests and other test
statistics for ill-behaved data:
experience of the NINDS $t$-PA Stroke
Trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1481--1496
Zhijun Liu Asymptotic Efficiency of Analysis of
Rao's Quadratic Entropy . . . . . . . . 1497--1506
Govind S. Mudholkar and
Lili Tian On the Null Distributions of the Entropy
Tests for the Gaussian and Inverse
Gaussian Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507--1520
Dongsheng Tu Rao's Score Tests in Survival Analysis:
Examples and Bartlett Type Adjustments 1521--1532
Anil K. Bera and
Yannis Bilias On Some Optimality Properties of
Fisher--Rao Score Function in Testing
and Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1533--1559
Debasis Kundu and
Swagata Nandi On Asymptotic Properties of a Two
Dimensional Frequency Estimator . . . . 1561--1577
Y. Wu and
K. W. Tam and
M. M. Zen and
F. Li A Note on Estimating the Number of
Superimposed Exponential Signals by the
Cross-Validation Approach . . . . . . . 1579--1589
Jürgen Kleffe and
Ragnar Norberg Minimum Norm Estimation of Variance
Components for Life Insurance Data . . . 1591--1603
Poduri S. R. S. Rao Nonnegative Estimators for the One-Way
Random Effects Model . . . . . . . . . . 1605--1613
Kevin J. Keen and
Robert C. Elston A Problem in Ascertainment . . . . . . . 1615--1631
G. J. Székely and
T. F. Móri A Characteristic Measure of Asymmetry
and Its Application for Testing Diagonal
Symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1633--1639
Ram C. Tiwari and
Paul H. Kvam Ranked Set Sampling from Location-Scale
Families of Symmetric Distributions . . 1641--1659
O. J. Shoemaker and
P. K. Pathak The Sequential Bootstrap: a Comparison
with Regular Bootstrap . . . . . . . . . 1661--1674
Vic Patrangenaru New Large Sample and Bootstrap Methods
on Shape Spaces in High Level Analysis
of Natural Images . . . . . . . . . . . 1675--1693
R. de Bruin and
W. Schaafsma and
A. G. M. Steerneman and
G. N. van Vark Size and Shape as Linear Combinations of
Untransformed Measurements . . . . . . . 1695--1714
Subal C. Kumbhakar Risk Preferences under Price
Uncertainties and Production Risk . . . 1715--1735
Ram C. Dahiya and
Paul G. Staneski and
N. Rao Chaganty Maximum Likelihood Estimation of
Parameters of the Truncated Cauchy
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1737--1750
Hidetoshi Shimodaira Multiple Comparisons of Log-Likelihoods
and Combining Nonnested Models with
Applications to Phylogenetic Tree
Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1751--1772
Makoto Aoshima Sample Size Determination for Multiple
Comparisons with Components of a Linear
Function of Mean Vectors . . . . . . . . 1773--1788
Govind S. Mudholkar and
James Kost and
Perla Subbaiah Robust Tests for the Significance of
Orthant Restricted Mean Vector . . . . . 1789--1810
Andrew M. Hartley and
Dayanand N. Naik Estimation of Familial Correlations
under Autoregressive Circular Covariance 1811--1828
Raoul LePage and
Michal Ryznar Conditioning vs. Standardization for
Contrasts on Errors Attracted to Stable
Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1829--1850
Carlos W. Brain and
Jie Mi On Some Properties of the Quantiles of
the Chi-Square Distribution and Their
Applications to Interval Estimation . . 1851--1867
Stephan R. Sain Bias Reduction and Elimination with
Kernel Estimators . . . . . . . . . . . 1869--1888
Nalini Ravishanker Differential geometry of ARFIMA
processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1889--1902
Ramesh C. Gupta and
Robin Warren Determination of Change Points of
Non-Monotonic Failure Rates . . . . . . 1903--1920
Rita Aggarwala Progressive Interval Censoring: Some
Mathematical Results with Applications
to Inference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1921--1935
Youn-Min Chou and
Robert L. Mason and
John C. Young The Control Chart for Individual
Observations from a Multivariate
Non-Normal Distribution . . . . . . . . 1937--1949
Bovas Abraham and
Mike Brajac Variation Reduction and Robust Designs 1951--1962
Barry C. Arnold Beads, Bags, Bayes, and the Fundamental
Problem of Sampling Theory . . . . . . . 1963--1967
Robert H. Lyles and
Douglas J. Taylor and
John J. Hanfelt and
Lawrence L. Kupper An Alternative Parametric Approach for
Discrete Missing Data Problems . . . . . 1969--1988
Yoshihiro Usami and
Yasuyuki Toyooka An Examination of Estimated Residuals in
a Regression with an Infinite Order
Parametric Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989--2004
J. Michael Jackson and
John E. Hewett Evaluation of Power of Tests Involving
Covariates under Nonconstant Variance 2005--2021
Myung-Hoe Huh and
Myoungshic Jhun Random Permutation Testing in Multiple
Linear Regression . . . . . . . . . . . 2023--2032
Seongbaek Yi Asymptotic Stability of the OSCV
Smoothing Parameter Selection . . . . . 2033--2044
Taesung Park Segmented Dose-Response Models for
Repeated Measures Data . . . . . . . . . 2045--2056
K. H. Garcia-Alfaro and
H. Bolfarine Comparative Calibration with Subgroups 2057--2078
Paul Janssen and
Jan Swanepoel and
Noël Veraverbeke Efficiency of Linear Regression
Estimators Based on Presmoothing . . . . 2079--2097
Kazuo Noda and
Hideo Ono On UMP invariant $F$-test procedures in
a general linear model . . . . . . . . . 2099--2115
Ömer Öztürk A Nonparametric Test of Symmetry Versus
Asymmetry for Ranked-Set Samples . . . . 2117--2133
M. I. Hendi and
A. M. Abouammoh Testing New Better Than Renewal Used
Life Distributions Based on $U$-Test . . 2135--2147
Deborah J. Street and
David S. Bunch and
Beverley J. Moore Optimal designs for $ 2^k $ paired
comparison experiments . . . . . . . . . 2149--2171
Kim-Anh Do and
Xuemei Wang and
Bradley M. Broom Importance Bootstrap Resampling for
Proportional Hazards Regression . . . . 2173--2188
C. Matthew Jones and
Anatoly A. Zhigljavsky Comparison of Costs for Multi-Stage
Group Testing Methods in the
Pharmaceutical Industry . . . . . . . . 2189--2209
Luis A. Escobar and
William Q. Meeker The Asymptotic Equivalence of the Fisher
Information Matrices for Type I and Type
II Censored Data from Location-Scale
Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211--2225
Aysen D. Akkaya and
M. L. Tiku Corrigendum: Time Series Models with
Asymmetric Innovations . . . . . . . . . 2227--2230
C. Radhakrishna Rao Statistics: Reflections on the Past and
Visions for the Future . . . . . . . . . 2235--2257
Santosh C. Sutradhar and
Brajendra Sutradhar On Classification of a Bivariate Binary
Observation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2259--2279
Nalini Ravishanker and
Dipak K. Dey and
Malini Iyengar Compositional Time Series Analysis of
Mortality Proportions . . . . . . . . . 2281--2291
Chang Yu and
Daniel Zelterman Exact Inference for Family Disease
Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2293--2305
Mehdi Razzaghi and
Ralph L. Kodell An Extension of the Em Algorithm for
Optimization of Constrained Likelihood:
an Application in Toxicology . . . . . . 2317--2327
Chong Hyung Lee and
Kyung Hyun Nam and
Dong Ho Park Optimal Software Release Policy Based on
Markovian Perfect Debugging Model . . . 2329--2342
Shunpu Zhang Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test for
the Shoulder Condition in Line Transect
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2343--2354
Z. Govindarajulu Characterization of Double Exponential
Distribution Using Moments of Order
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2355--2372
Adrienne W. Kemp The $q$-beta-geometric distribution as a
model for fecundability . . . . . . . . 2373--2384
Ramalingam Shanmugam Product Moment Generating Function
Technique and Its Applications to
Modified Power Series Distributions . . 2385--2392
Keyue Ding Properties of the Minimum Point of an
Unbalanced Two-Sided Random Walk . . . . 2393--2414
Ramesh C. Gupta and
Nicole Brown Reliability Studies of the Skew-Normal
Distribution and Its Application to a
Strength-Stress Model . . . . . . . . . 2427--2445
Rameshwar D. Gupta and
Asok K. Nanda Some Results on Reversed Hazard Rate
Ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2447--2457
Mark Fitzgerald and
Rick Picard Accelerated Monte Carlo for Particle
Dispersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2459--2471
Prashant S. Sansgiry and
Olcay Akman Reliability Estimation Via Length-Biased
Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2473--2479
Rüdiger Vollandt and
Manfred Horn Sample Size Determination for Multiple
Many-One and Pairwise Comparisons of
Proportions Using the Arcsin
Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2481--2498
Jan G. De Gooijer and
Ali Gannoun and
Dawit Zerom Multi-Stage Kernel-Based Conditional
Quantile Prediction in Time Series . . . 2499--2515
Barry C. Arnold and
Enrique Castillo and
José María Sarabia A Multivariate Version of Stein's
Identity with Applications to Moment
Calculations and Estimation of
Conditionally Specified Distributions 2517--2542
Neeraj Misra and
Edward C. van der Meulen On Estimation Following Selection from
Nonregular Distributions . . . . . . . . 2543--2561
Younshik Chung and
Dipak K. Dey and
Sangjeen Lee Applying the Savage--Dickey Density
Ratio to Default Bayes Factors, with an
Illustration to Outlier Detection in
Random Effects Models . . . . . . . . . 2563--2582
Rakesh Srivastava and
Vilpa Tanna An Estimation Procedure for Error
Variance Incorporating Pts for Random
Effects Model under LINEX Loss Function 2583--2599
Joseph Collins Functional Estimation by Asymptotic
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2601--2635
Shie-Shien Yang and
Qifeng Yu and
Munther A. Al-Zaid A Two-Stage Estimation Procedure for
Linear Mixed-Effects Models . . . . . . 2637--2653
M. L. Menéndez and
J. A. Pardo and
L. Pardo Rao's Statistic for the Analysis of
Uniform Association in
Cross-Classifications . . . . . . . . . 2655--2681
Mirjam Moerbeek and
Gerard J. P. Van Breukelen and
Martijn P. F. Berger Optimal Experimental Designs for
Multilevel Models with Covariates . . . 2683--2697
Selahattin Kaçiranlar and
Sadullah Sakallioglu Combining the Liu Estimator and the
Principal Component Regression Estimator 2699--2705
Daniel Barry Bayesian Smoothing with Occasional Jumps 2707--2719
K. G. Janardan Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 2721--2722
Byungjin Choi and
Keeyoung Kim Minimum Discrimination Information
Estimator of the Inverse Gaussian Mean
with Known Coefficient of Variation . . 1--10
Byung Hwee Kim and
Hoh Yoo Baek and
In Hong Chang Improved Estimators of the Natural
Parameters in Continuous Multiparameter
Exponential Families . . . . . . . . . . 11--29
Parimal Mukhopadhyay On Estimating Functions in the Presence
of a Nuisance Parameter . . . . . . . . 31--36
Efthymios G. Tsionas Bayesian Analysis of Finite Mixtures of
Weibull Distributions . . . . . . . . . 37--48
Dani Gamerman and
Ajax R. B. Moreira Bayesian Analysis of Econometric Time
Series Models Using Hybrid Integration
Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49--72
B. R. Handa and
N. S. Kambo and
C. D. Ravindran Testing of Scale Parameter of the
Exponential Distribution with Known
Coefficient of Variation: Conditional
Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--86
Jean G. Orelien and
Jun Zhai and
Richard Morris and
Rich Cohn An Approach to Performing Multiple
Comparisons with a Control in Gee Models 87--105
Dong Joon Park and
Hyun Mi Hwang Confidence Intervals for the Mean
Response in the Simple Linear Regression
Model with Balanced Nested Error
Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--117
Hengqing Tong Generalized Ridge Estimate of Parameters
in Variance Component Model . . . . . . 119--128
Francisco Louzada-Neto and
Gleici Castro Perdoná Accelerated Lifetime Tests with a
Log-Non-Linear Stress-Response
Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129--146
Agnieszka Rossa and
Ryszard Zieli\'nski A Simple Improvement of the
Kaplan--Meier Estimator . . . . . . . . 147--158
Nobuhiro Taneichi and
Yuri Sekiya and
Akio Suzukawa and
Hideyuki Imai A Formula for Normalizing Transformation
of Some Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . 163--179
Girdhar G. Agarwal and
Rohan J. Dalpatadu and
Ashok K. Singh Linear Functions of Uniform Order
Statistics and B-Splines . . . . . . . . 181--192
John D. Spurrier An Improved Lower Bound for Lehmann's
Lambda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--199
Miguel A. Gómez-Villegas and
Paloma Maín and
Luis Sanz A Suitable Bayesian Approach in Testing
Point Null Hypothesis: Some Examples
Revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201--217
David C. Vaughan The Generalized Secant Hyperbolic
Distribution and Its Properties . . . . 219--238
Suzanne Hudson New Results for a Class of Univariate
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239--247
Dae-Heung Jang Measures for Evaluating
Non-Orthogonality of Experimental
Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249--260
Walter Krämer and
Francesc Marmol OLS-based asymptotic inference in linear
regression models with trending
regressors and $ {\rm AR}(p)
$-disturbances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--270
Ming Lin and
Laisheng Wei The Small Sample Properties of the
Principal Components Estimator for
Regression Coefficients . . . . . . . . 271--283
Göran Broström Cox Regression; Ties Without Tears . . . 285--297
Youngjin Kim and
Sangyeol Lee On the Kolmogorov--Smirnov Type Test for
Testing Nonlinearity in Time Series . . 299--309
Govind S. Mudholkar and
Lili Tian On the Null Distributions of the Entropy
Tests for the Gaussian and Inverse
Gaussian Models* . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--324
Constantinos Petropoulos and
Stavros Kourouklis A Class of Improved Estimators for the
Scale Parameter of an Exponential
Distribution with Unknown Location . . . 325--335
Frank Marohn A Comment on Locally Most Powerful Tests
in the Presence of Nuisance Parameters 337--349
Tak K. Mak Modeling and Estimating Variances in
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--365
Jeffrey T. Terpstra Generalized Signed-Rank Estimators for
Autoregression Parameters . . . . . . . 367--395
Brajendra C. Sutradhar and
Sanjoy K. Sinha On Pseudo-Likelihood Inference in the
Binary Longitudinal Mixed Model . . . . 397--417
Ruey-Ching Hwang and
Mei-Lien Ken Double Smoothing Estimation of the
Multivariate Regression Function in
Nonparametric Regression . . . . . . . . 419--434
Anant M. Kshirsagar and
Kirk Steinhorst A Unified Treatment of the Analysis of
Experimental Designs Using Eigenvectors 435--447
P. Prescott and
R. A. Mansson Efficiency of Pair-Wise Treatment
Comparisons in Incomplete Block
Experiments Subject to the Loss of a
Block of Observations . . . . . . . . . 449--462
Craig A. Wilson and
Mark E. Payton Modelling the Coefficient of Variation
in Factorial Experiments . . . . . . . . 463--476
Chin-Shang Li and
Jeremy M. G. Taylor Smoothing Covariate Effects in Cure
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477--493
Nicholas Eugene and
Carl Lee and
Felix Famoye Beta-Normal Distribution and Its
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497--512
Kunio Shimizu and
Kazuyuki Iida Pearson Type VII Distributions on
Spheres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513--526
S. R. Deshmukh and
M. S. Kasture Bivariate Distribution with Truncated
Poisson Marginal Distributions . . . . . 527--534
Thomas Wenzel Pitman-Closeness as a Measure to
Evaluate the Quality of Forecasts . . . 535--550
Abdalla A. Abdel-Ghaly and
Ahmed F. Attia and
Magda M. Abdel-Ghani The Maximum Likelihood Estimates in Step
Partially Accelerated Life Tests for the
Weibull Parameters in Censored Data . . 551--573
Richard M. Huggins and
Anne Chao Asymptotic Properties of an Optimal
Estimating Function Approach to the
Analysis of Mark Recapture Data . . . . 575--595
Lucio Barabesi and
Lorenzo Fattorini Kernel Estimators of Probability Density
Functions by Ranked-Set Sampling . . . . 597--610
Colin M. Gallagher Testing for Linear Dependence in
Heavy-Tailed Data . . . . . . . . . . . 611--623
Yoshihiro Usami Some Asymptotic Properties of the Least
Squares Estimators of a Polynomial
Regression with a Heteroskedastic Error 625--637
Sudesh K. Srivastav On Construction of Generalized Group
Divisible Designs with Two Groups . . . 639--647
Lingyun Zhang and
Gemai Chen A Note on EWMA Charts for Monitoring
Mean Changes in Normal Processes . . . . 649--661
José A. Díaz-García and
Víctor Leiva-Sánchez and
Manuel Galea Singular Elliptical Distribution:
Density and Applications . . . . . . . . 665--681
Quanxi Shao A Reparameterisation Method for Embedded
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683--697
Nao Ohyauchi Comparison of the Bayes Risks of
Estimators for a Family of Truncated
Normal Distributions . . . . . . . . . . 699--718
N. Balakrishnan and
M. R. Brito and
A. J. Quiroz Using Large Order Statistics of Runs for
Tracking a Changing Bernoulli
Probability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719--732
Mary E. Putt and
Vernon M. Chinchilli Estimating the asymptotic variance of
generalized $L$-statistics . . . . . . . 733--751
Yanhong Wu Supplementary Score Test in Mixture
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753--779
Bernard Cerutti and
Toufik Zoubeidi and
David M. Reboussin Adaptive Group Sequential Procedures for
Multiple Comparison of Treatments . . . 781--793
D. N. Kashid and
S. R. Kulkarni A More General Criterion for Subset
Selection in Multiple Linear Regression 795--811
Jian-Xin Pan Influential Observation Identification
in the Growth Curve Model with Rao's
Simple Covariance Structure . . . . . . 813--831
Ruey-Ching Hwang A New Version of the Local Constant
$M$-Smoother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833--848
Gianpaolo Pulcini Accounting for Model Uncertainty in
Reliability Analysis of Mechanical
Repairable Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 849--869
Leda D. Minkova A Generalization of the Classical
Discrete Distributions . . . . . . . . . 871--888
Yoshio Komori and
Hideo Hirose Parameter Estimation Based on Grouped Or
Continuous Data for Truncated
Exponential Distributions . . . . . . . 889--900
Silvia L. P. Ferrari and
Miguel A. Uribe-Opazo and
Gauss M. Cordeiro Bartlett-Type Corrections for
Two-Parameter Exponential Family Models 901--924
José María Sarabia and
Marta Pascual A Class of Lorenz Curves Based on Linear
Exponential Loss Functions . . . . . . . 925--942
Linyuan Li Hazard Rate Estimation for Censored Data
by Wavelet Methods . . . . . . . . . . . 943--960
Agnieszka Rossa On the Estimation of Survival Function
under Random Censorship . . . . . . . . 961--975
A. Alavi and
A. Thavaneswaran Nonparametric Estimators for Censored
Correlated Data . . . . . . . . . . . . 977--985
Fikri Akdeniz More on the Pre-Test Estimator in Ridge
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987--994
W. Tinsson Parameter Estimation for the Fixed Block
Effects Model Using a Usual Design . . . 995--1017
Minta Wu and
Robert F. Woolson Modification of Kelly and Rice Method
for Synergism Tests . . . . . . . . . . 1019--1030
Chi-Ying Leung Performance of the Location Linear
Discriminant Function under
Across-Location Heteroscedasticity . . . 1031--1044
Arthur Pewsey Large-Sample Inference for the General
Half-Normal Distribution . . . . . . . . 1045--1054
Frank Marohn A Characterization of Generalized Pareto
Distributions by Progressive Censoring
Schemes and Goodness-Of-Fit Tests . . . 1055--1065
Ouadia Radouane and
Emmanuelle Crétois Neyman Smooth Tests for the Generalized
Pareto Distribution . . . . . . . . . . 1067--1078
Rodolfo de Cristofaro The Inductive Reasoning in Statistical
Inference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079--1089
Seong W. Kim and
Dal Ho Kim Intrinsic Priors for Two-Sample Tests in
Normal Populations . . . . . . . . . . . 1091--1105
Y. P. Mack Bias-Corrected Confidence Intervals for
Wildlife Abundance Estimation . . . . . 1107--1122
Naveen K. Bansal and
Debasis Kundu Poisson Regression with a Periodic
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123--1136
Jinhong You and
Gemai Chen Parameter Estimation in a Partly Linear
Regression Model with Random Coefficient
Autoregressive Errors . . . . . . . . . 1137--1158
Eduard Belitser Consistency in Nonparametric Minimax
Regression Estimation . . . . . . . . . 1159--1165
Christos P. Kitsos The Simple Linear Calibration Problem as
an Optimal Experimental Design . . . . . 1167--1177
Naâmane Laib and
Djamal Louani On the Conditional Homoscedasticity Test
in Autoregressive Model with Arch Error 1179--1202
Chung-Chi Helen Chang and
Wenyaw Chan and
Asha S. Kapadia The Analysis of Recurrent Failure Times:
the Time-Dependent Yule Process Approach 1203--1213
Liciana V. A. S. Chalita and
Enrico A. Colosimo and
Clarice G. B. Demétrio Likelihood Approximations and Discrete
Models for Tied Survival Data . . . . . 1215--1229
Joseph P. Romano and
Michael Wolf Explicit Nonparametric Confidence
Intervals for the Variance with
Guaranteed Coverage . . . . . . . . . . 1231--1250
M. J. Appel Best Estimation of a Binary Outcome in
the Sense of Ks and Aroc . . . . . . . . 1251--1257
Sungho Lee and
Dug Hun Hong On a Strongly Consistent Wavelet Density
Estimator for the Deconvolution Problem 1259--1272
Kang-Mo Jung Influence Function of the Likelihood
Ratio Test Statistic for Multivariate
Normal Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1273--1281
Bob Zhong and
Jun Shao Testing the Agreement of Two
Quantitative Assays in Individual Means 1283--1299
Erhard Cramer A Note on Moments of Progressively Type
II Censored Order Statistics . . . . . . 1301--1307
Brenda MacGibbon and
Jiang Lu and
Hassan Younes Limit Theorems for Asymptotically
Minimax Estimation of a Distribution
with Increasing Failure Rate under a
Random Mixed Censorship/Truncation Model 1309--1333
Daniel Barry A Bayesian Analysis for Derivative
Change Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1335--1348
C. R. McKenzie and
Michael McAleer Comparing tests of autoregressive versus
moving average errors in regression
models using Bahadur's asymptotic
relative efficiency . . . . . . . . . . 1349--1371
K. B. Kulasekera and
Colin Gallagher Variance Estimation in Nonparametric
Multiple Regression . . . . . . . . . . 1373--1383
Seuck Heun Song and
Dietmar Stemann and
Byoung Cheol Jung A Note on Estimating Linear Trend in a
Regression Model with Serially
Correlated Error Components . . . . . . 1385--1398
Engin A. Sungur Some Results on Truncation Dependence
Invariant Class of Copulas . . . . . . . 1399--1422
Ulrich Menzefricke On the Evaluation of Control Chart
Limits Based on Predictive Distributions 1423--1440
Darryn Bryant and
Yanxun Chang and
C. A. Rodger and
R. Wei Two-Dimensional Balanced Sampling Plans
Excluding Contiguous Units . . . . . . . 1441--1455
Tze Fen Li Bayes Empirical Bayes Approach to
Estimation of the Failure Rate in
Exponential Distribution . . . . . . . . 1457--1465
Josemar Rodrigues and
Juan E. R. Cid and
Jorge A. Achcar Bayesian Analysis for the Superposition
of Two Dependent Nonhomogeneous Poisson
Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1467--1478
Norbert Henze and
Simos G. Meintanis Goodness-Of-Fit Tests Based on a New
Characterization of the Exponential
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1479--1497
Guido Knapp Variance Estimation in the Error
Components Regression Model . . . . . . 1499--1514
Lúcia P. Barroso and
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Klaus L. P. Vasconcellos Second-order asymptotics for score tests
in heteroskedastic $t$ regression models 1515--1529
Hernán Rubio and
Luis Firinguetti The Distribution of Stochastic Shrinkage
Parameters in Ridge Regression . . . . . 1531--1547
Ulric J. Lund Tree-Based Regression for a Circular
Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1549--1560
C. Angelini and
D. De Canditiis Pointwise Convergence of the Wavelet
Regularized Estimators . . . . . . . . . 1561--1578
Yoshimitsu Nagai Analysis of Masked Data in a Dependent
Competing Risks Model under Unknown
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1579--1593
Pao-sheng Shen A Note on the Homogenetic Estimate for
the Variance of the Kaplan--Meier
Estimate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1595--1603
Takashi Kanda and
Megu Ohtaki and
Yasunori Fujikoshi Simultaneous confidence regions in an
extended growth curve model with $k$
hierarchical within-individuals design
matrices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605--1616
Ken-ichi Koike On the Inequality of Kshirsagar . . . . 1617--1627
Richard Hudson and
Charles R. Lawoko Generalised Least Squares (Gls)
Estimation of the Difference Parameter
in Long Memory (Arfima) Processes . . . 1629--1646
Michele Scagliarini Estimation of $ C_p $ for autocorrelated
data and measurement errors . . . . . . 1647--1664
R. Noorossana and
William H. Woodall and
S. Amiriparian On the Economic Design of Multivariate
Control Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1665--1673
B. Chandrasekar and
T. Leo Alexander and
N. Balakrishnan Equivariant Estimation for Parameters of
Exponential Distributions Based on
Type-II Progressively Censored Samples 1675--1686
Quanxi Shao Maximum Likelihood Estimation for
Generalised Logistic Distributions . . . 1687--1700
R. J. Cook and
V. P. Godambe and
M. E. Thompson Semiparametric Confidence Intervals
Based on Estimating Functions . . . . . 1701--1708
Audrey Helen M. A. Cysneiros and
Gauss M. Cordeiro On improving the $ \chi^2 $
approximation of score tests in
location-scale nonlinear models . . . . 1709--1732
M. A. Ali and
M. Y. Ashkar The Calibration Problem Revisited . . . 1733--1741
Magnus Ekström Nonparametric Estimation of the Variance
of Sample Means Based on Nonstationary
Spatial Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1743--1775
Pallavi Chitturi and
Peter W. M. John Nesting Optimal Main Effects Plans and
Optimal Foldover Designs . . . . . . . . 1777--1794
Dulal K. Bhaumik and
Ravindra Khattree and
Subhash C. Bagui Statistical Tests for Nested Designs
under Partial Balance . . . . . . . . . 1795--1813
Milorad S. Kovacevic and
Shesh N. Rai Log-Linear Modelling of Change Using
Longitudinal Survey Data . . . . . . . . 1815--1835
Amr Sadek and
Nikolaos Limnios Asymptotic Properties for Maximum
Likelihood Estimators for Reliability
and Failure Rates of Markov Chains . . . 1837--1861
Hea-Jung Kim Binary regression with a class of skewed
$t$ link models . . . . . . . . . . . . 1863--1886
Kyungha Seok and
Changha Hwang and
Daehyeon Cho Prediction Intervals for Support Vector
Machine Regression . . . . . . . . . . . 1887--1898
Gregory A. Tripsiannis and
Andreas N. Philippou and
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distribution of order $k$ . . . . . . . 1899--1912
Sutaip L. C. Saw and
Uditha Balasooriya and
Khye Chong Tan The Log-Eig Distribution: a New
Probability Model for Lifetime Data . . 1913--1926
Mohammad Z. Raqab and
Tomasz Rychlik Sharp bounds for the mean of $k$ th
record value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1927--1937
John J. Lefante, Jr. and
Arvind K. Shah Robustness Properties of Lognormal
Confidence Intervals for Lognormal and
Gamma Distributed Data . . . . . . . . . 1939--1957
J. Burbea and
J. M. Oller and
F. Reverter Some Remarks on the Information Geometry
of the Gamma Distribution . . . . . . . 1959--1975
G. R. Wood Assessing Goodness of Fit for Poisson
and Negative Binomial Models with Low
Mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977--2001
Wen-Tao Huang and
Yu-Pin Lin An Improved Bayesian Sampling Plan for
Exponential Population with Type I
Censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003--2025
Milton Sobel and
Aaron Childs Dirichlet-Related Probability Problems
and New Tools for Solving Them . . . . . 2027--2050
Norman R. Draper Applied Regression Analysis Bibliography
Update 2000--2001 . . . . . . . . . . . 2051--2075
Viren K. Srivastava and
Alan T. K. Wan Separate Versus System Methods of
Stein-Rule Estimation in Seemingly
Unrelated Regression Models . . . . . . 2077--2099
Jirí Andel and
Jitka Zichová A Method for Estimating Parameter in
Nonnegative $ {\rm MA}(1) $ Models . . . 2101--2111
Wolf Schwarz On the Convolution of Inverse Gaussian
and Exponential Random Variables . . . . 2113--2121
Jamal A. Al-Saleh and
Satish K. Agarwal Finite Mixture of Certain Distributions 2123--2137
S. B. Nandi and
S. Choudhury Series representation of doubly
noncentral $t$ distribution by use of
the Mellin integral transform . . . . . 2139--2149
Holly Carley Maximum and Minimum Extensions of Finite
Subcopulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2151--2166
Eusebio Gómez Sánchez-Manzano and
Miguel Angel Gómez-Villegas and
Juan-Miguel Marín-Diazaraque A Matrix Variate Generalization of the
Power Exponential Family of
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2167--2182
Shin-Soo Kang Tests for Equality of Two Distributions
with Correlated Interval Censored
Life-Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2183--2196
Gengsheng Qin and
Min Tsao Empirical Likelihood Ratio Confidence
Interval for the Trimmed Mean . . . . . 2197--2208
Robert J. Blodgett Measuring Improbability of Outcomes from
a Serial Dilution Test . . . . . . . . . 2209--2223
Haim Shore Response Modeling Methodology
(RMM)-Exploring the Properties of the
Implied Error Distribution . . . . . . . 2225--2249
Xiaoqian Sun and
Jinhong You and
Gemai Chen and
Xian Zhou Convergence rates of estimators in
partial linear regression models with $
{\rm MA}(\infty) $ error process . . . . 2251--2273
Tae Yoon Kim and
Cheolyong Park Regression Smoothing Parameter Selection
Using Cross Residuals Sum . . . . . . . 2275--2287
Kanta Naito Semiparametric Regression with
Multiplicative Adjustment . . . . . . . 2289--2309
Tamás Rudas Canonical Representation of Log-Linear
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311--2323
Y. Tanaka and
F. Zhang and
W. S. Yang On Local Influence in Canonical
Correlation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 2325--2347
Manuel Franco and
Juana María Vivo Reliability Properties of Series and
Parallel Systems from Bivariate
Exponential Models . . . . . . . . . . . 2349--2360
Omer Ozturk Sub-Sample Mann--Whitney--Wilcoxon Test 2361--2377
F. Sakaori A Nonparametric Test for the Equality of
Dependent Correlation Coefficients under
Normality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2379--2389
P. E. Maravelakis and
S. Bersimis and
J. Panaretos and
S. Psarakis Identifying the Out of Control Variable
in a Multivariate Control Chart . . . . 2391--2408
Do Le (Paul) Minh and
Nicholas R. Farnum Using Bilinear Transformations to Induce
Probability Distributions . . . . . . . 1--9
José A. Díaz-García and
Víctor Leiva-Sánchez Doubly Non-central $t$ and
Distributions Obtained Under Singular
and Non-singular Elliptic Distributions 11--32
Kaican Li and
Zhi Geng The Noncentral Wishart Distribution and
Related Distributions . . . . . . . . . 33--45
Saralees Nadarajah and
Kosto Mitov Product Moments of Multivariate Random
Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47--60
Taizhong Hu and
Min Ma and
Asok K. Nanda Moment Inequalities for Discrete Ageing
Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--90
J. Wu and
A. C. M. Wong A Note on Determining the $p$-Value of
Bartlett's Test of Homogeneity of
Variances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--101
Milorad S. Kovacevi\'c and
Shesh N. Rai A Pseudo Maximum Likelihood Approach to
Multilevel Modelling of Survey Data . . 103--121
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Location Parameter in a Shifted Gamma
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--138
N. Balakrishnan and
N. Kannan Variance of a Winsorized Mean When the
Sample Contains Multiple Outliers . . . 139--149
Sven Ove Samuelsen Mimicking Cox-Regression . . . . . . . . 151--169
Jin-Guan Lin and
Bo-Cheng Wei Testing for Heteroscedasticity in
Nonlinear Regression Models . . . . . . 171--192
Lalmohan Bhar and
Amitava Dey Robustness of Block Designs for Diallel
Crosses Against Missing Data . . . . . . 193--213
John J. Borkowski Simple Latin Square Sampling $ \pm k $
Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--237
Rajender Parsad and
V. K. Gupta and
N. S. G. Prasad Structurally Incomplete Row-Column
Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239--261
Susmita Datta Statistical Techniques for Microarray
Data: A Partial Overview . . . . . . . . 263--280
Josemar Rodrigues Bayesian Analysis of Zero-Inflated
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--289
Ma\lgorzata Murat and
Dominik Szynal Moments of Certain Deformed Probability
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--313
Vytaras Brazauskas Information Matrix for Pareto(IV), Burr,
and Related Distributions . . . . . . . 315--325
P. L. Novi Inverardi and
A. Tagliani Maximum Entropy Density Estimation from
Fractional Moments . . . . . . . . . . . 327--345
I. D. Shetty and
Sharada V. Bhat A Class of Outlier Resistant
Distribution-Free Tests for Testing
Homogeneity Against Ordered Scale
Alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--379
S. K. Upadhyay and
M. Peshwani Choice Between Weibull and Lognormal
Models: A Simulation Based Bayesian
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--405
Dong Q. Wang and
F. Critchley and
Peter J. Smith The Multiple Sets of Deletion Measures
and Masking in Regression . . . . . . . 407--413
Tomás Hobza and
Isabel Molina and
Domingo Morales Likelihood Divergence Statistics for
Testing Hypotheses in Familial Data . . 415--434
Junhua Zhang and
Weiwu Fang A New Approach of Information
Discrepancy to Analysis of Questionnaire
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435--457
Tatjana Pavlenko Feature Informativeness in
High-Dimensional Discriminant Analysis 459--474
Galit Shmueli and
Ayala Cohen Run-Length Distribution for Control
Charts with Runs and Scans Rules . . . . 475--495
K. G. Ramamurthy and
Arvind Seth and
Mohammad Khanjari Sadegh A Combinatorial Approach for Component
Importance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497--507
Ramalingam Shanmugam and
Jagbir Singh Index of Variation with Illustration
Using Molecular Data . . . . . . . . . . 509--517
M. N. Goria and
A. Tagliani Bounds on the Tail Probability and
Absolute Difference Between Two
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519--532
Jong-Wuu Wu and
Pai-Ling Li Optimal Parameter Estimation of the
Extreme Value Distribution Based on a
Type II Censored Sample . . . . . . . . 533--554
Felipe Peraza and
Graciela González-Farías Indicator Variables in Spatial
Prediction When \boldmath $ \Sigma $ Is
Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555--571
A. Zerbet and
M. Nikulin A New Statistic for Detecting Outliers
in Exponential Case . . . . . . . . . . 573--583
Bernard Cerutti and
Toufik Zoubeidi An Efficient Allocation in Group
Sequential Tests for the Linear Mixed
Effects Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585--599
Lennart Norell ANOVA Estimators Under Imbalance in the
One-Way Random Model . . . . . . . . . . 601--623
José A. Díaz-García and
Manuel Galea Rojas and
Víctor Leiva-Sánchez Influence Diagnostics for Elliptical
Multivariate Linear Regression Models 625--641
Dimitris Karlis and
Gilbert Saporta and
Antonis Spinakis A Simple Rule for the Selection of
Principal Components . . . . . . . . . . 643--666
Bruce E. Barrett Understanding Influence in Multivariate
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667--680
Sneh Gulati and
Jordan Neus Goodness of Fit Statistics for the
Exponential Distribution When the Data
Are Grouped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681--700
R. Willink Relationships Between Central Moments
and Cumulants, with Formulae for the
Central Moments of Gamma Distributions 701--704
Rameshwar D. Gupta and
Debasis Kundu Closeness of Gamma and Generalized
Exponential Distribution . . . . . . . . 705--721
G. G. Hamedani and
Hans Volkmer A Characterization of Symmetric Random
Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723--728
Chien-Tai Lin and
Sam J. S. Wu and
N. Balakrishnan Parameter Estimation for the Linear
Hazard Rate Distribution Based on
Records and Inter-record Times . . . . . 729--748
Alberto Contreras-Cristán and
Eduardo Gutiérrez-Peña and
Federico O'Reilly Inference Using Latent Variables for
Mixtures of Distributions for Censored
Data with Partial Identification . . . . 749--774
John Geweke and
Hisashi Tanizaki Note on the Sampling Distribution for
the Metropolis--Hastings Algorithm . . . 775--789
Lili Tian and
Govind S. Mudholkar The Likelihood Ratio Tests for
Homogeneity of Inverse Gaussian Means
Under Simple Order and Simple Tree Order 791--805
P. I. Nelson and
K. E. Kemp Testing for the Presence of a Maverick
Judge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807--826
Zukang Zheng Improvement of Life Table Method . . . . 827--839
Manuel Artis and
Mercedes Ayuso and
Montserrat Guillen Approximated Perfect Values in Logistic
Regression for Prediction and Outlier
Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841--850
Mohand-Larbi Feddag and
Ion Grama and
Mounir Mesbah Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE)
for Mixed Logistic Models . . . . . . . 851--874
Alberto Contreras-Cristán and
Jose M. González-Barrios A Statistical Method for the
Determination of the Appropriate Order
in a General Class of Time Series Models 875--891
Makoto Aoshima and
Pinyuen Chen and
S. Panchapakesan Sequential Procedures for Selecting the
Most Probable Multinomial Cell When a
Nuisance Cell Is Present . . . . . . . . 893--906
Arjun Gupta and
Saralees Nadarajah Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 907--909
Anonymous Author's Reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911--912
Y. Tang and
M. Xie and
T. N. Goh Statistical Analysis of a Weibull
Extension Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 913--928
James R. Rieck A Comparison of Two Random Number
Generators for the Birnbaum--Saunders
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929--934
Steven G. From Confidence Intervals for Gini's
Diversity Measure and Shannon's Entropy
Using Adjusted Proportions . . . . . . . 935--954
Mohamed Ibazizen Bias and Mean Square Error of the Sample
Roots Under the Contaminated Gaussian
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955--959
M. S. Aminzadeh Bayesian Economic Variable
Acceptance-Sampling Plan Using Inverse
Gaussian Model and Step-Loss Function 961--982
Joshua M. Tebbs and
Christopher R. Bilder and
Barry K. Moser An Empirical Bayes Group-Testing
Approach to Estimating Small Proportions 983--995
Jinho Park and
Jinsoo Hwang Regression Depth with Censored and
Truncated Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 997--1008
Kejian Liu Using Liu-Type Estimator to Combat
Collinearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009--1020
A. H. M. Rahmatullah Imon Regression Residuals, Moments, and Their
Use in Tests for Normality . . . . . . . 1021--1034
E. Rafajlowicz and
R. Schwabe Experimental Design for (Semi-)Local
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035--1055
Ning-Zhong Shi and
Dehui Wang Median Unbiased and Maximum Likelihood
Estimations of $ {\rm ARCH}(0, 1) $
Coefficient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1057--1066
Samir M. Shaarawy and
Sherif S. Ali Bayesian Identification of Seasonal
Autoregressive Models . . . . . . . . . 1067--1084
Anonymous Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1085--1086
Anonymous Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1087--1087
G. Asha and
P. G. Sankaran and
N. Unnikrishnan Nair Probability Models with Constant Total
Failure Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089--1099
J. Rodríguez-Avi and
A. Conde-Sánchez and
A. J. Sáez-Castillo and
M. J. Olmo Jiménez Estimation of Parameters in Gaussian
Hypergeometric Distributions . . . . . . 1101--1118
Pao-sheng Shen The Product-Limit Estimate as an
Inverse-Probability-Weighted Average . . 1119--1133
Snigdhansu Chatterjee and
Samarjit Das Parameter Estimation in Conditional
Heteroscedastic Models . . . . . . . . . 1135--1153
Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski Robustness of Estimation in the Uniform
Distribution Under Dependencies in a
Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1155--1168
Joseph Collins Nonparametric Functional Estimation by
Asymptotic Regression . . . . . . . . . 1169--1195
Jong-Hyeon Jeong Efficiency of Log-Rank Test Under
Dependent Censorship . . . . . . . . . . 1197--1211
Efthymios G. Tsionas Pareto Regression: A Bayesian Analysis 1213--1225
Carolina F. Svetliza and
Gilberto A. Paula Diagnostics in Nonlinear Negative
Binomial Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227--1250
Jinshan Liu Two-Stage Estimators of Seemingly
Unrelated Regressions with Elliptical
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1251--1263
María Jesús Sánchez and
Daniel Peña The Identification of Multiple Outliers
in ARIMA Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 1265--1287
Demetrios L. Antzoulakos Waiting Times and Number of Appearances
of Runs: A Unified Approach . . . . . . 1289--1315
Manal M. Nassar and
Fathy H. Eissa On the Exponentiated Weibull
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1317--1336
Jyh-Jian Tsay and
C. Andy Tsao Statistical Gambler's Ruin Problem . . . 1337--1359
George Iliopoulos Some New Estimators of the Binomial
Parameter $n$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1361--1372
C. Keribin and
D. Haughton Asymptotic Probabilities of
Over-estimating and Under-estimating the
Order of a Model in General Regular
Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1373--1404
Aida Toma Robust Estimators for the Parameters of
Multivariate Lognormal Distribution . . 1405--1417
Luigi Salmaso Synchronized Permutation Tests in $ 2^k
$ Factorial Designs . . . . . . . . . . 1419--1437
Daniel Hunt and
Shesh N. Rai A Threshold Dose-Response Model with
Random Effects in Teratological
Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1439--1457
Michael Perakis and
Evdokia Xekalaki On a Process Capability Index for
Asymmetric Specifications . . . . . . . 1459--1492
Julian de la Horra and
Maria Teresa Rodriguez-Bernal Bayesian Robustness of the Posterior
Predictive $p$-Value . . . . . . . . . . 1493--1503
Olcay Arslan and
Ali I. Genç Robust Location and Scale Estimation
Based on the Univariate Generalized $
t(G T) $ Distribution . . . . . . . . . 1505--1525
Youcef Berkoun and
Hocine Fellag and
Ryszard Zieli\'nski Robust Testing Serial Correlation in $
{\rm AR}(1) $ Processes in the Presence
of a Single Additive Outlier . . . . . . 1527--1540
John T. Chen and
Arjun K. Gupta and
Cas G. Troskie The Distribution of Stock Returns When
the Market Is Up . . . . . . . . . . . . 1541--1558
Marta Afonso Freitas and
Wagner Borges and
Linda Lee Ho A Statistical Model for Shelf Life
Estimation Using Sensory Evaluations
Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1559--1589
Graciela B. Mentz and
Anant M. Kshirsagar Sum of Profiles Model with Exchangeably
Distributed Errors . . . . . . . . . . . 1591--1605
Kathy J. Hayes and
Joe Hirschberg and
Jenny Lye The Use of Multivariate Generated
Regressors in the Presence of
Heteroskedasticity . . . . . . . . . . . 1607--1629
Rolando de la Cruz-Mesía and
Guillermo Marshall A Bayesian Approach for Nonlinear
Regression Models with Continuous Errors 1631--1646
Bhramar Mukherjee On Sampling Designs for Integral
Estimation of a Random Process . . . . . 1647--1663
A. A. Kalagonda and
S. R. Kulkarni Diagnosis of Multivariate Control Chart
Signal Based on Dummy Variable
Regression Technique . . . . . . . . . . 1665--1684
Allan Gut and
Valentin V. Petrov Generalized Laws of the Iterated
Logarithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1685--1693
B. L. S. Prakasa Rao Moment Inequalities for Supremum of
Empirical Processes for $ \phi $-Mixing
Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1695--1701
J. René van Dorp and
Samuel Kotz Generalizations of Two-Sided Power
Distributions and Their Convolution . . 1703--1723
Gregory A. Tripsiannis and
Andreas N. Philippou and
Afroditi A. Papathanasiou Multivariate Generalized Distributions
of Order $k$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1725--1735
F. Requena and
N. Martín Ciudad The Maximum Probability $ 2 \times c $
Contingency Tables and the Maximum
Probability Points of the Multivariate
Hypergeometric Distribution . . . . . . 1737--1752
Bilgehan Güven Test of Independence in the
Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern Distribution 1753--1765
Norbert Henze and
Ya. Yu. Nikitin Two-Sample Tests Based on the Integrated
Empirical Process . . . . . . . . . . . 1767--1788
Hans Frick Two Statistics for Unconditional Exact
Tests in Matched-Pairs Design . . . . . 1789--1799
Govind S. Mudholkar and
Gregory E. Wilding and
William L. Mietlowski Robustness Properties of the
Pitman--Morgan Test . . . . . . . . . . 1801--1816
Jinhong You and
Gemai Chen Jackknife Estimation for Smooth
Functions of the Parametric Component in
Partially Linear Regression Models . . . 1817--1833
Jiin-Huarng Guo Four Correlation Coefficients with a
Third Blocking Variable: Their Efficacy,
Relative Efficiency, and Test Statistics 1835--1858
Nicolas Molinari and
Jean-Pierre Daur\`es In Vitro Fertilization with Immune
Patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1859--1870
Dilip Roy The Discrete Normal Distribution . . . . 1871--1883
Hidekazu Tanaka On a Relation Between a Family of
Distributions Attaining the
Bhattacharyya Bound and That of Linear
Combinations of the Distributions from
an Exponential Family . . . . . . . . . 1885--1896
V. Bosch and
R. Wildner Optimum Allocation of Stratified Random
Samples Designed for Multiple Mean
Estimates and Multiple Observed
Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1897--1909
Vaijayanti U. Dixit Estimation of Parameters of Mixed
Failure Time Distribution Based on an
Extended Modified Sampling Scheme . . . 1911--1923
Toshimitsu Ochiai and
Kanta Naito Asymptotic Theory for the Multiscale
Wavelet Density Derivative Estimator . . 1925--1950
Francisco Cribari-Neto and
Nila M. S. Galvão A Class of Improved
Heteroskedasticity-Consistent Covariance
Matrix Estimators . . . . . . . . . . . 1951--1980
Ali Gannoun and
Jérome Saracco and
Ao Yuan and
George E. Bonney On Adaptive
Transformation--Retransformation
Estimate of Conditional Spatial Median 1981--2011
Tsung-Shan Tsou Comparing Two Population Means and
Variances: A Parametric Robust Way . . . 2013--2029
Asok K. Nanda and
Harshinder Singh and
Neeraj Misra and
Prasanta Paul Reliability Properties of Reversed
Residual Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . . 2031--2042
Uwe Jensen and
Andreas Narr An Estimator for the Survival Function
on the Basis of Observable Censoring
Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2043--2052
M. V. Muddapur On Directional Dependence in a
Regression Line . . . . . . . . . . . . 2053--2057
Elena Goldman and
Hiroki Tsurumi Asymptotic Distribution of a Unit Root
Process Under Double Truncation . . . . 2059--2071
Jorge Graneri $ \chi^2 $-Type Goodness of Fit Test
Based on Transformed Empirical Processes
for Location and Scale Families . . . . 2073--2087
Min-Young Lee New Bounds of the Probability of a Union 2089--2099
A. A. AlZaid and
M. Ahsanullah A Characterization of the Gumbel
Distribution Based on Record Values . . 2101--2108
Michael Falk Domain of Multivariate Attraction via
Angular Decomposition . . . . . . . . . 2109--2116
Jean-Yves Dauxois Estimating the Deviation from
Exponentiality Under Random Censorship 2117--2137
N. Balakrishna and
T. M. Jacob Parameter Estimation in Minification
Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2139--2152
Choongrak Kim and
Woochul Kim and
Byeong U. Park Skewing and Generalized Jackknifing in
Kernel Density Estimation . . . . . . . 2153--2162
S. Assoudou and
B. Essebbar A Bayesian Model for Markov Chains via
Jeffrey's Prior . . . . . . . . . . . . 2163--2184
Leonie Burgess and
Deborah J. Street Optimal Designs for $ 2^k $ Choice
Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2185--2206
Kazuo Noda and
Jinglong Wang and
Rinya Takahashi and
Masashi Itoh Improvement to AIC as Estimator of
Kullback--Leibler Information for Linear
Model Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . 2207--2225
Yao Wang and
Anwar M. Hossain and
William J. Zimmer Monotone Log-Odds Rate Distributions in
Reliability Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 2227--2244
Sungim Lee and
Sangyeol Lee Testing Heterogeneity for Frailty
Distribution in Shared Frailty Model . . 2245--2253
Mekki Hajlaoui and
Mohamed Limam Economical Quality Control with
Measurement Error . . . . . . . . . . . 2255--2270
Rosa Arboretti Giancristofaro A New Conjoint Analysis Procedure with
Application to Marketing Research . . . 2271--2283
Mihoko Minami, Ph.D. A Multivariate Extension of Inverse
Gaussian Distribution Derived from
Inverse Relationship . . . . . . . . . . 2285--2304
Norbert Gaffke and
Andreas Zöllner A Resampling Approach for
Under-estimating a Finite Population
Total from a Censored Sample . . . . . . 2305--2320
Rong-hua Wang and
He-liang Fei Uniqueness of the Maximum Likelihood
Estimate of the Weibull Distribution
Tampered Failure Rate Model . . . . . . 2321--2338
Bao-Xue Zhang and
Wei Gao and
Ning-Zhong Shi One-Sided Estimating and Testing
Problems for Scale Models from Grouped
Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2339--2352
E. Kulinskaya and
R. G. Staudte and
H. Gao Power Approximations in Testing for
Unequal Means in a One-Way ANOVA
Weighted for Unequal Variances . . . . . 2353--2371
Shaul K. Bar-Lev, D.Sc. and
Elizabeta Bobovich, M.A. and
Benzion Boukai, Ph.D. A Two-Stage Sequential Sampling Scheme
for Warner's Randomized Response Model 2373--2387
Fikri Akdeniz and
Hamza Erol Mean Squared Error Matrix Comparisons of
Some Biased Estimators in Linear
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2389--2413
M. Francisco-Fernández and
J. M. Vilar-Fernández and
J. A. Vilar-Fernández On the Uniform Strong Consistency of
Local Polynomial Regression Under
Dependence Conditions . . . . . . . . . 2415--2440
Ying-An Liu and
Bo-Cheng Wei and
Hai-Bin Wang Testing of Homogeneity for Correlation
and Variance in Nonlinear Regression
Models with $ {\rm DBL}(p, 0, 1) $
Random Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2441--2463
Taylan A. Ula, Ph.D. and
Abdullah A. Smadi, Ph.D. Identification of Periodic
Moving-Average Models . . . . . . . . . 2465--2475
Cheng-Der Fuh and
Inchi Hu and
Shih-Kuei Lin Empirical Performance and Asset Pricing
in Hidden Markov Models . . . . . . . . 2477--2512
Arjun K. Gupta and
Saralees Nadarajah On the Moments of the Beta Normal
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--13
Hideki Nagatsuka and
Toshinari Kamakura Parameter Estimation of the Shape
Parameter of the Castillo--Hadi Model 15--27
Jaimie L. Hebert and
Stephen M. Scariano Comparing Location Estimators for
Exponential Mixtures Under Pitman's
Measure of Closeness . . . . . . . . . . 29--46
Pushpa Lata Gupta and
Ramesh C. Gupta and
Ram C. Tripathi Score Test for Zero Inflated Generalized
Poisson Regression Model . . . . . . . . 47--64
Yoon-Dong Lee Unified Solutions of Integral Equations
of SPRT for Exponential Random Variables 65--74
Youhei Oono and
Nobuo Shinozaki Estimation of Error Variance in the
Analysis of Experiments Using Two-Level
Orthogonal Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . 75--98
María R. Brito and
Adolfo J. Quiroz Degree Frequencies in the Minimal
Spanning Tree and Dimension
Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--105
Lihong Wang Asymptotics of $ L_1 $-Estimators in
Moving Average Time Series Models . . . 107--118
Francisco Louzada-Neto A Hybrid Scale Intensity Model for
Recurrent Event Data . . . . . . . . . . 119--133
Charles El-Nouty and
Rémi Lancar The Presmoothed Nelson--Aalen Estimator
in the Competing Risk Model . . . . . . 135--151
Barry K. Moser and
Joshua M. Tebbs A New Interim Monitoring Statistic for
Group Sequential Clinical Trials . . . . 153--164
M. P. Gadre and
R. N. Rattihalli Exact Multi-attribute Acceptance Single
Sampling Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--180
Joe Damico A New One-Sample Test for
Goodness-of-Fit . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--193
Anonymous Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 195--196
Arthur Pewsey Improved Likelihood Based Inference for
the General Half-Normal Distribution . . 197--204
Stéphane Girard A Hill Type Estimator of the Weibull
Tail-Coefficient . . . . . . . . . . . . 205--234
Marvin H. J. Gruber The Efficiency of Shrinkage Estimators
with Respect to Zellner's Balanced Loss
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--249
Jin-Guan Lin and
Bo-Cheng Wei Testing for Heteroscedasticity and/or
Correlation in Nonlinear Models with
Correlated Errors . . . . . . . . . . . 251--275
W. González-Manteiga and
A. Pérez-González Nonparametric Mean Estimation with
Missing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--303
Stefan Franzén SPRT Fixed Length Confidence Intervals 305--319
Fei Lin A Probability Inequality and Its
Applications in Selecting Best Normal
Means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321--330
Srikanth K. Iyer and
D. Manjunath Correlated Bivariate Sequences for
Queueing and Reliability Applications 331--350
Jianguo Sun and
Liuquan Sun and
Nancy Flournoy Additive Hazards Model for Competing
Risks Analysis of the Case-Cohort Design 351--366
Bernardo M. Lagos About Second Order Local Power of the
Likelihood Ratio, Wald and Score
Statistics in First Order Autoregressive
and Moving Average Models . . . . . . . 367--379
J. Allal and
M. Faizi and
A. Kaaouachi Adaptive $R$-Estimation in
Autoregressions . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--395
Taylan A. Ula and
Ceylan Yozgatligil Modified Maximum-Likelihood Method for
Non-Normal Time Series Revisited . . . . 397--417
Anonymous Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii--xiii
Priscilla E. Greenwood and
Ursula U. Müller and
Wolfgang Wefelmeyer Efficient Estimation for Semiparametric
Semi-Markov Processes . . . . . . . . . 419--435
Juan Eloy Ruiz-Castro and
Rafael Pérez-Ocón A Semi-Markov Model in Biomedical
Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437--455
Aparna V. Huzurbazar Multistate Models, Flowgraph Models, and
Semi-Markov Processes . . . . . . . . . 457--474
Pai-Lien Chen and
Hsiao-Chuan Tien Semi-Markov Models for Multistate Data
Analysis with Periodic Observations . . 475--486
Peter W. Glynn and
Peter J. Haas On Functional Central Limit Theorems for
Semi-Markov and Related Processes . . . 487--506
V. S. Korolyuk and
N. Limnios Semi-Markov Random Walk in Poisson
Approximation Scheme . . . . . . . . . . 507--516
Vladimir V. Anisimov Averaging in Markov Models with Fast
Semi-Markov Switches and Applications 517--531
Dmitrii Silvestrov Upper Bounds for Exponential Moments of
Hitting Times for Semi-Markov Processes 533--543
Gerold Alsmeyer and
Volker Hoefs Markov Renewal Theory for Stationary $
(m + 1)$-Block Factors: First Passage
Time and Overshoot . . . . . . . . . . . 545--568
B. P. Harlamov Continuous Semi-Markov Processes and
Their Applications . . . . . . . . . . . 569--589
Dmitrii Silvestrov and
Fredrik Stenberg A Pricing Process with Stochastic
Volatility Controlled by a Semi-Markov
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591--608
Valerie Girardin and
Nikolaos Limnios Entropy Rate and Maximum Entropy Methods
for Countable Semi-Markov Chains . . . . 609--622
Sally McClean and
Aleka A. Papadopoulou and
George Tsaklidis Discrete Time Reward Models for
Homogeneous Semi-Markov Systems . . . . 623--638
I. Gertsbakh and
Y. Shpungin Renewal Function and Interval
Availability: A Numerical Monte-Carlo
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639--649
P.-C. G. Vassiliou and
Helen L. Tsakiridou Asymptotic Behavior of First Passage
Probabilities in the Perturbed
Non-homogeneous Semi-Markov Systems . . 651--679
Aleka A. Papadopoulou Economic Rewards in Non-homogeneous
Semi-Markov Systems . . . . . . . . . . 681--696
A. Blasi and
J. Janssen and
R. Manca Numerical Treatment of Homogeneous and
Non-homogeneous Semi-Markov Reliability
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697--714
Fernando Luque-Vásquez and
Oscar Vega-Amaya Time and Ratio Expected Average Cost
Optimality for Semi-Markov Control
Processes on Borel Spaces . . . . . . . 715--734
Mohamed S. Abdel-Hameed Optimal Predictive Maintenance Policies
for a Deteriorating System: The Total
Discounted Cost and the Long-Run Average
Cost Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735--745
A. B. Dragut and
M. Dragut Clustering Based Approximation Procedure
for Semi-Markov Decision Processes with
Incomplete State Information . . . . . . 747--768
Bernard Garel and
Ludovic d'Estampes and
Dag Tjòstheim Revealing Some Unexpected Dependence
Properties of Linear Combinations of
Stable Random Variables Using Symmetric
Covariation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769--786
Katarzyna Danielak Sharp Upper Bounds for Expectations of
Differences of Order Statistics in
Various Scale Units . . . . . . . . . . 787--803
José Antonio Rodríguez-Lallena and
Manuel Úbeda-Flores Best-Possible Bounds on Sets of
Multivariate Distribution Functions . . 805--820
Asoka Ramanayake Tests for a Change Point in the Shape
Parameter of Gamma Random Variables . . 821--833
Parminder Singh and
Amar Nath Gill A One Sided Test Based on Sample Quasi
Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835--849
I. Gijbels and
A.-C. Goderniaux Data-Driven Discontinuity Detection in
Derivatives of a Regression Function . . 851--871
Peter Goos and
Martina Vandebroek Estimating the Intercept in an
Orthogonally Blocked Experiment when the
Block Effects are Random . . . . . . . . 873--890
Wai-Cheung Ip and
Hueng Wong and
Min Chen Testing Normality for Linear $ {\rm
AR}(p) $ Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 891--908
Hung-Chin Lin The Asymptotic Distributions of Unified
Process Capability Indices . . . . . . . 909--918
L. Gracia-Medrano and
F. O'Reilly Transformations for Testing the Fit of
the Inverse-Gaussian Distribution . . . 919--924
Simos G. Meintanis A Class of Omnibus Tests for the Laplace
Distribution based on the Empirical
Characteristic Function . . . . . . . . 925--948
V. M. Raats and
B. B. van der Genugten and
J. J. A. Moors A General Model for Repeated Audit
Controls Using Monotone Subsampling . . 949--977
Josemar Rodrigues An Entropy Frailty Model for Dependent
Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979--990
Anonymous Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 991--992
Célestin C. Kokonendji and
Mohamed Khoudar On Strict Arcsine Distribution . . . . . 993--1006
Vladimir Vinogradov On the Power-Variance Family of
Probability Distributions . . . . . . . 1007--1029
Maria Shubina and
Mei-Ling Ting Lee On Maximum Attainable Correlation and
Other Measures of Dependence for the
Sarmanov Family of Bivariate
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031--1052
Hsiaw-Chan Yeh The Generalized Marshall--Olkin Type
Multivariate Pareto Distributions . . . 1053--1068
Athanasios C. Micheas and
Dipak K. Dey On Measuring Loss Robustness Using
Maximum A Posteriori Estimate . . . . . 1069--1085
Sylvain Delattre and
Jean-Claude Fort and
Gilles Pag\`es Local Distortion and $ \mu $-Mass of the
Cells of One Dimensional Asymptotically
Optimal Quantizers . . . . . . . . . . . 1087--1117
Yiqiang Lu and
Shisong Mao Local Asymptotics for B-Spline
Estimators of the Varying Coefficient
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119--1138
Scott R. Evans, Ph.D. and
David W. Hosmer, Jr., Ph.D. Goodness of Fit Tests in Mixed Effects
Logistic Models Characterized by
Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1139--1155
N. Rao Chaganty and
Genming Shi A Note on the Estimation of
Autocorrelation in Repeated Measurements 1157--1170
Martin L. William and
T. M. Durairajan Minimum Convex Risk Equivariant Finite
Population Prediction for Linear
Functions in Regression Models . . . . . 1171--1185
Zhide Fang and
Douglas P. Wiens Bayesian Minimally Supported $D$-Optimal
Designs for an Exponential Regression
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1187--1204
Tetsuji Tonda and
Yasunori Fujikoshi Asymptotic Expansion of the Null
Distribution of LR Statistic for
Multivariate Linear Hypothesis when the
Dimension is Large . . . . . . . . . . . 1205--1220
Richard Huggins Capture-Recapture Experiments with Time
Heterogeneous Capture Probabilities in
Continuous Time: A Counting Process
Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1221--1238
Anonymous Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix--ix
Svend Kreiner and
Karl B. Christensen Analysis of Local Dependence and
Multidimensionality in Graphical
Loglinear Rasch Models . . . . . . . . . 1239--1276
J.-B. Hardouin and
M. Mesbah Clustering Binary Variables in Subscales
Using an Extended Rasch Model and Akaike
Information Criterion . . . . . . . . . 1277--1294
Karl Bang Christensen and
Jakob Bue Bjorner and
Svend Kreiner and
Jòrgen Holm Petersen Latent Regression in Loglinear Rasch
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1295--1313
Daniel Commenges and
Pierre Joly Multi-state Model for Dementia,
Institutionalization, and Death . . . . 1315--1326
Pai-Lien Chen and
Pranab K. Sen Quality-Adjusted Survival Estimation
with Periodic Observations: A Multistate
Survival Analysis Approach . . . . . . . 1327--1339
Karl Bang Christensen and
Svend Kreiner Testing the Fit of Latent Regression
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1341--1356
A. Bar-Hen and
J. J. Daudin A Simple Goodness-of-Fit Test for
Parametric Regression Models . . . . . . 1357--1370
M. Chavance Handling Missing Items in Quality of
Life Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1371--1383
J.-F. Dupuy and
M. Mesbah Estimation of the Asymptotic Variance of
Semiparametric Maximum Likelihood
Estimators in the Cox Model with a
Missing Time-Dependent Covariate . . . . 1385--1401
Véronique Sébille and
Jean-Louis Auget Evaluating Health-Related Quality of
Life: A Case-Study of Differential Item
Functioning Analysis in Small Trials . . 1403--1428
Balakrishna Hosmane and
David Morris and
Charles Locke Quality of Life: Design and Analyses
Issues in Clinical Trials . . . . . . . 1429--1443
Arnold Janssen and
Michael Kunz Brownian Type Boundary Crossing
Probabilities for Piecewise Linear
Boundary Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 1445--1464
Reinaldo B. Arellano-Valle and
Héctor W. Gómez and
Fernando A. Quintana A New Class of Skew-Normal Distributions 1465--1480
T. Kawamura Derivation of the Power and Generalized
Inverse Gaussian Distributions Based on
the Entropy Maximization Principle . . . 1481--1490
Mohammad Z. Raqab Sharp Bounds on the Error in
Approximating the Means of Record
Statistics by Inverse Hazard Functions 1527--1539
Rüdiger Vollandt and
Manfred Horn A Nonparametric Method for Selecting a
Good Population . . . . . . . . . . . . 1541--1555
Byungjin Choi and
Keeyoung Kim Certain Multi Sample Tests for Inverse
Gaussian Populations . . . . . . . . . . 1557--1576
Jack C. Yue A Note on Optimal Strategies of a
Generalized Two-Stage Bandit Problem . . 1577--1585
H. Evangelaras and
C. Koukouvinos Another Look at Projection Properties of
Hadamard Matrices . . . . . . . . . . . 1607--1620
H. Evangelaras and
C. Koukouvinos Combined Arrays with Minimum Number of
Runs and Maximum Estimation Efficiency 1621--1628
Manoj Kumar and
V. K. Srivastava Pitman Nearness and Concentration
Probability Comparisons of the Sample
Coefficient of Determination and Its
Adjusted Version in Linear Regression
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1629--1641
A. Vassiliou and
D. G. Tambouratzis and
M. V. Koutras and
S. Bersimis A New Similarity Measure and Its Use in
Determining the Number of Clusters in a
Multivariate Data Set . . . . . . . . . 1643--1666
Pinyuen Chen and
S. Panchapakesan Detecting Multiple Targets
Simultaneously at $k$ Sites . . . . . . 1667--1688
M. Boussemart and
N. Limnios Markov Decision Processes with
Asymptotic Average Failure Rate
Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1689--1714
Huizhen Guo and
K. Krishnamoorthy New Approximate Inferential Methods for
the Reliability Parameter in a
Stress-Strength Model: The Normal Case 1715--1731
William J. Reed and
Murray Jorgensen The Double Pareto-Lognormal Distribution
--- a New Parametric Model for Size
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1733--1753
Rossitza Dodunekova Characterization of the Geometric and
Exponential Random Variables . . . . . . 1755--1765
Shelton Peiris and
C. R. Rao A Note on Testing for Serial Correlation
in Large Number of Small Samples Using
Tail Probability Approximations . . . . 1767--1777
S. V. Gudi and
B. N. Nagnur Deficiency of Two Estimators in
One-Parameter Exponential Family of
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1779--1800
Hani M. Samawi and
Mohammad Fraiwan Al-Saleh On Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling for
Distribution and Quantile Estimation and
Quantile Interval Estimation Using Ratio
Estimator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1801--1819
Gang Zheng and
Sangun Park On the Fisher Information in Multiply
Censored and Progressively Censored Data 1821--1835
I. A. Salama and
D. Quade Agreement Among Censored Rankings Using
Spearman's Footrule . . . . . . . . . . 1837--1850
Zeinhum F. Jaheen Empirical Bayes Inference for
Generalized Exponential Distribution
Based on Records . . . . . . . . . . . . 1851--1861
Boualem Kezim and
Zahia Abdelli A Bayesian Analysis of a Structural
Change in the Parameters of a Time
Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1863--1876
J. R. Collins and
D. Szatmari-Voicu Maximal Asymptotic Biases of
$M$-Estimators of Location with
Preliminary Scale Estimates . . . . . . 1877--1886
Tsung-Shan Tsou and
Kuang-Fu Cheng Parametric Robust Regression Analysis of
Contaminated Data . . . . . . . . . . . 1887--1898
Héctor Allende and
Nancy Lacourly and
Soledad Torres Robust Portmanteau TRA Tests and Their
Limit Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . 1899--1915
Sungho Lee and
Robert Lee Taylor On an $ L_1 $ Consistent Wavelet Density
Estimator for the Deconvolution Problem 1917--1929
Livio Finos and
Luigi Salmaso Nonparametric Multi-focus Analysis for
Categorical Variables . . . . . . . . . 1931--1941
Tatsuya Kubokawa and
Muni S. Srivastava Improved Empirical Bayes Ridge
Regression Estimators Under
Multicollinearity . . . . . . . . . . . 1943--1973
T. Lorino and
M. Sanaa and
S. Robin and
J.-J. Daudin Comparison of Semiparametric Regression
Models for Correlated Survival Data
Using Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . 1975--1991
Anonymous Biography of Professor Z. Govindarajulu 1993--1996
Anonymous Mini-conference Report:
Non/Semi-parametric Models and
Sequential Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 1997--1999
Anonymous A Thank You Note . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001--2001
Jayaram Sethuraman Are Super-efficient Estimators
Super-powerful? . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003--2013
J. Gani Stochastic Compartmental Models for
Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015--2026
Songyong Sim and
Richard A. Johnson New Tests for Multivariate Ordered
Alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2027--2039
Dong-Yun Kim and
Michael Woodroofe and
Yanhong Wu Testing for a Change in the Hazard Rate
with Staggered Entry . . . . . . . . . . 2041--2058
Sreenivasa Rao Jammalamadaka and
Tomasz J. Kozubowski New Families of Wrapped Distributions
for Modeling Skew Circular Data . . . . 2059--2074
Ryan T. Elmore and
Thomas P. Hettmansperger and
Hoben Thomas Estimating Component Cumulative
Distribution Functions in Finite Mixture
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2075--2086
J. N. K. Rao and
M. Tausi Estimating Function Jackknife Variance
Estimators Under Stratified Multistage
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2087--2095
Edward J. Dudewicz and
Charles X. Zhang and
Zaven A. Karian The Completeness and Uniqueness of
Johnson's System in Skewness-Kurtosis
Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2097--2116
Laura Antolini and
Byung-Ho Nam and
Ralph B. D'Agostino Inference on Correlated Discrimination
Measures in Survival Analysis: A
Nonparametric Approach . . . . . . . . . 2117--2135
David A. Johannsen and
Edward J. Wegman and
Jeffrey L. Solka and
Carey E. Priebe Simultaneous Selection of Features and
Metric for Optimal Nearest Neighbor
Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2137--2157
Hokwon Cho and
Z. Govindarajulu Risk-Efficient Sequential Estimation of
the Number of Multinomial Cells . . . . 2159--2174
Asoka Ramanayake and
Arjun K. Gupta Epidemic Change Model for the
Exponential Family . . . . . . . . . . . 2175--2198
Ibrahim A. Ahmad A Simple and More Efficient New Approach
to Life Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . 2199--2215
H. Mansouri and
R. L. Paige and
J. G. Surles Aligned Rank Transform Techniques for
Analysis of Variance and Multiple
Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2217--2232
Kyoungmi Kim and
Mai Zhou Symmetric Location Estimation/Testing by
Empirical Likelihood . . . . . . . . . . 2233--2243
A. Nanthakumar and
K. Selvavel Estimation of Proportion of Success From
a Stratified Population: A Comparative
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2245--2257
Indrias Berhane and
C. Srinivasan Stability of Neural Networks for
Slightly Perturbed Training Data Sets 2259--2270
I. D. Shetty and
Parameshwar V. Pandit A Note on a New Class of
Distribution-Free Tests for the
Two-Sample Scale Problem Based on
Subsample Medians . . . . . . . . . . . 2271--2280
R. Willink Bounds on the Bivariate Normal
Distribution Function . . . . . . . . . 2281--2297
Roger B. Nelsen and
Manuel Úbeda-Flores A Comparison of Bounds on Sets of Joint
Distribution Functions Derived from
Various Measures of Association . . . . 2299--2305
L. M. B. C. Campos and
J. M. G. Marques On a Combination of Gamma and
Generalized Error Distributions with
Application to Aircraft Flight Path
Deviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307--2332
David R. Bristol and
Nicole Stouffer A Maximum Modulus Test with Unequal
Variances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2333--2342
M. M. Nassar and
Fathy H. Eissa Bayesian Estimation for the
Exponentiated Weibull Model . . . . . . 2343--2362
Tõnu Kollo and
Muni S. Srivastava Estimation and Testing of Parameters in
Multivariate Laplace Distribution . . . 2363--2387
Denis Allaire and
Louis Laurencelle The Sampling Variance of $ r(X, Y) $ for
Unrelated $X$ and $Y$: A Simple
Algebraic Demonstration . . . . . . . . 2389--2392
J. K. Ghorai and
Dong Yu Data-Based Resolution Selection in
Positive Wavelet Density Estimation . . 2393--2408
Kenichi Satoh and
Megu Ohtaki A Note on Multiple Regression for Single
Index Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409--2422
Shahjahan Khan Predictive Distribution of Regression
Vector and Residual Sum of Squares for
Normal Multiple Regression Model . . . . 2423--2441
M. Qamarul Islam and
Moti L. Tiku Multiple Linear Regression Model Under
Nonnormality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2443--2467
S. Baran A Consistent Estimator for Linear Models
with Dependent Observations . . . . . . 2469--2486
Graciela B. Mentz and
Anant M. Kshirsagar Classification Using Growth Curves . . . 2487--2502
Pao-sheng Shen Estimation of Survival Function Subject
to Time-Dependent Covariates and Left
Truncation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2503--2516
Giovani L. Silva and
M. Antónia Amaral-Turkman Bayesian Analysis of an Additive
Survival Model with Frailty . . . . . . 2517--2533
Günter Heimann and
Georg Neuhaus On the Exact Conditional Distribution
for Peto's Combined Test for
Carcinogenicity Assays . . . . . . . . . 2535--2572
Vladimir Vinogradov Errata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2573--2573
H. M. Barakat and
M. A. El-Shandidy Computing the Distribution and Expected
Value of the Concomitant Rank-Order
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2575--2594
Chien-Tai Lin and
Sam J. S. Wu and
N. Balakrishnan Interval Estimation of Parameters of
Log-Gamma Distribution Based on
Progressively Censored Data . . . . . . 2595--2626
Valerii V. Fedorov and
Sergei L. Leonov Parameter Estimation for Models with
Unknown Parameters in Variance . . . . . 2627--2657
Laura Muñoz and
Pilar Olave and
Manuel Salvador Joint Selection of the Model and the
Information Set in Heteroskedastic
Dynamic Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2659--2682
Gopaldeb Chattopadhyay Randomized Play-the-Winner Rule for
Ordered Categorical Data . . . . . . . . 2683--2708
Dong Q. Wang and
F. Critchley and
Ivy Liu Diagnostics Analysis and Perturbations
in a Clustered Sampling Model . . . . . 2709--2721
Kejian Liu More on Liu-Type Estimator in Linear
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2723--2733
Dong Joon Park and
Richard K. Burdick Confidence Intervals on Total Variance
in a Regression Model with an Unbalanced
Onefold Nested Error Structure . . . . . 2735--2743
Kurt Brännäs and
Eva Brännäs Conditional Heteroskedasticity in Count
Data Regression: Self-Feeding Activity
in Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2745--2758
Philip Prescott A Class of Designs for Mixture
Experiments Based on Augmented Pairs . . 2759--2785
Chiara Tommasi and
Jesús López-Fidalgo Minimax Designs for a Parametrization of
Binary Response Models . . . . . . . . . 2787--2798
Kiyotaka Yoshida and
Hideyuki Imai and
Yoshiharu Sato Upper Limits for Criteria for Tests of
Dimensionality Under Elliptical
Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2799--2816
Ramesh C. Gupta On Some Association Measures in the
Multivariate Normal Distribution . . . . 2817--2832
Vlad Barbu and
Michel Boussemart and
Nikolaos Limnios Discrete-Time Semi-Markov Model for
Reliability and Survival Analysis . . . 2833--2868
Anonymous Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 2869--2870
Ramesh C. Gupta Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2871--2871
C. R. Rao and
D. N. Shanbhag Characterizations of Stable Laws Based
on a Number Theoretic Result . . . . . . 2873--2884
E. Cramer and
U. Kamps and
C. Keseling Characterizations via Linear Regression
of Ordered Random Variables: A Unifying
Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2885--2911
Ursula Gather and
Gábor Székely Characterizations of Distributions by
Linear Forms of Order Statistics . . . . 2913--2919
M. Ahsanullah A Characterization of the Uniform
Distribution by Dual Generalized Order
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2921--2928
M. Asadi Some Characterizations on Generalized
Pareto Distributions . . . . . . . . . . 2929--2939
Saralees Nadarajah and
Arjun K. Gupta Characterizations of the Beta
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2941--2957
P. G. Sankaran and
R. P. Gupta Characterizations Using Local Dependence
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2959--2974
Anthony G. Pakes Characterization of Probability Laws via
Length-Biasing and Stationary-Excess
Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2975--2992
Vanamamalai Seshadri and
Jacek Weso\lowski Martingales Defined by Reciprocals of
Sums and Related Characterizations . . . 2993--3007
Rameshwar D. Gupta and
Ramesh C. Gupta and
P. G. Sankaran Some Characterization Results Based on
Factorization of the (Reversed) Hazard
Rate Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3009--3031
Evdokia Xekalaki and
Caterina Dimaki Characterizations of Bivariate Pareto
and Yule Distributions . . . . . . . . . 3033--3042
Evdokia Xekalaki and
John Panaretos A Binomial Distribution with Dependent
Trials and Its Use in Stochastic Model
Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3043--3058
Adrienne W. Kemp and
C. David Kemp Factorial Moment Characterizations for
Certain Binomial-Type Distributions . . 3059--3068
Adrienne W. Kemp Classes of Discrete Lifetime
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3069--3093
Debasis Kundu and
Rameshwar D. Gupta Characterizations of the Proportional
(Reversed) Hazard Model . . . . . . . . 3095--3102
B. L. S. Prakasa Rao On a Bivariate Lack of Memory Property
Under Binary Associative Operation . . . 3103--3114
Ramesh C. Gupta and
S. N. U. A. Kirmani Some Characterization of Distributions
by Functions of Failure Rate and Mean
Residual Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3115--3131
I. S. Akhundov and
N. Balakrishnan and
V. B. Nevzorov New Characterizations by Properties of
Midrange and Related Statistics . . . . 3133--3143
Dilip Roy A Generalization of the Lack of Memory
Property and Related Characterization
Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3145--3158
Jorge Navarro and
Jose M. Ruiz Characterizations from Relationships
Between Failure Rate Functions and
Conditional Moments . . . . . . . . . . 3159--3171
Saul Blumenthal and
Ram C. Dahiya Estimating Scale and Truncation
Parameters for the Truncated Exponential
Distribution with Type-I Censored
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--21
N. Mukhopadhyay On Some One-Parameter Families Where
Maximal Invariants Do Not Distinguish
Hypothesized Models . . . . . . . . . . 23--36
Likai Zhang and
Liping Liu and
Na You Estimating Population Size in Logistic
Capture-Recapture Models with a Known
Sex Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--44
Show-Li Jan Step Contrasts for Identifying the
Minimum Effective Dose . . . . . . . . . 45--57
Eckhard Liebscher Semiparametric Density Estimators Using
Copulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--71
N. Balakrishnan and
A. Asgharzadeh Inference for the Scaled Half-Logistic
Distribution Based on Progressively
Type-II Censored Samples . . . . . . . . 73--87
Saralees Nadarajah Sums, Products, and Ratios of
Non-central Beta Variables . . . . . . . 89--100
Bilgehan Güven Inference for Variance Components in a
Mixed Model for Unbalanced Split Plot
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--112
Guoyong Jiang and
Jianrong Wu An Alternative Method for Estimating the
Variance Components in a Replicated
Crossover Study . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--125
Sudesh K. Srivastav and
Arti Shankar Some Methods of Constructing Generalized
Group Divisible Designs with Two Groups 127--133
Shaheena Bashir and
E. M. Carter Robust Reduced Rank Mixture Discriminant
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--145
Tsung-Shan Tsou Robust Inference for the Correlation
Coefficient --- a Parametric Method . . 147--162
Henry L. Gray and
Chu-Ping C. Vijverberg and
Wayne A. Woodward Nonstationary Data Analysis by Time
Deformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--192
Oesook Lee Probabilistic Properties of a Nonlinear
ARMA Process with Markov Switching . . . 193--204
Housila P. Singh and
Sharad Saxena Bayesian and Shrinkage Estimation of
Process Capability Index $ C_p $ . . . . 205--228
Lingyun Zhang and
M. S. Bebbington and
C. D. Lai and
K. Govindaraju On Statistical Design of the $ S^2 $
Control Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--244
Adelhamid Hassairi and
Afif Masmoudi and
Célestin C. Kokonendji Implicit Distributions and Estimation 245--252
Saralees Nadarajah and
Arjun K. Gupta On the Moments of the Exponentiated
Weibull Distribution . . . . . . . . . . 253--256
Silvia L. P. Ferrari and
Michel Ferreira Da Silva and
Francisco Cribari-Neto Adjusted Profile Likelihood for
Two-Parameter Exponential Family Models 257--276
J. Rodríguez-Avi and
A. Conde-Sánchez and
A. J. Sáez-Castillo and
M. J. Olmo Jiménez Estimation and Inference in Complex
Triparametric Pearson Distributions . . 277--289
Paul Kabaila Assessment of a Preliminary $F$-Test
Solution to the Behrens--Fisher Problem 291--302
Panagis Moschopoulos and
Naijun Sha Bayesian Inference of Scale Parameters
in Exponential Family Using
Conditionally Specified Priors . . . . . 303--318
M. Ivette Gomes and
Hugo Pereira and
M. Cristina Miranda Revisiting the Role of the Jackknife
Methodology in the Estimation of a
Positive Tail Index . . . . . . . . . . 319--335
Enkelejd Hashorva and
Jürg Hüsler Estimation of Tails and Related
Quantities Using the Number of
Near-Extremes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--349
N. Sothinathan and
L. I. Pettit Bayes Methods for Outliers in Binomial
Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--366
Jerome P. Keating and
Robert L. Mason Pitman Nearness Comparison of the
Traditional Estimator of the Coefficient
of Determination and Its Adjusted
Version in Linear Regression Models . . 367--374
Shalabh and
H. Toutenburg Estimation of Linear Regression Models
with Missing Data: The Role of
Stochastic Linear Constraints . . . . . 375--387
Ming Zheng and
Sihua Li Empirical Likelihood in Partial Linear
Error-in-Covariable Model with Censored
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--404
Sture Holm and
Sigyn Mark and
Tobias Adolfsson A Step-Down Test for Effects in
Unreplicated Factorial Designs . . . . . 405--416
Neil A. Butler Supersaturated Latin Hypercube Designs 417--428
Jong-Hyeon Jeong and
David Oakes Effects of Different Hazard Ratios on
Asymptotic Relative Efficiency of
Estimates from Cox's Model . . . . . . . 429--448
Jiantian Wang and
Yingfu Li Estimators for Survival Function when
Censoring Times are Known . . . . . . . 449--459
Håkan Lindkvist and
Yuri Belyaev Asymptotic Properties of Estimators in a
Model of Life Data with Warnings . . . . 461--474
Majid Asadi and
Ismihan Bayramoglu (Bairamov) A Note on the Mean Residual Life
Function of a Parallel System . . . . . 475--484
M. H. Shu and
K. S. Chen Estimating Process Capability Indices
Based on Subsamples for Asymmetric
Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485--505
Haim Shore Accurate RMM-Based Approximations for
the CDF of the Normal Distribution . . . 507--513
Antonia Castaño-Martínez and
Fernando López-Blázquez Distribution of a Sum of Weighted
Central Chi-Square Variables . . . . . . 515--524
M. A. Chaudhry and
Asghar Qadir Incomplete Exponential and
Hypergeometric Functions with
Applications to the Non Central $
\chi^2$-Distribution . . . . . . . . . . 525--535
Pei-Sheng Lin and
Murray K. Clayton Properties of Binary Data Generated from
a Truncated Gaussian Random Field . . . 537--544
John Byrne and
Paul Kabaila Comparison of Poisson Confidence
Intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545--556
Ramesh C. Gupta and
S. H. Ong Analysis of Long-Tailed Count Data by
Poisson Mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . 557--573
Julián De La Horra Reconciling Classical and Prior
Predictive $p$-Values in the Two-Sided
Location Parameter Testing Problem . . . 575--583
Samuel S. Wu and
Martin T. Wells An Extension of the Metropolis Algorithm 585--596
Cem Kadilar and
Hulya Cingi A New Ratio Estimator in Stratified
Random Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . 597--602
Ming Yuan Automatic Smoothing for Poisson
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603--617
Wenjiang J. Fu A Note on Prediction Error with
Collinearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619--623
Dean M. Young and
Stephen M. Scariano and
Cecil R. Hallum Estimation-Equivalent Covariance
Structures for the Least Squares and
MINQUE Estimators of the Linear Model
Variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625--629
Shaun S. Wulff Best Unbiased Estimation in Unbalanced
Split Plot Designs . . . . . . . . . . . 631--649
John D. Spurrier Multiple Comparisons with the Best
Control in a One-Way Layout . . . . . . 651--660
Tachen Liang On Empirical Bayes Testing for
Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661--670
Yoko Watamori and
Teruo Fujioka Confidence Regions for the Mean
Direction of the von Mises--Fisher
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671--678
S. B. Nandi and
S. Choudhury Series Representation of Non Null
Distribution of the Square of Sample
Multiple Correlation Coefficient by Use
of the Mellin Integral Transform . . . . 679--685
Gilbert G. Walter and
Xiaoping Shen Wavelet Like Behavior of Slepian
Functions and Their Use in Density
Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687--711
Nikolaos Limnios and
Mei-Ling Ting Lee Hoeffding's Inequality for Stopped
Martingales and Semi-Markov Processes 713--720
Yu-Chang Lin and
Chao-Yu Chou Robustness of the Variable Sample Size
and Control Limit ${}^-X$ Chart to Non
Normality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721--743
Michael R. Flynn On the Moments of the $4$-Parameter
Lognormal Distribution . . . . . . . . . 745--751
R. Willink A Confidence Interval and Test for the
Mean of an Asymmetric Distribution . . . 753--766
Paul Kabaila and
Chris J. Lloyd A Simple Measure of the Efficiency of a
Buehler Confidence Limit . . . . . . . . 767--774
N. K. Sajeevkumar and
P. Yageen Thomas Applications of Order Statistics of
Independent Nonidentically Distributed
Random Variables in Estimation . . . . . 775--783
Zeinhum F. Jaheen Estimation Based on Generalized Order
Statistics from the Burr Model . . . . . 785--794
J. Ahmadi and
M. Doostparast and
A. Parsian Estimation and Prediction in a
Two-Parameter Exponential Distribution
Based on $k$-Record Values under LINEX
Loss Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795--805
Barry C. Arnold and
Jose A. Villasenor On the Value of Imprecise Prior
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807--822
Md. Kamal Uddin and
U. V. Naik-Nimbalkar Regression Function Estimation Using
Spline Wavelets . . . . . . . . . . . . 823--832
Xinmin Li and
Guoying Li Confidence Intervals on Sum of Variance
Components with Unbalanced Designs . . . 833--845
Jong-Min Kim and
William D. Warde Some New Results on the Multinomial
Randomized Response Model . . . . . . . 847--856
Paramjit S. Gill and
Sarath G. Banneheka and
Tim B. Swartz Tests Concerning Equicorrelation
Matrices with Grouped Normal Data . . . 857--873
Mohammad Fraiwan Al-Saleh and
Hani M. Samawi Estimation of the Correlation
Coefficient Using Bivariate Ranked Set
Sampling with Application to the
Bivariate Normal Distribution . . . . . 875--889
Mohamed Bentarzi and
Abdelhakim Aknouche Calculation of the Fisher Information
Matrix for Periodic ARMA Models . . . . 891--903
Fabio H. Nieto Modeling Bivariate Threshold
Autoregressive Processes in the Presence
of Missing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . 905--930
Omar M. Eidous On Improving Kernel Estimators Using
Line Transect Sampling . . . . . . . . . 931--941
Xianyi Wu and
Jinhong You and
Xian Zhou Asymptotic Properties of the ISE in
Nonparametric Regressions with Serially
Correlated Errors . . . . . . . . . . . 943--953
Valerii Fedorov and
Byron Jones and
C. Matthew Jones and
Anatoly Zhigljavsky Multi-Center Clinical Trials with Random
Enrollment: Theoretical Approximations 955--985
N. Limnios and
B. Ouhbi and
A. Sadek Empirical Estimator of Stationary
Distribution for Semi-Markov Processes 987--995
Jeen-Kap Choi Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 997--998
G. Forchini The Distribution of a Ratio of Quadratic
Forms in Noncentral Normal Variables . . 999--1008
Özlem Ege Oruç and
Ismihan Bairamov On the General Class of Two-Sided Power
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009--1017
Thierry Huillet Sampling Formulae Arising from Random
Dirichlet Populations . . . . . . . . . 1019--1040
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Silvia L. P. Ferrari Third-Order Asymptotic Distributions of
Classic Test Statistics for
One-Parameter Exponential Family Models 1041--1055
F. Marohn Tail Index Estimation in Models of
Generalized Order Statistics . . . . . . 1057--1064
Laurent Gardes and
Stéphane Girard Estimating Extreme Quantiles of Weibull
Tail Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . 1065--1080
Laurent Bordes and
Pierre Vandekerkhove Statistical Inference for Partially
Hidden Markov Models . . . . . . . . . . 1081--1104
Tadeusz Cali\'nski and
Miros\law Krzy\'sko A Closed Testing Procedure for Canonical
Correlations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1105--1116
Jyh-Jiuan Lin and
Nabendu Pal A Note on Robustness of Normal Variance
Estimators Under $t$-Distributions . . . 1117--1126
N. Sanjari Farsipour and
H. Zakerzadeh Estimation of a Gamma Scale Parameter
Under Asymmetric Squared Log Error Loss 1127--1135
Tze Fen Li and
Tseng-Chang Yen A Bayes Empirical Bayes Decision Rule
for Classification . . . . . . . . . . . 1137--1149
Mirjam Moerbeek and
Cora J. M. Maas Optimal Experimental Designs for
Multilevel Logistic Models with Two
Binary Predictors . . . . . . . . . . . 1151--1167
M. A. F. Aboukalam Quick, Easy, and Powerful Analysis of
Unreplicated Factorial Designs . . . . . 1169--1175
Ghadban Khalaf and
Ghazi Shukur Choosing Ridge Parameter for Regression
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177--1182
Serge B. Provost and
Deepak Sanjel Inference About the First-Order
Autoregressive Coefficient . . . . . . . 1183--1201
Vilijandas Bagdonavicius and
Algimantas Bikelis and
Vytautas Kazakevicius Nonparametric Confidence Intervals for
the Number of Spares Required for a
Renewable System . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203--1212
M. E. Ghitany On Reliability Estimation Based on
Ranked Set Sampling . . . . . . . . . . 1213--1216
Mahmoud Almanassra and
Jiantian Wang and
S. Jeyaratnam Monotonic Estimators for the Survival
Function of Quality Adjusted Lifetime 1217--1231
Ji-Hyun Lee and
Bahjat F. Qaqish A Latent Changepoint Model Using A
Generalized Estimating Equations
Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1233--1242
Aysen D. Akkaya and
Moti L. Tiku Letter to the Editor: Modified Maximum
Likelihood Estimators for Autoregressive
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1243--1244
Pinyuen Chen and
Lifang Hsu and
S. Panchapakesan Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1245--1245
Elena Buzaianu and
Pinyuen Chen On Selecting Among Treatments with
Binomial Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . 1247--1264
S. Panchapakesan Restricted Subset Selection Procedures
for Normal Means: A Brief Review with a
Fresh Look at the Classical Formulations
of Bechhofer and Gupta . . . . . . . . . 1265--1273
Nitis Mukhopadhyay A New Approach to Determine the Pilot
Sample Size in Two-Stage Sampling . . . 1275--1295
N. Balakrishnan and
J.-A. Kim Point and Interval Estimation for
Bivariate Normal Distribution Based on
Progressively Type-II Censored Data . . 1297--1347
Y. L. Tong A Sequential Multi-Hypothesis Test for
the Mean Function of a Discrete-Time
Gaussian Process . . . . . . . . . . . . 1349--1362
Lifang Hsu Group Testing with a Goal in Estimating
the Number of Defects Under Imperfect
Environmental Stress Screen Levels . . . 1363--1377
Marc Sobel and
Longin Jan Latecki Data Visualization by Pairwise
Distortion Minimization . . . . . . . . 1379--1391
Krzysztof S. Frankowski and
Milton Sobel Solutions of Some Birthday Problems
Using Dirichlet Integrals . . . . . . . 1393--1410
Jack Graver and
Milton Sobel You May Rely on the Reliability
Polynomial for Much More Than You Might
Think . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1411--1422
Morteza Ebneshahrashoob and
Tangan Gao and
Milton Sobel Random Accessibility as a Parallelism to
Reliability Studies on Simple Graphs . . 1423--1436
Aurélien Alfonsi and
Damiano Brigo New Families of Copulas Based on
Periodic Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 1437--1447
Elias Ould-Sa\"\id and
Ourida Sadki Strong Approximation of Quantile
Function for Strong Mixing and Censored
Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1449--1459
Takis Papaioannou and
Kosmas Ferentinos On Two Forms of Fisher's Measure of
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1461--1470
N. Atienza and
J. García-Heras and
J. Muñoz-Pichardo Consistency of Maximum Likelihood
Estimators in Finite Mixture Models of
the Union of $ \cal W $-type Families 1471--1485
Racheal Zhang and
Gary C. McDonald Characterization of Ridge Trace Behavior 1487--1501
Y. Sheena Order-preserving Estimators and an
Inequality on the Integration of Zonal
Polynomial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1503--1516
Daniel J. Ghezzi and
Shelemyahu Zacks Inference on the Common Variance of
Correlated Normal Random Variables . . . 1517--1531
Yvesg G. Berger A Variance Estimator for Systematic
Sampling from a Deliberately Ordered
Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1533--1541
I. B. J. Goudie and
J. Ashbridge A Conditionally Unbiased Estimator for
the Equal-Catchability Model . . . . . . 1543--1553
Neeraj Misra and
Somesh Kumar and
Edward C. van der Meulen and
Yogesh Mani Tripathi A Subset Selection Procedure for
Selecting the Exponential Population
Having the Longest Mean Lifetime When
the Guarantee Times are the Same . . . . 1555--1569
Sanpei Kageyama and
Sarita Rudra and
Shakti Banerjee Constructions of Nested Pairwise
Efficiency and Variance Balanced Designs 1571--1578
Himadri Ghosh and
Ashish Das Optimal Designs for Best Linear Unbiased
Prediction in Diallel Crosses . . . . . 1579--1586
A. Karagrigoriou and
F. Vonta On Efficient AR Spectral Estimation for
Long-Range Predictions . . . . . . . . . 1587--1603
P. Misquitta and
Frits H. Ruymgaart Some Results on Nonparametric
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605--1616
O. Y. Kravchuk Rank Test of Location Optimal for
Hyperbolic Secant Distribution . . . . . 1617--1630
Abdulkadir Hussein Sequential Comparison of Two Treatments
Using Weighted Wald-Type Statistics . . 1631--1641
Nahed A. Mokhlis Reliability of a Stress-Strength Model
with Burr Type III Distributions . . . . 1643--1657
Whasoo Bae and
Hyemi Choi and
Byeong U. Park and
Choongrak Kim Smoothing Techniques for the Bivariate
Kaplan--Meier Estimator . . . . . . . . 1659--1674
Pao-Sheng Shen Nonparametric Bivariate Estimation with
Left-Truncated and Right-Censored Data 1675--1685
Anonymous Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1687--1687
Agostino Tarsitano Estimation of the Generalized Lambda
Distribution Parameters for Grouped Data 1689--1709
Alan M. Polansky Nonparametric Estimation of Distribution
Functions of Nonstandard Mixtures . . . 1711--1724
Fikri Akdeniz and
Alan T. K. Wan and
Esra Akdeniz Generalized Liu Type Estimators Under
Zellner's Balanced Loss Function . . . . 1725--1736
Fuxia Cheng On Variance Estimation in Semiparametric
Regression Models . . . . . . . . . . . 1737--1742
Miguel A. Gómez-Villegas and
Beatriz González Pérez Bayesian Analysis of Contingency Tables 1743--1754
Luigi D'Ambra and
Eric J. Beh and
Pietro Amenta CATANOVA for Two-Way Contingency Tables
with Ordinal Variables Using Orthogonal
Polynomials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1755--1769
Vilijandas Bagdonavicius and
Firoozeh Haghighi and
Mikhail Nikulin Statistical Analysis of General
Degradation Path Model and Failure Time
Data with Multiple Failure Modes . . . . 1771--1791
Roel Braekers and
Noël Veraverbeke Cox's Regression Model Under Partially
Informative Censoring . . . . . . . . . 1793--1811
Ruiguang Song and
John M. Karon Distributions of Renewal Variables When
Renewal Process Reaches a Special Event 1813--1819
Qianyu Dang and
Stewart Anderson and
Lingshi Tan and
Sati Mazumdar Modeling Unequally Spaced Bivariate
Growth Curve Data Using a Kalman Filter
Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1821--1831
Y.-T. Hwang Moments of the Product-Limit Estimator
Under Left-Truncation and
Right-Censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . 1833--1850
John D. Spurrier Improved Upper Bounds for Hollander's Mu
and Lehmann's Lambda . . . . . . . . . . 1851--1855
Shaogen Gao and
Guoying Li and
Dongqian Wang A New Approach for Detecting
Multivariate Outliers . . . . . . . . . 1857--1865
Keming Yu and
Jin Zhang A Three-Parameter Asymmetric Laplace
Distribution and Its Extension . . . . . 1867--1879
V. V. Anh and
R. McVinish and
C. Pesee Estimation and Simulation of the
Riesz--Bessel Distribution . . . . . . . 1881--1897
M. Kaluszka and
A. Okolewski Bounds for $L$-Statistics from Weakly
Dependent Samples of Random Length . . . 1899--1910
M. Kaluszka and
A. Okolewski Sharp Bounds for Generalized Order
Statistics via Logarithmic Moments . . . 1911--1923
Serkan Eryilmaz Concomitants in a Sequence of
Independent Nonidentically Distributed
Random Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1925--1933
R. Habibi and
S. M. Sadooghi-Alvandi and
A. R. Nematollahi Change Point Detection in a General
Class of Distributions . . . . . . . . . 1935--1938
Halil Aydogdu A Pointwise Estimator for the $k$-Fold
Convolution of a Distribution Function 1939--1956
Engin A. Sungur A Note on Directional Dependence in
Regression Setting . . . . . . . . . . . 1957--1965
Engin A. Sungur Some Observations on Copula Regression
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967--1978
Peter M. Njuho and
George A. Milliken Analysis of Linear Models with One
Factor Having Both Fixed and Random
Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979--1989
Jens C. Eickhoff and
Yasuo Amemiya Generalized Linear Latent Variable
Modeling for Multi-Group Studies . . . . 1991--2008
Brent D. Burch and
Ian R. Harris Optimal One-Way Random Effects Designs
for the Intraclass Correlation Based on
Confidence Intervals . . . . . . . . . . 2009--2023
A. Enguix-González and
J. M. Muñoz-Pichardo and
J. L. Moreno-Rebollo and
R. Pino-Mejías Influence Analysis in Principal
Component Analysis Through Power-Series
Expansions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2025--2046
Maria Ivanilde Araújo and
Marcelo Fernandes and
Basilio de Bragança Pereira Alternative Procedures to Discriminate
Non Nested Multivariate Linear
Regression Models . . . . . . . . . . . 2047--2062
Irene Albarran and
Mercedes Ayuso and
Montserrat Guillén and
Malena Monteverde A Multiple State Model for Disability
Using the Decomposition of Death
Probabilities and Cross-Sectional Data 2063--2075
Aiyi Liu and
Enrique F. Schisterman and
Chengqing Wu Nonparametric Estimation and Hypothesis
Testing on the Partial Area Under
Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves 2077--2088
P. G. Sankaran and
Rameshwar D. Gupta A General Class of Distributions:
Properties and Applications . . . . . . 2089--2095
K. G. Janardan Integral Representation of a
Distribution Associated with a Pure
Birth Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2097--2103
Asok K. Nanda and
Neeraj Misra and
Prasanta Paul and
Harshinder Singh Some Properties of Order Statistics When
the Sample Size Is Random . . . . . . . 2105--2113
Somesh Kumar and
Ajay Kumar and
Yogesh Mani Tripathi A Note on the Pitman Estimator of
Ordered Normal Means When the Variances
Are Unequal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2115--2122
Jack C. Yue and
Murray K. Clayton A Similarity Measure Based on Species
Proportions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2123--2131
Edna Schechtman Stratification: Measuring and Inference 2133--2145
B. R. Handa and
N. S. Kambo Tests for Equality of Parameters of Two
Exponential Distributions with Common
Known Coefficient of Variation . . . . . 2147--2155
Narelle F. Smith The Design of Scoring Schemes for
Surveys Using the Block Total Response
Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2157--2168
A. Bekker and
J. J. J. Roux Reliability Characteristics of the
Maxwell Distribution: A Bayes Estimation
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2169--2178
Bent Jòrgensen and
Jeevanantham Rajeswaran A Generalization of Hotelling's $ T^2 $ 2179--2195
Kam C. Yuen and
Hailiang Yang and
Rongming Wang On Erlang(2) Risk Process Perturbed by
Diffusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2197--2208
Lichun Wang Convergence Rates of Empirical Bayes
Estimation for the Parameter of the
Uniform Distribution $ U(0, \theta) $
Under Random Censorship . . . . . . . . 2209--2220
Xufeng Qian and
Rie Ashizawa and
Hiroki Tsurumi Bayesian, MLE, and GMM Estimation of a
Spot Rate Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 2221--2233
Tanuja Srivastava and
Himani Gupta Pitman Estimator to Pareto Scale
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2235--2255
Aditi Kar Gangopadhyay and
Somesh Kumar Estimating Average Worth of the Selected
Subset from Two-Parameter Exponential
Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2257--2267
Engin A. Sungur and
Peh Ng A Decomposition of Copulas and Its Use 2269--2282
D. De Martini and
E. Vespa Copula-Based Models for the Power of
Independence Tests . . . . . . . . . . . 2283--2297
Melvin J. Hinich A New Method for Statistical
Multidimensional Unfolding . . . . . . . 2299--2310
Younshik Chung and
Dipak K. Dey and
Misook Kim and
Chansoo Kim Bayesian Model Choice in Exponential
Survival Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311--2330
Akifumi Yafune and
Mamoru Narukawa and
Makio Ishiguro A Note on Sample Size Determination for
Akaike Information Criterion (AIC)
Approach to Clinical Data Analysis . . . 2331--2343
Anna Dembi\'nska and
Fernando López-blázquez A Characterization of Geometric
Distribution Through $k$ th Weak Records 2345--2351
M. A. M. Ali Mousa and
S. A. Al-Sagheer Bayesian Prediction for Progressively
Type-II Censored Data from the Rayleigh
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2353--2361
William B. Smith Executive Director An Appreciation of Anant M. Kshirsagar 1--2
Ananda Sen and
Devadatta Kulkarni A Note on a Path Counting Formula . . . 3--11
Sangun Park and
Chul Eung Kim A Note on the Fisher Information in
Exponential Distribution . . . . . . . . 13--19
Mohammed Nasser and
Mesbahul Alam Estimators of Influence Function . . . . 21--32
Na You and
Liping Liu Proportional Trapping-Removal Model with
a Known Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--41
Sier Han and
Zheng Tian Truncating Estimation for the Mean
Change-Point in Heavy-Tailed Dependent
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--52
S. A. Sisson and
Y. V. Chan A Note on Bayesian Analyses of
Capture-Recapture Data with Perfect
Recaptures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--62
Dal Ho Kim and
Sang Gil Kang and
Woo Dong Lee Intrinsic Priors for Testing Two Normal
Means with Intrinsic Bayes Factors . . . 63--81
D. Basso and
L. Salmaso A Discussion of Permutation Tests
Conditional to Observed Responses in
Unreplicated $ 2^M $ Full Factorial
Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--97
Cong Han and
Richard Kronmal Two-Part Models for Analysis of Agatston
Scores with Possible Proportionality
Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--111
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Lúcia P. Barroso and
Denise A. Botter Covariance Matrix Formula for
Generalized Linear Models with Unknown
Dispersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--120
Hitoshi Koyano Minimax Empirical Bayes Estimators in
Multivariate Mixed Linear Models with
Unequal Replications . . . . . . . . . . 121--131
Jan G. De Gooijer and
Ali Gannoun and
Dawit Zerom A Multivariate Quantile Predictor . . . 133--147
Muneya Matsui and
Akimichi Takemura Some Improvements in Numerical
Evaluation of Symmetric Stable Density
and Its Derivatives . . . . . . . . . . 149--172
James Ledoux A Poisson Limit Theorem for Reliability
Models Based on Markov Chains . . . . . 173--196
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Edson Marcos Leal Soares Ramos Some Second-Order Asymptotics for
Extreme Value Linear Regression Models 197--207
Zvi Drezner On the Limit of the Generalized Binomial
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--221
S. M. Sunoj and
S. S. Maya Some Properties of Weighted
Distributions in the Context of
Repairable Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 223--228
Filidor Vilca-Labra and
Víctor Leiva-Sánchez A New Fatigue Life Model Based on the
Family of Skew-Elliptical Distributions 229--244
Zhaozhi Fan Parameter Estimation of Stable
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--255
Gabriela Damilano and
Pedro Puig A Note on the Hodges--Lehmann Estimator
and the Logistic Distribution . . . . . 257--261
J. Reif Pitman Closeness in Classes of General
Pre-Test Estimators and Regression
Estimators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--279
Riccardo Gatto A Bootstrap Test for Circular Data . . . 281--292
Nitis Mukhopadhyay Some Comments on Hassairi et al.'s
``Implicit Distributions and
Estimation'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--297
Josemar Rodrigues Full Bayesian Significance Test for
Zero-Inflated Distributions . . . . . . 299--307
Athanasios C. Micheas A Unified Approach to Prior and Loss
Robustness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--323
H. Demirhan and
C. Hamurkaroglu A Bayesian Approach to the Estimation of
Expected Cell Counts by Using Log-Linear
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--335
Neil A. Butler Properties of Designs in Experiments on
Spatial Lattices . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--347
Mohammad M. Salehi Adaptive Cluster Row and Column
Elimination Sampling $ + (1) $ Design 349--362
José I. Bravo and
Íñigo De Fuentes and
Arturo J. Fernández Survival Estimation with Missing
Censoring Times for the Generalized
Koziol--Green Model . . . . . . . . . . 363--372
Peter A. Rogerson Formulas for the Design of CUSUM Quality
Control Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--383
Kahadawala Cooray and
Sumith Gunasekera and
Malwane M. A. Ananda The Folded Logistic Distribution . . . . 385--393
Colin M. Ramsay The Distribution of Sums of Certain
I.I.D. Pareto Variates . . . . . . . . . 395--405
Hasan Hamdan Characterizing and Approximating
Infinite Scale Mixtures of Normals . . . 407--413
Borek D. Puza and
Terence J. O'Neill Two Birthday Problems . . . . . . . . . 415--422
Fikri Akdeniz and
George P. H. Styan and
Hans Joachim Werner The General Expressions for the Moments
of the Stochastic Shrinkage Parameters
of the Liu Type Estimator . . . . . . . 423--437
Tihomir Asparouhov General Multi-Level Modeling with
Sampling Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . 439--460
Jonghyeon Kim Hypothesis Testing Problems in an
Unbalanced Longitudinal Ophthalmology
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461--476
Marco Marozzi and
Luigi Salmaso Multivariate Bi-Aspect Testing for the
Two-Sample Location Problem . . . . . . 477--488
Euikyoo Lee and
Myung-Sang Moon and
Richard F. Gunst A Spatiotemporal Model for Pollutant
Concentrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489--497
Kairat T. Mynbaev Asymptotic Properties of OLS Estimates
in Autoregressions with Bounded or
Slowly Growing Deterministic Trends . . 499--520
Y. H. Joshua Chen and
G. H. Frank Liu A Note on the Estimate of Treatment
Effect from a Cox Regression Model When
the Proportionality Assumption Is
Violated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521--526
Athanasios G. Kallioras and
Ioannis A. Koutrouvelis and
George C. Canavos Testing the Fit of Gamma Distributions
Using the Empirical Moment Generating
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527--540
Federico O'Reilly and
Leticia Gracia-Medrano On the Conditional Distribution of
Goodness-of-Fit Tests . . . . . . . . . 541--549
Suzanne R. Dubnicka Confidence Intervals for the Median of a
Finite Population Based on the Sign Test 551--569
N. Sanjari Farsipour and
H. Zakerzadeh Estimation of Generalized Variance Under
an Asymetric Loss Function ``Squared Log
Error'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571--581
E. Gómez-Déniz and
E. Calderín-Ojeda and
I. Cabrera-Ortega A Simple Method to Study Sensitivity of
BMP's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583--591
J. P. Arias-Nicolás and
J. Martín and
A. Suárez-Lloréns The Non Dominated Set in Bayesian
Decision Problems with Convex Loss
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Qihua Wang and
Bing-Yi Jing Edgeworth Expansion and Bootstrap
Approximation for Studentized
Product-Limit Estimator with Truncated
and Censored Data . . . . . . . . . . . 609--623
Lichun Wang and
Noel Veraverbeke Empirical Likelihood in a
Semi-Parametric Model for Missing
Response Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625--639
Kenichi Satoh and
Megu Ohtaki Nonparametric Growth Curve Model with
Local Linear Approximation . . . . . . . 641--648
Arturo Erdely and
José M. González-Barrios On the Construction of Families of
Absolutely Continuous Copulas with Given
Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649--659
Ping Jing and
Jinfang Wang Testing the Equality of Multivariate
Distributions Using the Bootstrap and
Integrated Empirical Processes . . . . . 661--670
Aude Illig and
Beno\^\it Truong-Van Asymptotic Results for Spatial ARMA
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Tsai-Hung Fan and
Kuo-Ching Chang and
Chung-Bow Lee Bayesian Estimation of the Number of
Change Points in Simple Linear
Regression Models . . . . . . . . . . . 689--710
A. Vexler and
G. Gurevich Guaranteed Local Maximum Likelihood
Detection of a Change Point in
Nonparametric Logistic Regression . . . 711--726
Ryan S. Gill and
Jerome P. Keating and
Michael I. Baron Detecting Abrupt Leaks in Blended
Underground Storage Tanks . . . . . . . 727--742
Saad T. Bakir Distribution-Free Quality Control Charts
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Sunil K. Dhar and
Srinivasan Balaji On the Characterization of a Bivariate
Geometric Distribution . . . . . . . . . 759--765
V. Savani and
A. A. Zhigljavsky Efficient Estimation of Parameters of
the Negative Binomial Distribution . . . 767--783
Ali Chaouche and
Jean-Noël Bacro Statistical Inference for the
Generalized Pareto Distribution: Maximum
Likelihood Revisited . . . . . . . . . . 785--802
Ahmed A. Soliman Estimators for the Finite Mixture of
Rayleigh Model Based on Progressively
Censored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803--820
K. K. Ferentinos and
K. X. Karakostas More on Shortest and Equal Tails
Confidence Intervals . . . . . . . . . . 821--829
Jun Ma Multiplicative Algorithms for Maximum
Penalized Likelihood Inversion with Non
Negative Constraints and Generalized
Error Distributions . . . . . . . . . . 831--848
Gui-Jun Yang and
Min-Qian Liu A Note on the Lower Bounds on Maximum
Number of Clear Two-Factor Interactions
for $ (2^{m - p_{\rm III}}) $ and $
(2^{m - p_{\rm IV}}) $ Designs . . . . . 849--860
F. Saura and
J. Mateu Estimating Mark Functions Through
Spectral Analysis for Marked Point
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Gregory Gurevich Nonparametric AMOC Changepoint Tests for
Stochastically Ordered Alternatives . . 887--903
J. de Uña-Álvarez and
A. Rodríguez-Casal Comparing Nonparametric Estimators for
Length-Biased Data . . . . . . . . . . . 905--919
G. Martynov and
M. Mesbah Goodness of Fit Test and Latent
Distribution Estimation in the Mixed
Rasch Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921--935
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David P. M. Scollnik On the Intervened Generalized Poisson
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953--963
Hea-Jung Kim On the Ratio of Two Folded Normal
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Taizhong Hu and
Feng Wang and
Zegang Zhu Stochastic Comparisons and Dependence of
Spacings from Two Samples of Exponential
Random Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . 979--988
Ali I. Genç A Note on the Distribution of Linear
Functions of Two Ordered Correlated
Normal Random Variables . . . . . . . . 989--995
Hassan Zahedi and
M. Shakil Properties of Entropies of Record Values
in Reliability and Life Testing Context 997--1010
Jarkko Isotalo and
Simo Puntanen Linear Prediction Sufficiency for New
Observations in the General
Gauss--Markov Model . . . . . . . . . . 1011--1023
Yichuan Zhao and
Gengsheng Qin Inference for the Mean Residual Life
Function via Empirical Likelihood . . . 1025--1036
Sharad Saxena and
Housila P. Singh From Ordinary to Shrinkage Square-Root
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D. Quade and
I. A. Salama Concordance of Complete or
Right-Censored Rankings Based on
Spearman's Footrule . . . . . . . . . . 1059--1069
Hani M. Samawi and
Mohammad F. Al-Saleh and
Obaid Al-Saidy Bivariate Sign Test for One-Sample
Bivariate Location Model Using Ranked
Set Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1071--1083
Yongge Tian and
Agnes M. Herzberg $D$-optimal Designs for a Combined
Simple Linear and Haar-Wavelet
Regression Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 1085--1091
Riquan Zhang and
Guoying Li Integrated Estimation of
Functional-Coefficient Regression Models
with Different Smoothing Variables . . . 1093--1100
Chunfeng Huang Smoothing Splines with Boundary
Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101--1107
Jade Freeman and
Reza Modarres Efficiency of $t$-Test and Hotelling's $
T^2$-Test After Box--Cox Transformation 1109--1122
Mattias Villani and
Rolf Larsson The Multivariate Split Normal
Distribution and Asymmetric Principal
Components Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 1123--1140
Aurea Grane and
Josep Fortiana An Adaptive Goodness-of-Fit Test . . . . 1141--1155
Anonymous Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1157--1157
Ingo Klein and
Matthias Fischer Skewness by Splitting the Scale
Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1159--1171
M. Ghorbel and
T. Huillet Interval Partitioning Arising from
Size-Biased Picking . . . . . . . . . . 1173--1187
N. Unnikrishnan Nair and
K. K. Sudheesh Characterization of Continuous
Distributions by Variance Bound and Its
Implications to Reliability Modeling and
Catastrophe Theory . . . . . . . . . . . 1189--1199
Javid Shabbir and
Sat Gupta A New Estimator of Population Mean in
Stratified Sampling . . . . . . . . . . 1201--1209
Omar Eidous A Semiparametric Model for Line Transect
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1211--1221
Ryszard Zieli\'nski Small-Sample Quantile Estimators in a
Large Nonparametric Model . . . . . . . 1223--1241
J. M. C. Santos Silva A Note on Influence Assessment in Score
Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1243--1256
Xiaogang Wang Asymptotic Properties of Adaptive
Likelihood Weights by Cross-Validation 1257--1270
Chien-Tai Lin and
Sam J. S. Wu and
N. Balakrishnan Inference for Log-Gamma Distribution
Based on Progressively Type-II Censored
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1271--1292
Animikh Biswas and
Rajeshwari Sundaram Kernel Survival Function Estimation
Based on Doubly Censored Data . . . . . 1293--1307
Bilgehan Güven Minimum Variance Quadratic Unbiased
Estimation for the Variance Components
in Simple Linear Regression with Onefold
Nested Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309--1318
Baris Sürücü Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Multivariate
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1319--1331
Willi Sauerbrei and
Norbert Holländer and
Richard D. Riley and
Douglas G. Altman Evidence-Based Assessment and
Application of Prognostic Markers: The
Long Way from Single Studies to
Meta-Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1333--1342
A. M. M. Shahiduzzaman Quoreshi Bivariate Time Series Modeling of
Financial Count Data . . . . . . . . . . 1343--1358
K. Yu Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1359--1359
Hsiuying Wang Modified $p$-Value of Two-Sided Test for
Normal Distribution with Restricted
Parameter Space . . . . . . . . . . . . 1361--1374
Gloria García and
Josep M. Oller On the Smoothness of Projections in
Statistical Models . . . . . . . . . . . 1375--1385
Julián de la Horra and
María Teresa Rodríguez-Bernal Prior Density Selection as a Particular
Case of Bayesian Model Selection: A
Predictive Approach . . . . . . . . . . 1387--1396
Priyanka Aggarwal Bayes Predictor of One-Parameter
Exponential Family Type Population Mean
Under Balanced Loss Function . . . . . . 1397--1408
Tachen Liang Empirical Bayes Testing for the Mean
Lifetime of Exponential Distributions:
Unequal Sample Sizes Case . . . . . . . 1409--1428
E. Oral Binary Regression with Stochastic
Covariates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1429--1447
Vilijandas Bagdonavicius and
Sergey V. Malov and
Mikhail S. Nikulin Semiparametric Regression Estimation in
Copula Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1449--1467
Sudhir Gupta Balanced Factorial Designs for cDNA
Microarray Experiments . . . . . . . . . 1469--1476
M. L. Aggarwal and
Mithilesh Kumar Jha Some New Series of Partially Balanced
Residual Treatment Effects Designs . . . 1477--1482
Samuel S. Wu Combining Univariate Tests for
Multivariate Location Problem . . . . . 1483--1494
Mohamed Bentarzi and
Abdelhakim Aknouche An On-Line Estimation Algorithm for
Periodic Autoregressive Models . . . . . 1495--1512
Asok K. Nanda and
Subarna Bhattacharjee and
S. S. Alam On Upshifted Reversed Mean Residual Life
Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1513--1523
Olivier Gaudoin and
Bo Yang and
Min Xie Confidence Intervals for the Scale
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Grace Y. Yi and
Wenqing He Methods for Bivariate Survival Data with
Mismeasured Covariates Under an
Accelerated Failure Time Model . . . . . 1539--1554
G. Jayasree and
R. J. R. Swamy Some New Discrete Probability
Distributions Derived from Power Series
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1555--1567
T. Pham-Gia and
N. Turkkan and
E. Marchand Density of the Ratio of Two Normal
Random Variables and Applications . . . 1569--1591
Scott A. Roths and
Joshua M. Tebbs Revisiting Beal's Confidence Intervals
for the Difference of Two Binomial
Proportions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1593--1609
Hidekazu Tanaka Location and Scale Parameter Family of
Distributions Attaining the
Bhattacharyya Bound . . . . . . . . . . 1611--1628
Domingo Morales and
Leandro Pardo and
Igor Vajda On Efficient Estimation in Continuous
Models Based on Finitely Quantized
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1629--1653
Bikas K. Sinha and
Samindranath Sengupta and
Sujay Mukhuti Unbiased Estimation of the Distribution
Function of an Exponential Population
Using Order Statistics with Application
in Ranked Set Sampling . . . . . . . . . 1655--1670
Deepak Sanjel and
N. Balakrishnan Use of Orthogonal Polynomial
Approximations for Inference in
Exponential Distribution Based on
$K$-Sample Doubly Type-II Censored Data 1671--1683
A. Asgharzadeh Point and Interval Estimation for a
Generalized Logistic Distribution Under
Progressive Type II Censoring . . . . . 1685--1702
Tonglin Zhang A Modification for Bayesian Credible
Intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1703--1711
Norio Torigoe and
Katsumi Ujiie On the Restricted Liu Estimator in the
Gauss--Markov Model . . . . . . . . . . 1713--1722
V. M. Raats and
J. J. A. Moors and
B. B. van der Genugten A Mixed Model for Double Checking
Fallible Auditors . . . . . . . . . . . 1723--1743
Abdelouahab Bibi and
Moon-Ho Ringo Ho Estimation of Periodic Bilinear Time
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Yasuhiro Omori and
Richard A. Johnson The Influence of Random Effects on
Univariate and Bivariate Discrete
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Lirong Cui and
Haijun Li Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1765--1766
Chung-Ho Chen The Modified Pulak and Al-Sultan's Model
for Determining the Optimum Process
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Yanlan Guo and
Lirong Cui and
Jinlin Li and
Song Gao Reliabilities for $ (n, f, k(i, j)) $
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A. G. Hawkes and
A. Jalali Parameter Estimation and Censored Lives 1791--1802
Won Young Yun and
Eun Suk Kim and
Ji Hwan Cha Accelerated Life Test Data Analysis for
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Lun Ran and
Lirong Cui and
M. Xie Some Analytical and Numerical Bounds on
the Renewal Function . . . . . . . . . . 1815--1827
J. Y. Liu and
M. Xie and
T. N. Goh CUSUM Chart with Transformed Exponential
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Xian Zhao and
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Jinlin Li A Sensitivity Analysis for System
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Renkuan Guo and
Tim Dunne Grey Predictive Process Control Charts 1857--1868
Yu Zhang and
Musheng Yang and
Yanxin Zhang Concurrent Design for Process Quality,
Statistical Tolerance, and SPC . . . . . 1869--1882
Songlin Liu and
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Xu Ping Evaluation Method for Equipment State
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Bo Tang Han and
Cai Bo Zhang and
Chang Sen Sun and
Chun Jie Xu Reliability Analysis of Flexible
Manufacturing Cells Based on Triangular
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Youzhi Xu and
Jinlin Li A Markov Chain Model for Forecasting the
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Aijun Yang and
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Zhenhai Yang The MLE of Geometric Parameter for a
Geometric Process . . . . . . . . . . . 1921--1930
Fujun Hou and
Qizong Wu Genetic Algorithm-Based Redundancy
Optimization Problems in Fuzzy Framework 1931--1941
Maxim Finkelstein and
Veronica Esaulova On Mixture Failure Rates Ordering . . . 1943--1955
Manal M. Nassar On the Characterization of a Mixture of
Generalized Power Function Distributions
by Conditional Expectation of Order
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A. Laradji and
Anwar H. Joarder Inequalities Among Some Measures of
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1963--1970
A. Habibi and
N. R. Arghami and
J. Ahmadi Statistical Evidence in Experiments and
in Record Values . . . . . . . . . . . . 1971--1983
H. M. Barakat A General Recurrence Relation for the
Moments of Bivariate and Trivariate
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Yuan-Tsung Chang and
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Poisson Distributions . . . . . . . . . 1993--2003
Mahdi Alkhamisi and
Ghadban Khalaf and
Ghazi Shukur Some Modifications for Choosing Ridge
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Manuel Galea and
Heleno Bolfarine and
Patricia Giménez Hypothesis Testing in Functional
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Masahide Kuwada and
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Yoshifumi Hyodo and
Eiji Taniguchi GA-Optimal Partially Balanced Fractional
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J. García-Heras and
J. Muñoz-García and
J. M. Muñoz-Pichardo and
L. Pardo Influence Measures Based on
Cressie--Read Divergence Measures in
Multivariate Linear Model . . . . . . . 2055--2073
S. Lajmi Scalar Statistics Which Have Constant
Regression on the Mean of a Riesz
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2075--2082
Antony Gautier Asymptotic Inefficiency of
Mean-Correction on Parameter Estimation
for a Periodic First-Order
Autoregressive Model . . . . . . . . . . 2083--2106
G. Pulcini A Bivariate Distribution for the
Reliability Analysis of Failure Data in
Presence of a Forewarning or Primer
Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2107--2126
Inkyung Jung and
Pranab Kumar Sen Robust $R$-Estimation of a Consensus
Value from Multi-Center Studies . . . . 2127--2144
N. Balakrishnan Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2145--2145
C. R. Rao and
K. W. Tam and
Y. Wu On Simultaneous Estimation of the Number
of Signals and Frequencies of Multiple
Sinusoids When Some Observations Are
Missing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2147--2155
Steven G. From and
Linxiong Li Estimation of the Parameters of the
Birnbaum--Saunders Distribution . . . . 2157--2169
Xiaohu Li and
Wenqing Cao and
Xiuying Feng A New Test Procedure for Decreasing Mean
Residual Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2171--2183
Ken-Ichi Koike An Integral Bhattacharyya Type Bound for
the Bayes Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2185--2195
Rosa E. Lillo and
Miguel Martín On the Bayesian Estimation for the
Uniform Scale Parameter via a Functional
Equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2197--2210
Miguel A. Gómez-Villegas and
Beatriz González-Pérez A Condition to Obtain the Same Decision
in the Homogeneity Testing Problem from
the Frequentist and Bayesian Point of
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211--2222
Mayuri Pandya and
P. N. Jani Bayesian Estimation of Change Point in
Inverse Weibull Sequence . . . . . . . . 2223--2237
Arijit Chaudhuri and
Kajal Dihidar and
Mausumi Bose On the Feasibility of Basing Horvitz and
Thompson's Estimator on a Sample by Rao,
Hartley, and Cochran's Scheme . . . . . 2239--2244
Eun-Ha Choi and
Wayne A. Woodward and
Henry L. Gray Euler $ (p, q) $ Processes and their
Application to Non Stationary Time
Series with Time Varying Frequencies . . 2245--2262
Maria Adam and
John Maroulas Geometry in Canonical Correlations . . . 2263--2273
William R. Schucany and
H. K. Tony Ng Preliminary Goodness-of-Fit Tests for
Normality do not Validate the One-Sample
Student $t$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2275--2286
N. Balakrishnan Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
T. F. Khang and
S. H. Ong A New Generalization of the Logarithmic
Distribution Arising from the Inverse
Trinomial Distribution . . . . . . . . . 3--21
Matthias Fischer and
Armin Horn and
Ingo Klein Tukey-Type Distributions in the Context
of Financial Data . . . . . . . . . . . 23--35
Raúl Jiménez and
Yongzhao Shao Asymptotic Distribution for Symmetric
Spacing Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . 37--46
S. Baratpour and
J. Ahmadi and
N. R. Arghami Some Characterizations Based on Entropy
of Order Statistics and Record Values 47--57
Mariusz Bieniek Bounds for Expectations of Differences
of Generalized Order Statistics Based on
General and Life Distributions . . . . . 59--72
Héctor W. Gómez and
Francisco J. Torres and
Heleno Bolfarine Large-Sample Inference for the
Epsilon-Skew- $t$ Distribution . . . . 73--81
Nandini Kannan and
Jerome P. Keating and
Robert L. Mason A Comparison of Classical and Inverse
Estimators in the Calibration Problem 83--95
Steven T. Garren and
Elizabeth R. Hume and
Glen R. Leppert Improved Estimation of the Pareto
Location Parameter Under Squared Error
Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--102
Tian Xia and
Shun-Fang Wang and
Xue-Ren Wang Convergence Rate of Strong Consistency
of the Maximum Likelihood Estimator in
Exponential Family Nonlinear Models . . 103--115
Kazuo Noda and
Etsuo Miyaoka Admissibility of Test Procedures for
Linear Hypotheses in General Linear
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--128
A. R. de Leon One-Sample Likelihood Ratio Tests for
Mixed Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129--141
Pai-Lien Chen and
Pranab K. Sen Markov Chain Model Selection by
Misclassified Model Probabilities . . . 143--153
Mohamed Lemdani and
Elias Ould-Sa\"\id Asymptotic Behavior of the Hazard Rate
Kernel Estimator Under Truncated and
Censored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--173
J. Navarro and
Jose M. Ruiz and
Carlos J. Sandoval Properties of Coherent Systems with
Dependent Components . . . . . . . . . . 175--191
S. B. Munoli and
M. D. Suranagi Estimation of Reliability for ( $k$ + 1)
Component Lightly Loaded Standby System
with Single Repair . . . . . . . . . . . 193--202
S. K. Acharya and
M. N. Mishra Bernstein--von Mises Theorem for M|M|1
Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--209
Ivy Liu and
Dong Q. Wang Diagnostics for Stratified Clinical
Trials in Proportional Odds Models . . . 211--220
John E. Kolassa A Proof of the Asymptotic Equivalence of
Two-Tail Probability Approximations . . 221--228
S. Shams Properties of Certain Class of Mixture
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--233
Amita Singh and
J. René van Dorp and
Thomas A. Mazzuchi A Novel Asymmetric Distribution with
Power Tails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--252
Vladimir Vinogradov On Infinitely Divisible Exponential
Dispersion Model Related to
Poisson-Exponential Distribution . . . . 253--263
Hyeonah Park and
Seongryong Na and
Jongwoo Jeon Compromise Allocation in Univariate
Stratified Sampling . . . . . . . . . . 265--271
W. F. Scott On the Asymptotic Distribution of the
Likelihood Ratio Statistic . . . . . . . 273--281
Rakesh Srivastava and
Vilpa Tanna Double Stage Shrinkage Testimator of the
Scale Parameter of an Exponential Life
Model Under General Entropy Loss
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--295
Liang Peng and
Shan Sun Comparisons Between Local Linear
Estimator and Kernel Smooth Estimator
for a Smooth Distribution Based on MSE
Under Right Censoring . . . . . . . . . 297--312
Yichuan Zhao and
Gengsheng Qin Inference for a Linear Functional of
Cumulative Hazard Function Via Empirical
Likelihood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--327
Chiranjit Mukhopadhyay and
Sanjib Basu Bayesian Analysis of Masked Series
System Lifetime Data . . . . . . . . . . 329--348
Sung Won Kang A Gibbs Sampling Algorithm for a
Changing Regression Model with Pooled
Binary Response Data . . . . . . . . . . 349--373
Qinfeng Xu and
Jinhong You Covariate Selection for Linear
Errors-in-Variables Regression Models 375--386
Xinmin Li and
Zhaowei Meng Confidence Intervals on Sum of Variance
Components in Unbalanced Two-Fold Nested
Designs with Equal Subsampling . . . . . 387--397
Takayuki Yamada On Comparisons of Exact Powers of
Bivariate GMANOVA Tests . . . . . . . . 399--413
Deo Kumar Srivastava and
James M. Boyett and
Carl W. Jackson and
Xin Tong and
Shesh N. Rai A Comparison of Permutation Hotelling's
$ T^2 $ Test and Log-Ratio Test for
Analyzing Compositional Data . . . . . . 415--431
Christopher R. Bilder and
Thomas M. Loughin Modeling Association Between Two or More
Categorical Variables that Allow for
Multiple Category Choices . . . . . . . 433--451
J. Rodríguez-Avi and
A. Conde-Sánchez and
A. J. Sáez-Castillo and
M. J. Olmo-Jiménez Gaussian Hypergeometric Probability
Distributions for Fitting Discrete Data 453--463
Yilmaz Mehmet and
Tuncer Yalçin Convex Ordering for Bivariate
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465--472
William J. Reed Brownian--Laplace Motion and Its Use in
Financial Modelling . . . . . . . . . . 473--484
H. E. T. Holgersson Robust Testing for Skewness . . . . . . 485--498
Hong-Fwu Yu Mis-Specification Analysis Between
Normal and Extreme Value Distributions
for a Linear Regression Model . . . . . 499--521
Miguel A. Gómez-Villegas and
Paloma Maín and
Rosario Susi Sensitivity Analysis in Gaussian
Bayesian Networks Using a Divergence
Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523--539
S. Amala Revathy and
B. Chandrasekar Equivariant Estimation of Parameters
Based on Sequential Order Statistics
from $ (1, 3) $ and $ (2, 3) $ Systems 541--548
Riquan Zhang Inferences on Nonparametric Component
for Partially Linear Models . . . . . . 549--562
K. Triantafyllopoulos A Note on the Canonical Structure of
Multivariate Dynamic Linear Models . . . 563--565
Jin-Guan Lin and
Bo-Cheng Wei Testing for Heteroscedasticity and/or
Autocorrelation in Longitudinal Mixed
Effect Nonlinear Models with $ {\rm
AR}(1) $ Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . 567--586
N. Rao Chaganty and
Yihao Deng Ranges of Measures of Association for
Familial Binary Variables . . . . . . . 587--598
Byoung Cheol Jung and
Sang Moon Han and
Jungbok Lee Score Tests for Testing Independence in
the Zero-Truncated Bivariate Poisson
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599--611
Stergios B. Fotopoulos and
Venkata K. Jandhyala and
Kim Heng Chen Regression Properties for Asymmetric
Generalized Scale Mixtures of
Multivariate Gaussian Variables . . . . 613--628
Valerii Fedorov and
Byron Jones and
Vippal Savani and
Anatoly Zhigljavsky Deriving Approximations in a Random
Effects Model for Multicenter Clinical
Trials with Binary Response . . . . . . 629--644
Jorge Navarro and
Chin-Diew Lai Ordering Properties of Systems with Two
Dependent Components . . . . . . . . . . 645--655
Frosso S. Makri and
Andreas N. Philippou and
Zaharias M. Psillakis Pólya, Inverse Pólya, and Circular Pólya
Distributions of Order $k$ for
$l$-Overlapping Success Runs . . . . . . 657--668
G. R. Mohtashami Borzadaran and
G. H. Yari and
E. Pasha Information Measures for Some Well-Known
Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669--677
Milena Bieniek Projection Mean-Variance Bounds on
Expectations of $k$ th Record Values
from Restricted Families . . . . . . . . 679--692
Ya. Lumelskii and
V. Voinov and
M. Nikulin and
P. Feigin On a Generalization of the Classical
Random Sampling Scheme and Unbiased
Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693--705
M. Revan Özkale and
Selahattin Kaçiranlar Comparisons of the Unbiased Ridge
Estimation to the Other Estimations . . 707--723
Khangelani Zuma A Bayesian Analysis of Correlated
Interval-Censored Data . . . . . . . . . 725--730
Julián De La Horra and
María Teresa Rodríguez-Bernal Computing Probabilities of Type I Error
and Type II Error of Sequential Bayesian
Procedures for Testing One-Sided
Hypotheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731--740
D. C. Singh and
Gyan Prakash and
P. Singh Shrinkage Testimators for the Shape
Parameter of Pareto Distribution Using
LINEX Loss Function . . . . . . . . . . 741--753
Chongqi Zhang Optimal Designs for Trigonometric
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755--766
Filidor V. Labra and
Reiko Aoki and
Francisco Rojas An Application of the Local Influence
Diagnostics to Ridge Regression Under
Elliptical Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 767--779
J. López-Fidalgo and
M. J. Rivas-López and
B. Fernández-Garzón $A$-Optimality Standardized Through the
Coefficient of Variation . . . . . . . . 781--792
Pen-Hwang Liau and
Pi-Hsiang Huang Clear Effects in the $ 2^{n - p} $
Combined Design . . . . . . . . . . . . 793--799
Michael W. Sill and
Allan R. Sampson Extension of a Two-Stage Conditionally
Unbiased Estimator of the Selected
Population to the Bivariate Normal Case 801--813
Adelaide Figueiredo Multi-Sample Likelihood Ratio Tests
Based on Bipolar Watson Distributions
Defined on the Hypersphere . . . . . . . 815--820
Jason J. Z. Liao An Accelerated Model for Recurrence Data 821--831
Simos G. Meintanis and
Yiannis Bassiakos Data-Transformation and Test of Fit for
the Generalized Pareto Hypothesis . . . 833--849
A. Dembi\'nska and
A. Stepanov and
J. Weso\lowski How Many Observations Fall in a
Neighborhood of an Order Statistic? . . 851--867
Jean Diebolt and
Armelle Guillou and
Pierre Ribereau Asymptotic Normality of Extreme Quantile
Estimators Based on the
Peaks-Over-Threshold Approach . . . . . 869--886
Yisrael Parmet and
Edna Schechtman On a Test of the Difference Between Two
Binomial Proportions . . . . . . . . . . 887--895
Lili Tian and
Govind S. Mudholkar Testing Equality of Order Constrained
Inverse Gaussian Means . . . . . . . . . 897--906
Sylvie Tchumtchoua and
Dipak K. Dey Bayesian Estimation of Stochastic
Frontier Models with Multivariate Skew
$t$ Error Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . 907--916
Laisheng Wei and
Weiping Zhang The Superiorities of Bayes Linear
Minimum Risk Estimation in Linear Model 917--926
E. Letón and
P. Zuluaga A Note on the Variances of the Tests of
Kendall, Jonckheere, and Terpstra . . . 927--937
Dan J. Spitzner Constructive Cross-Validation in Linear
Prediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939--953
Shalabh and
Pen-Hwang Liau Consistent Estimation of the Regression
Coefficient Through Weighted Arithmetic
Mean of the Inconsistent Estimators in
Replicated Ultrastructural Model . . . . 955--960
Chang-Yu Lu and
Jian-Hong Wu and
Bin-Yan Zhang Admissible Linear Estimators with
Respect to Inequality Constraints . . . 961--966
David E. A. Giles Spurious Regressions with Time-Series
Data: Further Asymptotic Results . . . . 967--979
Hiroaki Chigira and
Taku Yamamoto Finite Sample Modifications of the
Granger Non Causality Test in
Cointegrated Vector Autoregressions . . 981--1003
Joshua S. Richman Sample Entropy Statistics and Testing
for Order in Complex Physiological
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005--1019
Amal Helu and
Dayanand N. Naik Estimation of Sib-Sib Correlation via a
Kotz-Type Density Function . . . . . . . 1021--1029
Ulrich Menzefricke Control Charts for the Generalized
Variance Based on Its Predictive
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031--1038
Luigi Greco and
Stefania Naddeo Inverse Sampling with Unequal Selection
Probabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1039--1048
G. G. Hamedani and
Hans Volkmer and
Jacek Weso\lowski Characterization Problems Related to the
Shepp Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1049--1057
P. C. Wang Analysis of Experimental Poisson Data 1059--1068
Xuewen Lu and
R. S. Singh and
A. F. Desmond Estimation for Location-Scale Models
with Censored Data . . . . . . . . . . . 1069--1089
Qihua Wang $M$-Estimators Based on Inverse
Probability Weighted Estimating
Equations with Response Missing at
Random . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1091--1103
Xiaoming Wang and
K. C. Carriere Exponential-Bound Property of Estimators
and Variable Selection in Generalized
Additive Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 1105--1122
Athanasios C. Micheas and
Dipak K. Dey Reconciling Bayesian and Frequentist
Evidence in the One-Sided Scale
Parameter Testing Problem . . . . . . . 1123--1138
J. B. Shah and
M. N. Patel Bayes Estimation of Shift Point in
Geometric Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 1139--1151
Wonsun Chen and
Arne Bathke Testing Treatment-Covariate Interaction
in a Nonparametric Analysis of
Covariance Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 1153--1171
Karim Benhenni and
Mustapha Rachdi Nonparametric Estimation of Average
Growth Curve with General Nonstationary
Error Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1173--1186
Subrata Kumar Satpati and
Rajender Parsad and
V. K. Gupta Efficient Block Designs for Dependent
Observations --- a Computer-Aided Search 1187--1223
S. Huda Minimax Design for the Difference
Between Estimated Responses for the
Quadratic Model Over Hypercubic Regions 1225--1231
Min-Hsien Chiang and
Chihwa Kao and
Chih-Hsien Lo The Estimation and Inference of a Panel
Cointegration Model with a Time Trend 1233--1250
Hee Soo Kim and
Young Sub Kwon and
Dong Ho Park Adaptive Sequential Preventive
Maintenance Policy and Bayesian
Consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1251--1269
Ismihan Bairamov Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1271--1272
Jorge Navarro and
Tomasz Rychlik and
Moshe Shaked Are the Order Statistics Ordered? A
Survey of Recent Results . . . . . . . . 1273--1290
I. Akhundov and
A. Berred and
V. B. Nevzorov On the Influence of Record Terms in the
Addition of Independent Random Variables 1291--1303
Ch. A. Charalambides Exact Distributions of the Number of
$r$-Records and the $r$-Record and
Inter-$r$-Record Times . . . . . . . . . 1305--1317
Ismihan Bairamov and
Tugba Özkal On Characterization of Distributions
Through the Properties of Conditional
Expectations of Order Statistics . . . . 1319--1326
Philip J. Boland The Probability Distribution for the
Number of Successes in Independent
Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1327--1331
M. Tavangar and
M. Asadi Generalized Pareto Distributions
Characterized by Generalized Order
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1333--1341
Mariusz Bieniek Projection Bounds on Expectations of
Spacings of Generalized Order Statistics
from DD and DDA Families . . . . . . . . 1343--1357
Coskun Kus and
Mehmet F. Kaya Estimation for the Parameters of the
Pareto Distribution Under Progressive
Censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1359--1365
Mohammad Z. Raqab Inequalities for Expected Current Record
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1367--1380
Anna Dembi\'nska A Review on Characterizations of
Discrete Distributions Based on Records
and $k$ th Records . . . . . . . . . . . 1381--1387
Serkan Eryilmaz and
Muhammet Bekçi Runs in a Bivariate Sequence Over the
First Coordinate . . . . . . . . . . . . 1389--1395
Agnieszka Impert and
Tomasz Rychlik Comparison of Records and Maxima . . . . 1397--1408
Khalaf S. Sultan Order Statistics from the Generalized
Exponential Distribution and
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1409--1418
M. Burkschat and
E. Cramer and
U. Kamps Optimality Criteria and Optimal Schemes
in Progressive Censoring . . . . . . . . 1419--1431
Mohammad Fraiwan Al-Saleh On the Similarity Structure of Order
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1433--1439
Baha-Eldin Khaledi and
Subhash Kochar Stochastic Orderings of Order Statistics
of Independent Random Variables with
Different Scale Parameters . . . . . . . 1441--1449
Monika Klimczak Best Bounds of $k$ th Records from
Bounded Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . 1451--1464
Ma\lgorzata Konwerska and
Fernando López-Blázquez and
Jacek Weso\lowski Identification of Product Measures by
Random Choice of Marginals . . . . . . . 1465--1478
Ismihan Bairamov and
Halil Tanil On Distributions of Exceedances Based on
Generalized Order Statistics . . . . . . 1479--1491
Barry C. Arnold and
Enrique Castillo and
José María Sarabia Distributions with Generalized Skewed
Conditionals and Mixtures of Such
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1493--1503
Antonio Mauricio F. L. Miranda de Sá and
Leonardo B. Felix and
Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes Comments on ``Sums, Products, and Ratios
of Non-Central Beta Variables'' by
Saralees Nadarajah . . . . . . . . . . . 1505--1506
Maochao Xu and
Xiaohu Li and
Peng Zhao and
Zhouping Li Likelihood Ratio Order of $m$-Spacings
in Multiple-Outlier Models . . . . . . . 1507--1525
Malay Ghosh and
Myung Joon Kim and
Dalho Kim Constrained Bayes and Empirical Bayes
Estimation with Balanced Loss Functions 1527--1542
Tachen Liang Empirical Bayes Testing for Double
Exponential Distributions . . . . . . . 1543--1553
Lyle D. Broemeling Detection and Localization in Test
Accuracy: A Bayesian Perspective . . . . 1555--1564
Ashok K. Bansal and
Priyanka Aggarwal Bayes Prediction for a Heteroscedastic
Regression Superpopulation Model Using
Balanced Loss Function . . . . . . . . . 1565--1575
Johan Lim Estimation of the Entropy Functional
from Dependent Samples . . . . . . . . . 1577--1589
Junlong Zhao and
Xingzhong Xu and
Jianjun Ma Extending Save and PHD . . . . . . . . . 1591--1606
Wen Cui and
Feiqi Zhu A Note on Sample Size Determination for
the Estimation of the Mean Vector of a
Multivariate Population . . . . . . . . 1607--1610
Do-Hwan Park and
Jianguo Sun and
Xingqiu Zhao A Class of Two-Sample Nonparametric
Tests for Panel Count Data . . . . . . . 1611--1625
P. G. Sankaran and
V. N. Sreeja Proportional Hazards Model for
Multivariate Failure Time Data . . . . . 1627--1641
Yanqing Yi and
Xikui Wang Statistical Inference of Adaptive
Designs with Binary Responses . . . . . 1643--1653
Andy Lee Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1655--1655
Arthur Pewsey and
Graciela González-Farías Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1657--1659
C. J. Adcock Extensions of Stein's Lemma for the
Skew-Normal Distribution . . . . . . . . 1661--1671
Hugo S. Salinas and
Reinaldo B. Arellano-Valle and
Héctor W. Gómez The Extended Skew-Exponential Power
Distribution and Its Derivation . . . . 1673--1689
J. Armando Domínguez-Molina and
Graciela González-Farías and
Rogelio Ramos-Quiroga and
Arjun K. Gupta A Matrix Variate Closed Skew-Normal
Distribution with Applications to
Stochastic Frontier Analysis . . . . . . 1691--1703
Sheng-Mao Chang and
Marc G. Genton Extreme Value Distributions for the
Skew-Symmetric Family of Distributions 1705--1717
Nicola Loperfido and
Jorge Navarro and
Jose M. Ruiz and
Carlos J. Sandoval Some Relationships Between Skew-Normal
Distributions and Order Statistics from
Exchangeable Normal Random Vectors . . . 1719--1733
Gl\`oria Mateu-Figueras and
Pedro Puig and
Arthur Pewsey Goodness-of-Fit Tests for the
Skew-Normal Distribution When the
Parameters Are Estimated from the Data 1735--1755
N. Balakrishnan and
M. R. Brito and
A. J. Quiroz A Vectorial Notion of Skewness and Its
Use in Testing for Multivariate Symmetry 1757--1767
Víctor H. Lachos and
Heleno Bolfarine and
Reinaldo B. Arellano-Valle and
Lourdes C. Montenegro Likelihood-Based Inference for
Multivariate Skew-Normal Regression
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1769--1786
Gl\`oria Mateu-Figueras and
Vera Pawlowsky-Glahn The Skew-Normal Distribution on the
Simplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1787--1802
Mohsen Pourahmadi Skew-Normal ARMA Models with Nonlinear
Heteroscedastic Predictors . . . . . . . 1803--1819
Denis Allard and
Philippe Naveau A New Spatial Skew-Normal Random Field
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1821--1834
M. C. Jones On a Class of Distributions Defined by
the Relationship Between Their Density
and Distribution Functions . . . . . . . 1835--1843
Daniel Peña and
Angelika van der Linde Dimensionless Measures of Variability
and Dependence for Multivariate
Continuous Distributions . . . . . . . . 1845--1854
M. E. Ghitany and
F. A. Al-Awadhi and
L. A. Alkhalfan Marshall--Olkin Extended Lomax
Distribution and Its Application to
Censored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1855--1866
Parimal Mukhopadhyay On Optimal Estimating Functions in the
Presence of Nuisance Parameters . . . . 1867--1876
Francisco Cribari-Neto and
Tatiene C. Souza and
Klaus L. P. Vasconcellos Inference Under Heteroskedasticity and
Leveraged Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1877--1888
M. Revan Özkale and
Selahattin Kaçiranlar A Prediction-Oriented Criterion for
Choosing the Biasing Parameter in Liu
Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1889--1903
Julián De la Horra Bayesian Robustness of the Positive
False Discovery Rate . . . . . . . . . . 1905--1914
Eric Chicken Nonparametric Regression with Sample
Design Following a Random Process . . . 1915--1934
Hamzeh Torabi and
Javad Behboodian Fuzzy Least-Absolutes Estimates in
Linear Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1935--1944
Jianwen Xu and
Hu Yang Estimation in Singular Linear Models
with Stochastic Linear Restrictions . . 1945--1951
Ronald P. Pelletier and
George T. Diderrich A Note on Breiman's Random Forest Data
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Case of the Phantom ``Induct'' Covariate
in the Ohio State University Kidney
Transplant Database . . . . . . . . . . 1953--1964
Daniel R. Jeske and
Zheng Liu and
Elizabeth Bent and
James Borneman Classification Rules that Include
Neutral Zones and Their Application to
Microbial Community Profiling . . . . . 1965--1980
Zhishui Hu and
Valentin V. Petrov and
John Robinson On Large Deviations of Sums of
Independent Random Variables . . . . . . 1981--1992
Steven G. From Some New Bounds on the Probability of
Extinction of a Galton--Watson Process
with Numerical Comparisons . . . . . . . 1993--2009
Manuel Franco and
Juana María Vivo Generalized Mixtures of Gamma and
Exponentials and Reliability Properties
of the Maximum from Friday and Patil
Bivariate Exponential Model . . . . . . 2011--2025
A. V. Dattatreya Rao and
I. Ramabhadra Sarma and
S. V. S. Girija On Wrapped Version of Some Life Testing
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2027--2035
D. Szatmari-Voicu and
J. R. Collins $M$-Estimators of Scale with Minimum
Gross Errors Sensitivity . . . . . . . . 2037--2048
M. Akahira and
N. Ohyauchi The Asymptotic Bound by the Kiefer-Type
Information Inequality and Its
Attainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2049--2059
Lee-shen Chen Empirical Bayes Testing for a
Nonexponential Family Distribution . . . 2061--2074
Cem Kadilar and
Hulya Cingi Improvement in Variance Estimation in
Simple Random Sampling . . . . . . . . . 2075--2081
Hassan Doosti and
Yogendra P. Chaubey and
Hosein Ali Niroumand On a Wavelet-Based Method of Estimating
a Regression Function . . . . . . . . . 2083--2098
Zhen Zhong and
Hu Yang Ridge Estimation to the Restricted
Linear Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2099--2115
K. Triantafyllopoulos Convergence of Discount Time Series
Dynamic Linear Models . . . . . . . . . 2117--2127
Taewook Lee and
Sangyeol Lee Test for Parameter Change in Linear
Processes Based on Whittle's Estimator 2129--2141
Christopher S. Coffey and
John A. Kairalla and
Keith E. Muller Practical Methods for Bounding Type I
Error Rate with an Internal Pilot Design 2143--2157
Hea-Jung Kim A Monte Carlo Method for Estimating
Prediction Limit for the Arithmetic Mean
of Lognormal Sample . . . . . . . . . . 2159--2167
Ali I. Genç On Order Statistics from Sine
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2169--2176
Javid Shabbir and
Sat Gupta On Improvement in Variance Estimation
Using Auxiliary Information . . . . . . 2177--2185
Steve Verrill and
Richard A. Johnson Confidence Bounds and Hypothesis Tests
for Normal Distribution Coefficients of
Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2187--2206
Federico O'Reilly and
Raúl Rueda Fiducial Inferences for the Truncated
Exponential Distribution . . . . . . . . 2207--2212
Murray D. Smith Invariance Theorems for Fisher
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2213--2222
Hajime Yamato and
Koichiro Toda and
Toshifumi Nomachi Jackknifing a Convex Combination of
One-Sample $U$-Statistics . . . . . . . 2223--2234
R. Willink On a Confidence Interval for the Mean of
an Asymmetric Distribution . . . . . . . 2235--2236
Lin-An Chen and
Hui-Nien Hung and
Chih-Rung Chen Maximum Average-Power (MAP) Tests . . . 2237--2249
J. E. Chacón and
J. Montanero and
A. G. Nogales and
P. Pérez On the Use of Bayes Factor in
Frequentist Testing of a Precise
Hypothesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2251--2261
Yu Miao and
Guangyu Yang and
Luming Shen The Central Limit Theorem for LS
Estimator in Simple Linear EV Regression
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2263--2272
Jean-Michel Marin Estimation of Variance Components for a
Linear Toeplitz Model . . . . . . . . . 2273--2288
Sier Han and
Zheng Tian Bootstrap Testing for Changes in
Persistence with Heavy-Tailed
Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2289--2299
Samir M. Shaarawy and
Emad E. A. Soliman and
Sherif S. Ali Bayesian Identification of Moving
Average Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2301--2312
Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki and
Babak Abbasi Skewness Reduction Approach in
Multi-Attribute Process Monitoring . . . 2313--2325
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``Constrained Bayes and Empirical Bayes
Estimation with Balanced Loss
Functions'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2327--2327
H. Volkmer and
G. G. Hamedani Characterization of Continuous Symmetric
Distributions Based on Families of
Skewed Distributions . . . . . . . . . . 2329--2338
H. V. Kulkarni and
B. B. Patkure A New Variant of the Bivariate Setting
the Clock Back to Zero Property . . . . 2339--2349
I. Barranco-Chamorro and
J. L. Moreno-Rebollo and
A. Pascual-Acosta and
A. Enguix-González An Overview of Asymptotic Properties of
Estimators in Truncated Distributions 2351--2366
Nandita W. Patel and
M. N. Patel Maximum Likelihood Estimation in
Compound Geometric Failure Model with
Changing Parameters From Type-I
Two-Stage Progressively Censored and
Group Censored Samples . . . . . . . . . 2367--2375
Shubhabrata Das Information Loss in Grade Point
Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2377--2393
Toshie Yamashita and
Keizo Yamashita and
Ryotaro Kamimura A Stepwise AIC Method for Variable
Selection in Linear Regression . . . . . 2395--2403
Czes\law St\kepniak Simultaneous Canonization of Linear
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405--2412
Zheng-Hong Wang and
Hong Qin and
Kashinath Chatterjee Lower Bounds on the Symmetric $ L_2
$-Discrepancy and Their Application . . 2413--2423
Robert M. Adams and
Robin C. Sickles Semiparametric Efficient Distribution
Free Estimation of Panel Models . . . . 2425--2442
Andriy I. Bandos and
Howard E. Rockette and
David Gur Exact Bootstrap Variances of the Area
Under ROC Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . 2443--2461
J. A. Cano and
D. Salmerón Objective Bayesian Analysis of an
Exponential Regression Model with
Constrained Parameters Applied to Animal
Digestibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2463--2473
Stéphane Lallich and
Dominique Pastor Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2475--2476
Paul Deheuvels Weighted Multivariate Tests of
Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2477--2491
B. Pumo Asymptotic Results for the MPL
Estimators of the Contact Process of
Order $p$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2493--2508
Nadine Hilgert and
Vivien Rossi and
Jean-Pierre Vila and
Vér\`ene Wagner Identification, Estimation, and Control
of Uncertain Dynamic Systems: A
Nonparametric Approach . . . . . . . . . 2509--2525
Odile Pons Estimation for the Distribution Function
of One- and Two-Dimensional Censored
Variables or Sojourn Times of Markov
Renewal Processes . . . . . . . . . . . 2527--2542
Gabriela Ciuperca and
Valerie Girardin Estimation of the Entropy Rate of a
Countable Markov Chain . . . . . . . . . 2543--2557
Anna Ja\'skiewicz A Fixed Point Approach to Solve the
Average Cost Optimality Equation for
Semi-Markov Decision Processes with
Feller Transition Probabilities . . . . 2559--2575
James Ledoux Filtering and the EM-Algorithm for the
Markovian Arrival Process . . . . . . . 2577--2593
A. R. Soltani and
S. A. Al-Awadhi and
W. M. Al-Shemeri On Thresholds of Moving Averages with
Given On-Target Significant Levels . . . 2595--2606
Charles Bouveyron and
Stéphane Girard and
Cordelia Schmid High-Dimensional Discriminant Analysis 2607--2623
Ilmari Juutilainen and
Juha Röning A Method for Measuring Distance From a
Training Data Set . . . . . . . . . . . 2625--2639
Valentin Patilea Semiparametric Regression Models with
Applications to Scoring: A Review . . . 2641--2653
J. Rynkiewicz Estimation and Test for
Multi-Dimensional Regression Models . . 2655--2671
Paul Kabaila and
Khreshna Syuhada The Relative Efficiency of Prediction
Intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2673--2686
Liqing Yan A Note on Comparison of (Non) Linear
Estimators Using Pitman's Measure of
Closeness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2687--2694
Yanling He and
Wenzheng Huang and
Hua Liang Axiomatic Development of Profile
Likelihoods as the Strength of Evidence
for Composite Hypotheses . . . . . . . . 2695--2706
M. Revan Özkale and
Selahattin Kaçiranlar The Restricted and Unrestricted
Two-Parameter Estimators . . . . . . . . 2707--2725
Glen Meeden and
Dawn Sargent Some Bayesian Methods for Two Auditing
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2727--2740
Jun Liu and
Weili He and
Hui Quan Statistical Properties of a Modified
Accelerated Design for Phase I Cancer
Clinical Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . 2741--2759
Xiaobing Zhao and
Xian Zhou and
Xianyi Wu Local Linear Regression in Proportional
Hazards Model with Censored Data . . . . 2761--2776
M. Towhidi and
M. Salmanpour A New Goodness-of-Fit Test Based on the
Empirical Characteristic Function . . . 2777--2785
M. Kharrati-Kopaei and
S. M. Sadooghi-Alvandi A New Method for Testing Interaction in
Unreplicated Two-Way Analysis of
Variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2787--2803
Haim Shore Comparison of Generalized Lambda
Distribution (GLD) and Response Modeling
Methodology (RMM) as General Platforms
for Distribution Fitting . . . . . . . . 2805--2819
Wolfgang Bischoff and
Enkelejd Hashorva and
Jürg Hüsler An Asymptotic Result for Non Crossing
Probabilities of Brownian Motion with
Trend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2821--2828
Robert J. Blodgett The Path of the Minimum $ l^p $-Norm
Estimator for $p$ Between $1$ and
Infinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2829--2839
Gregory Gurevich Retrospective Parametric Tests for
Homogeneity of Data . . . . . . . . . . 2841--2862
Shun Matsuura and
Nobuo Shinozaki Optimal Binning Strategies under Squared
Error Loss in Selective Assembly with
Measurement Error . . . . . . . . . . . 2863--2876
Shun-Fang Wang and
Xue-Ren Wang Homogeneity Test of Risk Differences of
Marginal and Conditional Probabilities
in Several Incomplete Correlated $ 2
\times 2 $ Tables . . . . . . . . . . . 2877--2890
Monnie McGee Tests for Multiple Peaks in the Spectra
of Categorical Time Series . . . . . . . 2891--2900
Erich Peter Klement and
Anna Kolesárová and
Radko Mesiar and
Carlo Sempi Copulas Constructed from Horizontal
Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2901--2911
Pao-Sheng Shen A General Class of Test Procedures for
Left-Truncated and Right-Censored Data 2913--2925
Aidong Adam Ding and
Weijing Wang Inference for Bivariate Survival Data by
Copula Models Adjusted for the Boundary
Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2927--2936
Xiang Fang and
Walter W. Stroup and
Shunpu Zhang Improved Empirical Bayes Estimation in
Group Testing Procedure for Small
Proportions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2937--2944
Ingo Klein and
Matthias Fischer A Note on the Kurtosis Ordering of the
Generalized Secant Hyperbolic
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--7
Caroline Lynch and
Daniel Barry Estimating Probability Distributions by
Observing Betting Practices . . . . . . 8--17
H. B. Zhao Exact Tests in Panel Data Using
Generalized $p$-Values . . . . . . . . . 18--36
Asheber Abebe and
Parminder Singh An Exact Test for $U$-Shaped
Alternatives of Location Parameters: The
Exponential Distribution Case . . . . . 37--45
Raúl Fierro Test of Homogeneity for Some Population
Models Based on Counting Processes . . . 46--54
Yongge Tian and
Yoshio Takane On Sum Decompositions of Weighted
Least-Squares Estimators for the
Partitioned Linear Model . . . . . . . . 55--69
Hu Yang and
Chunmei Zhang The Research on Two Kinds of Restricted
Biased Estimators Based on Mean Squared
Error Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70--80
Yanqin Feng and
Jinde Wang Likelihood Ratio Test Against Stochastic
Order in Three Way Contingency Tables 81--96
Yoshihide Kakizawa Asymptotic Expansions for the
Distributions of Maximum and Sum of
Quasi-Independent Hotelling's $ T^2 $
Statistics Under Non Normality . . . . . 97--120
Md. Nurul Haque Mollah and
S. K. Bhattacharjee Predictive Influence of Variables in a
Multivariate Distribution in Presence of
Perfect Multicollinearity . . . . . . . 121--136
Pierre Dutilleul A Note on Sufficient Conditions for
Valid Unmodified $t$ Testing in
Correlation Analysis with Autocorrelated
and Heteroscedastic Sample Data . . . . 137--145
Jing-Er Chiu and
Tsen-I Kuo Attribute Control Chart for Multivariate
Poisson Distribution . . . . . . . . . . 146--158
Zdenek Fabián New Measures of Central Tendency and
Variability of Continuous Distributions 159--174
Helmut Finner and
Thorsten Dickhaus and
Markus Roters Asymptotic Tail Properties of Student's
$t$-Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . 175--179
Marvin H. J. Gruber Some Applications of the Rao Distance to
Shrinkage Estimators . . . . . . . . . . 180--193
Juan Zhang and
John E. Kolassa Saddlepoint Approximation for the
Distribution of the Modified Signed Root
of Likelihood Ratio Statistics Near the
Mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--203
Xinmin Li Confidence Intervals for Linear Function
of Variance Components in Two-Fold
Nested Random Effects Model . . . . . . 204--212
William Navidi Poisson Regression and the
Case-Crossover Design: Similarities and
Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--220
Hiroki Tsurumi and
Haruhiko Shimizu Bayesian Inference of the Regression
Model with Error Terms Following the
Exponential Power Distribution and
Unbiasedness of the LAD Estimator . . . 221--232
Jianjun Ma and
Xingzhong Xu and
Junlong Zhao Inverse Regression in Binary Response
LDV Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--246
Shahjahan Khan Shrinkage Estimators of Intercept
Parameters of Two Simple Regression
Models with Suspected Equal Slopes . . . 247--260
Miguel A. Uribe-Opazo and
Silvia L. P. Ferrari and
Gauss M. Cordeiro Improved Score Tests in Symmetric Linear
Regression Models . . . . . . . . . . . 261--276
Gabriel Escarela and
Russell J. Bowater Fitting a Semi-Parametric Mixture Model
for Competing Risks in Survival Data . . 277--293
Feng Chen and
Richard M. Huggins and
Paul S. F. Yip and
K. F. Lam Nonparametric Estimation of
Multiplicative Counting Process
Intensity Functions with an Application
to the Beijing SARS Epidemic . . . . . . 294--306
Daniel M. Ennis and
John M. Ennis and
Joseph Palen and
Richard E. Lampe Confidence Bounds for Positive Ratios of
Normal Random Variables . . . . . . . . 307--317
Howard D. Bondell On Robust and Efficient Estimation of
the Center of Symmetry . . . . . . . . . 318--327
Sungho Lee and
Robert L. Taylor A Note on Support Vector Density
Estimation for the Deconvolution Problem 328--336
G. N. Singh and
Kumari Priyanka Search of Good Rotation Patterns to
Improve the Precision of Estimates at
Current Occasion . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--348
A. Batsidis and
K. Zografos Multivariate Linear Regression Model
with Elliptically Contoured Distributed
Errors and Monotone Missing Dependent
Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--372
H. Doosti and
M. Afshari and
H. A. Niroumand Wavelets for Nonparametric Stochastic
Regression with Mixing Stochastic
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--385
M. V. Muddapur A Remark on the Paper ``A Note on
Directional Dependence in Regression
Setting'', by Engin A. Sungur . . . . . 386--387
Efthymios G. Tsionas Bayesian Inference in Generalized Error
and Generalized Student-$t$ Regression
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--407
Victor Chan and
William Q. Meeker Time Series Modeling of Degradation Due
to Outdoor Weathering . . . . . . . . . 408--424
R. Noorossana and
A. Amiri and
P. Soleimani On the Monitoring of Autocorrelated
Linear Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . 425--442
Soku Byoun Smooth Goodness-of-Fit Specification
Tests Under the Lagrange Multiplier
Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443--459
Lasse Makkonen Bringing Closure to the Plotting
Position Controversy . . . . . . . . . . 460--467
A. Jamalizadeh and
N. Balakrishnan On a Generalization of Bivariate Cauchy
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469--474
Mohammad Khanjari Sadegh A Note on the Regression of Order
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475--480
J. Ahmadi and
M. Fashandi Shannon Information Properties of the
Endpoints of Record Coverage . . . . . . 481--493
Maria Luisa Menéndez and
Julio Angel Pardo and
Leandro Pardo Phi-Divergence Statistics for Testing
Linear Hypotheses in Logistic Regression
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494--507
Takashi Daimon and
Masashi Goto The Mean Squared Error Optimum Design
Criterion for Parameter Estimation in
Nonlinear Regression Models . . . . . . 508--519
Artur Bryk and
Jan Mielniczuk Randomized Fixed Design Regression under
Long-Range-Dependent Errors . . . . . . 520--531
Mingue Park and
Min Yang Ridge Regression Estimation for Survey
Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532--543
M. A. Alkhamisi and
G. Shukur Developing Ridge Parameters for SUR
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544--564
Paulo Teles and
William W. S. Wei and
Erin M. Hodgess Testing a Unit Root Based on Aggregate
Time Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565--590
Tucker McElroy Statistical Properties of Model-Based
Signal Extraction Diagnostic Tests . . . 591--616
David Kraus Identifying Nonproportional Covariates
in the Cox Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 617--625
Neeraj Misra and
Nitin Gupta and
Ishwari Dutt Dhariyal Preservation of Some Aging Properties
and Stochastic Orders by Weighted
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627--644
Antonio Sanhueza and
Víctor Leiva and
N. Balakrishnan The Generalized Birnbaum--Saunders
Distribution and Its Theory,
Methodology, and Application . . . . . . 645--670
P. N. Gavriliadis Moment Information for Probability
Distributions, Without Solving the
Moment Problem. I: Where is the Mode? 671--681
Z. A. Abo-Eleneen Fisher Information in Type II
Progressive Censored Samples . . . . . . 682--691
Ayman Baklizi Estimation of $ {\rm Pr}(X < Y) $ Using
Record Values in the One and Two
Parameter Exponential Distributions . . 692--698
Egbert A. van der Meulen A Nonrandomized, Nonconservative Version
of the Fisher Exact Test . . . . . . . . 699--708
D. Szatmari-Voicu Minimax Asymptotic Mean-Squared-Error of
$L$-Estimators of Scale Parameter . . . 709--721
Michael Last Change Point Estimation with Independent
Observations and Piece-Wise Continuous
Variance Function . . . . . . . . . . . 722--736
Xunming Du A Note of Wavelet Variance . . . . . . . 737--745
Fetene B. Tekle and
Frans E. S. Tan and
Martijn P. F. Berger Highly Efficient Designs for Logistic
Models with Categorical Variables . . . 746--759
Antonio Martín Andrés and
Pedro Femia-Marzo Chance-Corrected Measures of Reliability
and Validity in $ 2 \times 2 $ Tables 760--772
Yasemin Kayhan and
Suleyman Gunay A New Approach to Least Median of
Squares and Regression Through the
Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773--781
Jianhua Hu and
Sarah Shi On the Expressions of Estimability in
Testing General Linear Hypotheses . . . 782--790
Samir M. Shaarawy and
Sherif S. Ali Bayesian Identification of Multivariate
Autoregressive Processes . . . . . . . . 791--802
Xiaoxia Wu and
Hanfeng Chen and
Yanyan Liu Interval Mapping for Quantitative Trait
Loci Detection in Finite Mixture Models
with General Kernel Functions . . . . . 803--814
M. Marcheselli and
A. Baccini and
L. Barabesi Parameter Estimation for the Discrete
Stable Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815--830
Girma Taye and
Peter Njuho Monitoring Field Variability Using
Confidence Interval for Coefficient of
Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831--846
Shiquan Ren and
Haitao Chu and
Shenghan Lai Sample Size and Power Calculations for
Left-Truncated Normal Distribution . . . 847--860
Min Qin and
Tapan K. Nayak Kshirsagar-Type Lower Bounds for Mean
Squared Error of Prediction . . . . . . 861--872
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Clarice G. B. Demétrio Corrected Estimators in Extended
Quasi-Likelihood Models . . . . . . . . 873--880
Stéphane Girard and
Ludovic Menneteau Smoothed Extreme Value Estimators of
Non-Uniform Point Processes Boundaries
with Application to Star-Shaped Supports
Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881--897
Samindranath Sengupta and
Sujay Mukhuti Unbiased Estimation of $ P(X > Y) $ for
Exponential Populations Using Order
Statistics with Application in Ranked
Set Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898--916
Kuo-Chin Lin and
Yi-Ju Chen Assessing Ordinal Logistic Regression
Models via Nonparametric Smoothing . . . 917--930
Jing Xu and
Jinde Wang Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Linear
Models for Longitudinal Data with
Inequality Constraints . . . . . . . . . 931--946
K. Triantafyllopoulos Reference Priors for Matrix-Variate
Dynamic Linear Models . . . . . . . . . 947--958
Johannes Ledolter Smoothing Time Series with Local
Polynomial Regression on Time . . . . . 959--971
E. Gómez-Sánchez-Manzano and
M. A. Gómez-Villegas and
J. M. Marín Multivariate Exponential Power
Distributions as Mixtures of Normal
Distributions with Bayesian Applications 972--985
Héctor W. Gómez and
Francisco J. Torres and
Heleno Bolfarine Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 986--986
Jorge Navarro Characterizations by Power Contractions
of Order Statistics . . . . . . . . . . 987--997
Shannon E. Fraker and
William H. Woodall and
Howard S. Burkom A Note on the Poisson Likelihood Ratio
Test Statistic for Kulldorff's Scan
Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998--1001
Liwen Xu and
Songgui Wang A New Generalized $p$-Value and Its
Upper Bound for ANOVA Under Unequal
Error Variances . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002--1010
M. P. Frías and
M. D. Ruiz-Medina and
F. J. Alonso and
J. M. Angulo Parameter Estimation of Self-Similar
Spatial Covariogram Models . . . . . . . 1011--1023
Naveen K. Bansal and
Mehdi Maadooliat and
Xiaowei Wang Empirical Bayes and Hierarchical Bayes
Estimation of Skew Normal Populations 1024--1037
Housila P. Singh and
Gajendra K. Vishwakarma A Family of Estimators of Population
Mean Using Auxiliary Information in
Stratified Sampling . . . . . . . . . . 1038--1050
Haruhiko Ogasawara Asymptotic Expansion in Reduced Rank
Regression Under Normality and
Nonnormality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051--1070
T. Zewotir Multiple Cases Deletion Diagnostics for
Linear Mixed Models . . . . . . . . . . 1071--1084
Elena M. Buzaianu and
Pinyuen Chen Curtailment Procedure for Selecting
Among Bernoulli Populations . . . . . . 1085--1102
Robert L. Mason and
Youn-Min Chou and
John C. Young Identifying Variables Contributing to
Outliers in Phase I . . . . . . . . . . 1103--1118
M. H. Poursaeed and
A. R. Nematollahi On the Mean Past and the Mean Residual
Life Under Double Monitoring . . . . . . 1119--1133
Mohammad Khanjari Sadegh Mean Past and Mean Residual Life
Functions of a Parallel System with
Nonidentical Components . . . . . . . . 1134--1145
S. E. Ahmed and
M. N. Goria and
A. Hussein Gamma Mixture: Bimodality, Inflexions
and $L$-Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . 1147--1161
Abd El-Baset A. Ahmad Single and Product Moments of
Generalized Order Statistics from Linear
Exponential Distribution . . . . . . . . 1162--1172
Xinjia Chen and
Kemin Zhou and
Jorge L. Aravena Explicit Formula for Constructing
Binomial Confidence Interval with
Guaranteed Coverage Probability . . . . 1173--1180
Yi-Ping Chang and
Wen-Tao Huang and
Hsiuying Wang $ \epsilon $-Admissible Estimators for
Normal and Poisson Means . . . . . . . . 1181--1192
Jeffrey D. Blume How Often Likelihood Ratios are
Misleading in Sequential Trials . . . . 1193--1206
Albert Vexler Martingale Type Statistics Applied to
Change Points Detection . . . . . . . . 1207--1224
Shifeng Xiong and
Weiyan Mu and
Xingzhong Xu Generalized Inference for a Class of
Linear Models Under Heteroscedasticity 1225--1236
Soumi Lahiri and
Sunil K. Dhar Log-Linear Modeling Under Generalized
Inverse Sampling Scheme . . . . . . . . 1237--1244
Pi-Hsiang Huang and
Pen-Hwang Liau and
Chien-Shiang Liau and
Chien-Te Lee Some Properties of Semi-Folding Designs 1245--1257
M. L. Aggarwal and
Lih-Yuan Deng and
Mukta Datta Mazumder Optimal Fractional Factorial Plans Using
Finite Projective Geometry . . . . . . . 1258--1265
Mahendran Shitan Fractionally Integrated Separable
Spatial Autoregressive (FISSAR) Model
and Some of Its Properties . . . . . . . 1266--1273
Kaiping Wang and
Lu Lin Semi-Parametric Density Estimation for
Time-Series with Multiplicative
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1274--1283
Elodie Brunel and
Fabienne Comte Adaptive Estimation of Hazard Rate with
Censored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1284--1305
Ourania Chryssaphinou and
Margarita Karaliopoulou and
Nikolaos Limnios On Discrete Time Semi-Markov Chains and
Applications in Words Occurrences . . . 1306--1322
Kahadawala Cooray and
Malwane M. A. Ananda A Generalization of the Half-Normal
Distribution with Applications to
Lifetime Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1323--1337
Junchao Yao and
Taizhong Hu Dependence Structure of a Class of
Symmetric Distributions . . . . . . . . 1338--1346
Mahdi Tavangar and
Majid Asadi On a Characterization of Generalized
Pareto Distribution Based on Generalized
Order Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . 1347--1352
Ahmed A. Soliman Estimations for Pareto Model Using
General Progressive Censored Data and
Asymmetric Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . 1353--1370
George Tzavelas Sufficient Conditions for the Existence
of a Solution for the Log-Likelihood
Equations in the Three-Parameter Gamma
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1371--1382
François Dubeau and
Youness Mir Existence of Optimal Weighted Least
Squares Estimate for Three-Parametric
Exponential Model . . . . . . . . . . . 1383--1398
Jean-Michel Loubes $ l^1 $ Penalty for Ill-Posed Inverse
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1399--1411
Julián De la Horra Bayesian Model Selection: Measuring the
$ \chi^2 $ Discrepancy with the Uniform
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1412--1424
E. Gómez-Déniz and
J. M. Sarabia and
J. M. Pérez-Sánchez and
F. J. Vázquez-Polo Using a Bayesian Hierarchical Model for
Fitting Automobile Claim Frequency Data 1425--1435
Jarkko Isotalo and
Simo Puntanen and
George P. H. Styan A Useful Matrix Decomposition and Its
Statistical Applications in Linear
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1436--1457
Qiqing Yu and
Rick Chappell and
G. Y. C. Wong and
Yuting Hsu and
Marcin Mazur Relationship Between the Cox, Lehmann,
Weibull, and Accelerated Lifetime Models 1458--1470
Marie Chavent and
Jérôme Saracco On Central Tendency and Dispersion
Measures for Intervals and Hypercubes 1471--1482
W. John Braun and
Wei Li and
Yiqiang Q. Zhao Some Theoretical Properties of the
Geometric and $ \alpha $-Series
Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1483--1496
D. Hamadouche Weak Hölder Convergence of Smoothed
Uniform Quantile Process . . . . . . . . 1497--1505
N. V. Sreekumar and
P. Yageen Thomas Estimation of the Parameters of Type-I
Generalized Logistic Distribution Using
Order Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . 1506--1524
M. Razmkhah and
J. Ahmadi and
B. Khatib Nonparametric Confidence Intervals and
Tolerance Limits Based on Minima and
Maxima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1525--1542
Enkelejd Hashorva On the Max-Domain of Attraction of
Type-III Elliptical Triangular Arrays 1543--1551
Gaorong Li and
Liugen Xue Empirical Likelihood Confidence Region
for the Parameter in a Partially Linear
Errors-in-Variables Model . . . . . . . 1552--1564
N. K. Mandal and
Manisha Pal Optimum Mixture Design Using Deficiency
Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1565--1575
Dan Jackson The Significance Level of
Meta-Regression's Standard Hypothesis
Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1576--1590
Fukang Zhu and
Dehui Wang Local Estimation in AR Models with
Nonparametric ARCH Errors . . . . . . . 1591--1609
Nobuhiro Taneichi and
Yuri Sekiya Approximations of the Distributions of
Test Statistics for Homogeneity of a
Product Multinomial Model . . . . . . . 1610--1631
Rinaldo Artes Hypothesis Tests for Covariance Analysis
Models for Circular Data . . . . . . . . 1632--1640
Changchun Xie and
R. S. Singh and
A. F. Desmond and
Xuewen Lu and
Eric Ormsby Quasi-Likelihood Approach to
Bioavailability and Bioequivalence
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1641--1658
Ming Han Two-Sided $M$-Bayesian Credible Limits
Method of Reliability Parameters and Its
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1659--1670
R. B. Kazemzadeh and
R. Noorossana and
A. Amiri Phase I Monitoring of Polynomial
Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1671--1686
Ramesh Gupta and
S. H. Ong Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1687--1687
K. H. Ng and
A. H. Pooi Calibration Intervals in Linear
Regression Models . . . . . . . . . . . 1688--1696
A. H. M. Rahmatullah Imon and
Ali S. Hadi Identification of Multiple Outliers in
Logistic Regression . . . . . . . . . . 1697--1709
Asok K. Nanda and
Moshe Shaked Partial Ordering and Aging Properties of
Order Statistics When the Sample Size is
Random: A Brief Review . . . . . . . . . 1710--1720
Haijun Li Duality of the Multivariate
Distributions of Marshall--Olkin Type
and Tail Dependence . . . . . . . . . . 1721--1733
Sungduk Kim and
Dipak K. Dey Modeling Multilevel Survival Data Using
Frailty Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1734--1741
Maman A. Djauhari and
Muhammad Mashuri and
Dyah E. Herwindiati Multivariate Process Variability
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1742--1754
Subrata Chakraborty On Some New $ \alpha $-Modified Binomial
and Poisson Distributions and Their
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1755--1769
Nobutane Hanayama Age Period Cumulative Environment Model
for Analyzing (Age, Period)-Tabulated
Data on Breast Cancer Deaths . . . . . . 1770--1782
Ashis SenGupta and
Arnab Kumar Laha A Likelihood Integrated Method for
Exploratory Graphical Analysis of Change
Point Problem with Directional Data . . 1783--1791
Shijie Chen and
P. Lahiri On Mean Squared Prediction Error
Estimation in Small Area Estimation
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1792--1798
A. Thavaneswaran and
S. Peiris and
Jagbir Singh Derivation of Kurtosis and Option
Pricing Formulas for Popular Volatility
Models with Applications in Finance . . 1799--1814
Sat Gupta and
Javid Shabbir and
Shabbir Ahmad Estimation of Median in Two-Phase
Sampling Using Two Auxiliary Variables 1815--1822
Célestin C. Kokonendji and
Dhafer Malouche A Property of Count Distributions in the
Hinde--Demétrio Family . . . . . . . . . 1823--1834
Evdokia Xekalaki and
Mimoza Zografi The Generalized Waring Process and Its
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1835--1854
D. H. Glueck and
K. E. Muller and
A. Karimpour-Fard and
L. Hunter Expected Power for the False Discovery
Rate with Independence . . . . . . . . . 1855--1866
Tomoaki Nishimura and
Fumiyasu Komaki The Information Geometric Structure of
Generalized Empirical Likelihood
Estimators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1867--1879
Yogendra P. Chaubey and
Debaraj Sen and
Satya N. Mishra Inference on Overlap for Two Inverse
Gaussian Populations: Equal Means Case 1880--1894
Chao Zhu and
Kam C. Yuen and
Jianguo Sun and
Xingqiu Zhao A Nonparametric Test for
Interval-Censored Failure Time Data with
Unequal Censoring . . . . . . . . . . . 1895--1904
Feng Liu and
Gemai Chen and
Min Chen Testing Serial Correlation in Partial
Linear Errors-in-Variables Models Based
on Empirical Likelihood . . . . . . . . 1905--1918
Navid Izady and
Hashem Mahlooji Developing a Wide Easy-to-Generate Class
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Weixing Cai and
Pinyuen Chen Screening for Multiple Target Detection 1930--1947
Simos G. Meintanis A Powerful Method of Assessing the Fit
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Chien-Wei Wu and
Y. C. Chang A Hypothesis Testing Procedure on
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J. M. Marín and
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Mariusz Bieniek On Families of Distributions for Which
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Change-Point Problem . . . . . . . . . . 2010--2021
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Fikri Gokpinar A New Formula for Inclusion
Probabilities in Median-Ranked Set
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Lei Shi and
Peng Bai Bayesian Confidence Interval for the
Difference of Two Proportions in the
Matched-Paired Design . . . . . . . . . 2034--2051
Tachen Liang Empirical Bayes Estimation of
Reliability in a Positive Exponential
Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2052--2065
Mark D. Ecker and
Victor De Oliveira Bayesian Spatial Modeling of Housing
Prices Subject to a Localized
Externality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2066--2078
Luigi Spezia and
Roberta Paroli Bayesian Inference and Forecasting in
Dynamic Neural Networks with Fully
Markov Switching ARCH Noises . . . . . . 2079--2094
Philip Prescott Nearly Uniform Designs for Mixture
Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2095--2115
Yosihito Maruyama A Measure of Multivariate Kurtosis with
Principal Components . . . . . . . . . . 2116--2123
John T. Chen Inference on the Minimum Effective Dose
Using Binary Data . . . . . . . . . . . 2124--2135
V. B. Ghute and
D. T. Shirke A Multivariate Synthetic Control Chart
for Monitoring Process Mean Vector . . . 2136--2148
H. Gzyl and
P. L. Novi Inverardi and
A. Tagliani A Proposal for a New Bound for Discrete
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2149--2161
Rose Baker Probabilistic Applications of the
Schlömilch Transformation . . . . . . . . 2162--2176
Colin M. Ramsay The Distribution of Sums of I.I.D.
Pareto Random Variables with Arbitrary
Shape Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . 2177--2184
Eric Beutner and
Udo Kamps Random Contraction and Random Dilation
of Generalized Order Statistics . . . . 2185--2201
Mohammad Jafari Jozani and
Ahmad Parsian Posterior Regret $ \Gamma $-Minimax
Estimation and Prediction with
Applications on $k$-Records Data Under
Entropy Loss Function . . . . . . . . . 2202--2212
Lu Xu and
John E. Kolassa Testing the Difference of Two Binomial
Proportions: Comparison of Continuity
Corrections for Saddlepoint
Approximation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2213--2218
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Margareth C. Toyama Udo Bias Correction in Generalized Nonlinear
Models with Dispersion Covariates . . . 2219--2225
Cem Kadilar and
Hulya Cingi Estimators for the Population Mean in
the Case of Missing Data . . . . . . . . 2226--2236
Jan G. De Gooijer and
Ao Yuan MDL Mean Function Selection in
Semiparametric Kernel Regression Models 2237--2248
Yiqiang Lu and
Riquan Zhang and
Liping Zhu Penalized Spline Estimation for
Varying-Coefficient Models . . . . . . . 2249--2261
Xinmei Shen and
Zhengyan Lin and
Caiya Zhang Asymptotic Distributions of Innovation
Density Estimators in Linear Processes 2262--2275
Xia Cui and
Lu Lin and
Guangren Yang An Extended Projection Data Depth and
Its Applications to Discrimination . . . 2276--2290
Ren-Dao Ye and
Song-Gui Wang Generalized Inferences on the Common
Mean in MANOVA Models . . . . . . . . . 2291--2303
Daniel L. Hunt and
Shesh N. Rai Interlitter Response Variability in a
Threshold Dose-Response Model . . . . . 2304--2314
Marc Sobel and
Bud Mishra A New Approach to the Estimation of
Inter-Variable Correlation . . . . . . . 2315--2330
Jiaqin Wei and
Rongming Wang and
Dingjun Yao The Asymptotic Estimate of Ruin
Probability Under a Class of Risk Model
in the Presence of Heavy Tails . . . . . 2331--2341
Alessandro De Gregorio and
Stefano M. Iacus Least Squares Volatility Change Point
Estimation for Partially Observed
Diffusion Processes . . . . . . . . . . 2342--2357
Tian Xia and
Fanchao Kong and
Shunfang Wang and
Xueren Wang Asymptotic Properties of the Maximum
Quasi-Likelihood Estimator in
Quasi-Likelihood Nonlinear Models . . . 2358--2368
Tachen Liang On Empirical Bayes Testing in a Discrete
Life Model with Random Censoring . . . . 2369--2381
Noura Ait Mohammed and
Mohamed Ibazizen Bayesian Estimation of the Regression
Model with Autocorrelated Errors Under
Contamination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2382--2389
Junchao Yao and
Marco Burkschat and
Huaihou Chen and
Taizhong Hu Dependence Structure of Spacings of
Order Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . 2390--2403
N. Nematollahi and
M. Salehi M. and
R. Aliakbari Saba Two-Stage Cluster Sampling with Ranked
Set Sampling in the Secondary Sampling
Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404--2415
Mohammed Debbarh and
Bertrand Maillot Additive Regression Model for Continuous
Time Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2416--2432
Luis Firinguetti and
Hernán Rubio Some Asymptotic Properties of Ridge
Regression in a System of Seemingly
Unrelated Regression Equations . . . . . 2433--2446
Fentaw Abegaz and
U. V. Naik-Nimbalkar Dynamic Copula-Based Markov Time Series 2447--2460
Jaroslaw Bartoszewicz and
Magdalena Skolimowska Block-Savits Characterization and Star
Ordering of Exponential Mixtures . . . . 2461--2471
I-Li Lu and
Donald St. P. Richards Natural Exponential Families and
Generalized Hypergeometric Measures . . 2472--2487
Thomas T. John and
Pinyuen Chen $ L^1 $-Limit of Trimmed Sums of Order
Statistics from Location-Scale
Distributions with Applications to Type
II Censored Data Analysis . . . . . . . 2488--2505
Taizhong Hu and
Qingshu Lu and
Songqiao Wen Some New Results on Likelihood Ratio
Orderings for Spacings of Heterogeneous
Exponential Random Variables . . . . . . 2506--2515
Anna Dembi\'nska and
Katarzyna Danielak On Moments of $k$-Records from Discrete
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2516--2531
B. N. Mandal and
Rajender Parsad and
V. K. Gupta IPPS Sampling Plans Excluding Adjacent
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Yukun Liu and
Changliang Zou and
Runchu Zhang Empirical Likelihood Ratio Test for a
Change-Point in Linear Regression Model 2551--2563
Shahjahan Khan and
A. K. Md. E. Saleh Estimation of Slope for Linear
Regression Model with Uncertain Prior
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Ping Wu and
Yun Fang and
Li-Xing Zhu Estimating Moments in Linear Mixed
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2582--2594
Pao-Sheng Shen and
Ya-Fang Yan An Inverse-Probability-Weighted Approach
to the Estimation of Successive Duration
Times under Left-Truncation and
Right-Censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . 2595--2605
Daniel Bruce Some Properties for a Simplified Cox
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Gubhinder Kundhi and
Paul Rilstone The Third-Order Bias of Nonlinear
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Feng Chen and
Jinxia Zhu and
Zehui Li Upper Bounds for the Ruin Probabilities
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Manuel Cabral Morais and
Yarema Okhrin and
António Pacheco and
Wolfgang Schmid EWMA Charts for Multivariate Output:
Some Stochastic Ordering Results . . . . 2653--2663
Anna Maria Fiori Measuring Kurtosis by Right and Left
Inequality Orders . . . . . . . . . . . 2665--2680
Robert J. Blodgett Fitting a Curve to a Confidence Interval 2681--2686
Jianmin Pan and
Jiahua Chen $U$-Statistic Based Modified Information
Criterion for Change Point Problems . . 2687--2712
Eve Bofinger and
Petra L. Graham and
Kerrie L. Mengersen Partitioning with Respect to a Control:
Unequal Sample Sizes Case . . . . . . . 2713--2723
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Rosangela G. Santana Covariance Matrix Formula for
Exponential Family Nonlinear Models . . 2724--2734
M'hamed Ezzahrioui and
Elias Ould-Sa\"\id Asymptotic Results of a Nonparametric
Conditional Quantile Estimator for
Functional Time Series . . . . . . . . . 2735--2759
Jean-François Dupuy Stratified Logrank Test of No Randomized
Treatment Effect with Missing Stratum
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Irene Crimaldi and
Fabrizio Leisen Asymptotic Results for a Generalized
Pólya Urn with ``Multi-Updating'' and
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Mohamed Saidane and
Christian Lavergne An EM-Based Viterbi Approximation
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D. H. Glueck and
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L. Hunter and
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Cumulative Distribution Functions of
Order Statistics from Several
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Xu-Qing Liu and
Jian-Ying Rong and
Feng Gao Permutation Matrix with Application to
Optimal Invariant Quadratic Prediction
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Molin Wang and
John J. Hanfelt Orthogonal Locally Ancillary Estimating
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Mohammad Z. Raqab and
Mohamed T. Madi and
Debasis Kundu Estimation of $ P(Y < X) $ for the
Three-Parameter Generalized Exponential
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Miguel A. Gómez Villegas and
Javier Portela and
Luis Sanz A Bayesian Test for the Mean of the
Power Exponential Distribution . . . . . 2865--2876
Bo Li Nonparametric Testing of an Exclusion
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Tiejun Tong and
Anna Liu and
Yuedong Wang Relative Errors of Difference-Based
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Tomasz J. Kozubowski and
Anna K. Panorska A Mixed Bivariate Distribution Connected
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Fabrizio Durante and
Piotr Jaworski Absolutely Continuous Copulas with Given
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Josemar Rodrigues Mixture Representation of the Maximum
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Xiaohu Li and
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James T. Kost and
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Daniela G. Caló and
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Magda Monteiro and
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Claudio Macci Large Deviations for Empirical
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Mohammed Debbarh Some Uniform Limit Results in Additive
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Karl Friedrich Siburg and
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P. G. Sankaran and
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Brent D. Burch Comparing Equal-Tail Probability and
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Myung Hwan Na Accelerated Burn-In Procedures and
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Namrata Karpe A Class of Estimators Using Auxiliary
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Stationary Processes . . . . . . . . . . 742--747
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Feiyi Jia and
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Jacek Wawrzosek and
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Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez and
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Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842--855
Feridun Tasdan and
Gerald Sievers Smoothed Mann--Whitney--Wilcoxon
Procedure for Two-Sample Location
Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856--870
Re-Bin Rau Bayes and Empirical Bayes Two-Stage
Procedures for Sampling Inspection . . . 871--887
Yu Miao and
Yiwen Jiang and
Si Shen Deviation Inequalities for the Estimator
of Linear Parameter in Stochastic
Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888--901
Manuel Franco and
Juana-María Vivo Stochastic Aging Classes for the Maximum
Statistic from Friday and Patil
Bivariate Exponential Distribution
Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902--911
K. K. Jose and
Shanoja R. Naik On the $q$-Weibull Distribution and Its
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912--926
S. H. Ong and
K. Shimizu A Discrete Distribution Arising as a
Solution of a Linear Difference
Equation: Extension of the Non Central
Negative Binomial Distribution . . . . . 927--938
Robert L. Mason and
Youn-Min Chou and
John C. Young Monitoring Variation in a Multivariate
Process When the Dimension is Large
Relative to the Sample Size . . . . . . 939--951
Tai-Fang C. Lu and
Jen-Loung Chen and
Jau-Yau Lu Saddlepoint Approximations for a Product
and Its Application . . . . . . . . . . 953--963
Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki and
Babak Abbasi Monitoring Multi-Attribute Processes
Based on NORTA Inverse Transformed
Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964--979
Ryszard Zieli\'nski Optimal Nonparametric Quantile
Estimators. Towards a General Theory. A
Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 980--992
David Elal-Olivero and
Juan F. Olivares-Pacheco and
Héctor W. Gómez and
Heleno Bolfarine A New Class of Non Negative
Distributions Generated by Symmetric
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993--1008
Ling Chen and
Jianguo Sun A Multiple Imputation Approach to the
Analysis of Current Status Data with the
Additive Hazards Model . . . . . . . . . 1009--1018
Frederico Caeiro and
M. Ivette Gomes and
Lígia Henriques Rodrigues Reduced-Bias Tail Index Estimators Under
a Third-Order Framework . . . . . . . . 1019--1040
Fernando Antonio Moala and
Josemar Rodrigues and
Vera Lucia D. Tomazella A Note on the Prior Distributions of
Weibull Parameters for the Reliability
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1041--1054
Dimitrios Bagkavos and
Prakash Patil Variable Bandwidths for Nonparametric
Hazard Rate Estimation . . . . . . . . . 1055--1078
Hare Krishna and
Pramendra Singh Pundir A Bivariate Geometric Distribution with
Applications to Reliability . . . . . . 1079--1093
M. Revan Özkale Comment on Ridge Estimation to the
Restricted Linear Model . . . . . . . . 1094--1097
Silian Shen and
Changlin Mei Estimation of the Variance Function in
Heteroscedastic Linear Regression Models 1098--1112
Hassan S. Bakouch and
Miroslav M. Risti\'c A Bivariate Beta-Gamma Autoregressive
Process (BVBGAR(1)) . . . . . . . . . . 1113--1131
Jeh-Nan Pan and
Chun-Yi Lee Development of a New Process
Incapability Index with an Application
to the Evaluation of Manufacturing Risk 1133--1153
Elias Ould-Sa\"\id and
Abdelkader Tatachak Strong Consistency Rate for the Kernel
Mode Estimator Under Strong Mixing
Hypothesis and Left Truncation . . . . . 1154--1169
Wen Yu and
Yunting Sun and
Ming Zheng Empirical Likelihood Method for Censored
Median Regression Models . . . . . . . . 1170--1183
Fei Li and
Yifeng Xue Zonal Polynomials and Hypergeometric
Functions of Quaternion Matrix Argument 1184--1206
N. Balakrishna and
Angel Mathew Nonparametric Estimation of the Average
Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1207--1218
Reza Pakyari A Note on Asymptotic Behavior of the
Nonparametric Density Estimators in
Multivariate Mixtures . . . . . . . . . 1219--1223
Vilelmine Carayanni Handling Uncertainty in the Cost
Effectiveness Healthcare Evaluations. A
Review of Statistical Approaches . . . . 1224--1240
Liuquan Sun and
Shaojun Guo and
Min Chen Marginal Regression Model with
Time-Varying Coefficients for Panel Data 1241--1261
Laura L. R. Rifo and
Soledad Torres Full Bayesian Analysis for a Class of
Jump-Diffusion Models . . . . . . . . . 1262--1271
Robert Frouin and
Bruno Pelletier Consistency of Ridge Function Fields for
Varying Nonparametric Regression . . . . 1272--1283
Shashibhushan B. Mahadik and
Digambar T. Shirke A Special Variable Sample Size and
Sampling Interval Chart . . . . . . . . 1284--1299
Lei Shi and
Peng Bai Bayesian Confidence Interval for the
Ratio of Marginal Probabilities in the
Matched-Pair Design . . . . . . . . . . 1300--1316
Mohammed Attouch and
Ali Laksaci and
Elias Ould-Sa\"\id Asymptotic Distribution of Robust
Estimator for Functional Nonparametric
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1317--1335
Mike Jacroux Minimum Aberration Two-Level Fractional
Factorial Split-Plot Designs with Hard
to Change Factors . . . . . . . . . . . 1337--1349
Tsung-Shan Tsou A Robust Score Test for Testing Several
Coefficients of Variation with Unknown
Underlying Distributions . . . . . . . . 1350--1360
Efthymios G. Tsionas Bayesian Inference Using Artificial
Augmenting Regressions . . . . . . . . . 1361--1370
Wei Ning and
Arjun K. Gupta and
Chang Yu and
Sanguo Zhang A Moment-Based Test for Homogeneity in
Finite Mixture Models . . . . . . . . . 1371--1382
Hong Qin and
Kashinath Chatterjee Lower Bounds for the Uniformity Pattern
of Asymmetric Fractional Factorials . . 1383--1392
Sarika and
Seema Jaggi and
V. K. Sharma Second-Order Response Surface Model with
Neighbor Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . 1393--1403
Fang Li Testing for the Equality of Two
Autoregressive Functions Using
Quasi-Residuals . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404--1421
Tang Qingguo and
Cheng Longsheng Asymptotic Normality of $M$-Estimators
for Varying Coefficient Models with
Longitudinal Data . . . . . . . . . . . 1422--1440
S. M. Sunoj and
P. G. Sankaran and
S. S. Maya Characterizations of Life Distributions
Using Conditional Expectations of Doubly
(Interval) Truncated Random Variables 1441--1452
Dhafer Malouche Mixed Graphical Model Selection Using
Holm's Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . 1453--1464
Joseph Ngatchou-Wandji Testing Symmetry of the Error
Distribution in Nonlinear
Heteroscedastic Models . . . . . . . . . 1465--1485
Jianping Dong and
Renfang Jiang Multinomial Probability Estimation by
Wavelet Thresholding . . . . . . . . . . 1486--1507
Jau-Chuan Ke and
Zheng-Long Su and
Kuo-Hsiung Wang An Availability System with General
Repair Distribution: Statistical
Inference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1508--1525
Kjell Pettersson On Unimodal Regression in the
Exponential Family . . . . . . . . . . . 1526--1538
Oguz Akbilgic and
Eylem Deniz Akinci A Novel Regression Approach: Least
Squares Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1539--1545
S. Panchapakesan and
Sheng-Tsaing Tseng and
Ming-Chung Yang Guest Editors Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1547--1547
S. Panchapakesan and
Sheng-Tsaing Tseng and
Ming-Chung Yang Deng-Yuan Huang: Life and Works . . . . 1548--1552
Shuenn-Ren Cheng and
S. Panchapakesan Is the Selected Population the
Best-Location and Scale Parameter Cases 1553--1560
Tsai-Hung Fan and
Wen-Kuei Jian Expected Posterior Priors in Selecting
the Largest Mean of the Exponential
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1561--1575
Wen-Tao Huang and
Yao-Tsung Lai Selecting the Best Process Based on
Capability Index via Empirical Bayes
Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1576--1588
Tachen Liang Simultaneous Variable Sampling
Inspection for Finite Populations . . . 1589--1606
Miao-Kuan Huang and
Mong-Na Lo Huang $ D_s $-Optimal Designs for Quadratic
Log Contrast Model for Experiments with
Mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1607--1621
Fu-Chuen Chang and
Yang-Chan Su Computing $A$-optimal Designs for
Weighted Polynomial Regression by Taylor
Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1622--1634
Lee-Shen Chen and
Che-Yang Lin Bayesian $p$-Values for Testing
Independence in $ 2 \times 2$
Contingency Tables . . . . . . . . . . . 1635--1648
Lee-Shen Chen and
Ming-Chung Yang Improved $p$-Values for Testing Marginal
Homogeneity in $ 2 \times 2$ Contingency
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1649--1663
Jyh-Jen Horng Shiau and
Hsiang-Ling Huang and
Shuo-Hui Lin and
Ming-Ye Tsai Monitoring Nonlinear Profiles with
Random Effects by Nonparametric
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1664--1679
Tsung-Shan Tsou Performing Legitimate Parametric
Regression Analysis without Knowing the
True Underlying Random Mechanisms . . . 1680--1689
N. Balakrishnan and
Li Zhang and
Qihao Xie Inference for a Simple Step-Stress Model
with Type-I Censoring and Lognormally
Distributed Lifetimes . . . . . . . . . 1690--1709
Chien-Tai Lin and
Hon Keung Tony Ng and
Ping Shing Chan Statistical Inference of Type-II
Progressively Hybrid Censored Data with
Weibull Lifetimes . . . . . . . . . . . 1710--1729
Bo-Yan Jou and
Sheng-Tsaing Tseng An Enhanced Double MEWMA Controller for
Drifted MIMO Systems . . . . . . . . . . 1730--1740
Pinyuen Chen and
Lifang Hsu A Selection Procedure for the Number of
Signals in Presence of Colored Noise . . 1741--1757
Yuxia Su and
Lu Lin Semi-Parametric Estimation for
Forward-Backward Stochastic Differential
Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1759--1775
Alicja Jokiel-Rokita and
Ryszard Magiera Minimax Prediction of the Empirical
Distribution Function . . . . . . . . . 1776--1791
Daniel M. Ennis and
John M. Ennis Hypothesis Testing for Equivalence
Defined on Symmetric Open Intervals . . 1792--1803
Zdenek Fabián Confidence Intervals for a New
Characteristic of Central Tendency of
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1804--1814
Chen Xue-Dong Bayesian Analysis of Semiparametric
Mixed-Effects Models for Zero-Inflated
Count Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1815--1833
A. Vaghefi and
Sam D. Tajbakhsh and
R. Noorossana Phase II Monitoring of Nonlinear
Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1834--1851
Fìkrì Akdenìz and
Gülìn Tabakan Restricted Ridge Estimators of the
Parameters in Semiparametric Regression
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1852--1869
José A. Villasenor Alva and
Elizabeth González Estrada A Generalization of Shapiro--Wilk's Test
for Multivariate Normality . . . . . . . 1870--1883
Peng Zuoxiang and
Tong Bin and
Saralees Nadarajah Tail Behavior of the General Error
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1884--1892
Heng Lian On Rates of Convergence for Posterior
Distributions Under Misspecification . . 1893--1900
Kahadawala Cooray The Weibull--Pareto Composite Family
with Applications to the Analysis of
Unimodal Failure Rate Data . . . . . . . 1901--1915
Assad Jalali and
Alan J. Watkins On Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the
Two Parameter Burr XII Distribution . . 1916--1926
Zhiming Xia and
Pengjiang Guo and
Wenzhi Zhao Monitoring Structural Changes in
Generalized Linear Models . . . . . . . 1927--1947
H. N. Nagaraja and
Mohammad Z. Raqab Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1949--1949
Eric Beutner and
Udo Kamps Identical Distributions of Single
Variates and Random Convex Combinations
of Uniform Fractional Order Statistics 1950--1959
H. M. Barakat A Nonparametric General Criterion of
Asymptotic Dependence Between Order
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1960--1968
Serge B. Provost and
Min Jiang and
Hyung-Tae Ha Moment-Based Approximations of
Probability Mass Functions with
Applications Involving Order Statistics 1969--1981
Agnieszka Goroncy and
Tomasz Rychlik Lower Bounds on Spacings Based on
With-Replacement Model . . . . . . . . . 1982--1988
Agnieszka Goroncy Lower Bounds on Positive $L$-Statistics 1989--2002
Qinying He and
H. N. Nagaraja Correlation Estimation Using
Concomitants of Order Statistics from
Bivariate Normal Samples . . . . . . . . 2003--2015
Mohamed T. Madi and
Mohammad Z. Raqab Bayesian Inference for the Generalized
Exponential Distribution Based on
Progressively Censored Data . . . . . . 2016--2029
Debasis Kundu and
Biswabrata Pradhan Estimating the Parameters of the
Generalized Exponential Distribution in
Presence of Hybrid Censoring . . . . . . 2030--2041
Ch. A. Charalambides Distribution of Record Statistics in a
$q$-Factorially Increasing Population 2042--2055
Baha-Eldin Khaledi and
Fariba Amiripour and
Taizhong Hu and
S. Roohollah Shojaei Some New Results on Stochastic
Comparisons of Record Values . . . . . . 2056--2066
F. López-Blázquez and
B. Salamanca-Miño Random Translation of Records from
Geometric Distributions . . . . . . . . 2067--2077
E. Cramer and
K. Herle and
N. Balakrishnan Permanent Expansions and Distributions
of Order Statistics in the INID Case . . 2078--2088
M. Burkschat and
B. Lenz Marginal Distributions of the Counting
Process Associated with Generalized
Order Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . 2089--2106
A. Jamalizadeh and
N. Balakrishnan and
A. Sheikhy Distributions of Ratios of Two
Correlated Skew-Normal Variables and of
Ratios of Two Linear Functions of Order
Statistics from Bivariate Normal
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2107--2115
Haiying Chen and
Elizabeth A. Stasny and
Douglas A. Wolfe and
Steven N. MacEachern Unbalanced Ranked Set Sampling for
Estimating A Population Proportion Under
Imperfect Rankings . . . . . . . . . . . 2116--2125
Roxana Alexandridis and
Omer Ozturk Robust Inference Against Imperfect
Ranking in Ranked Set Sampling . . . . . 2126--2143
Xuemei Hu and
Zhizhong Wang and
Feng Liu Testing Serial Correlation in
Semiparametric Varying-Coefficient
Partially Linear Models . . . . . . . . 2145--2163
Salma Ayis Quantifying the Impact of Unobserved
Heterogeneity on Inference from the
Logistic Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2164--2177
Govind S. Mudholkar and
Hongyue Wang $R$-Symmetry and the Power Functions of
the Tests for Inverse Gaussian Means . . 2178--2186
Lili Yu and
Ruifeng Yu and
Liang Liu Quasi-Likelihood for Right-Censored Data
in the Generalized Linear Model . . . . 2187--2200
Feras Sh. M. Batah and
M. Revan Özkale and
S. D. Gore Combining Unbiased Ridge and Principal
Component Regression Estimators . . . . 2201--2209
Abdelghani Hamaz and
Mohamed Ibazizen Comparison of Two Estimation Methods of
Missing Values Using Pitman-Closeness
Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2210--2213
Albert Vexler and
Gregory Gurevich Average Most Powerful Tests for a
Segmented Regression . . . . . . . . . . 2214--2231
P. Blazej Some Remarks about Robust Estimation of
the Scale Parameter in Weighted Models 2232--2240
Jianzhong Zhu and
Wang Zhou Saddlepoint Approximation for Sample
Quantiles with Some Applications . . . . 2241--2250
Wayne R. Wesley and
James R. Simpson and
Peter A. Parker and
Joseph J. Pignatiello, Jr. Maximum and Minimum Prediction Variance
for Spherical and Cuboidal Split Plot
Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2251--2266
H. M. Barakat and
M. E. Ghitany and
E. K. Al-Hussaini Asymptotic Distributions of Order
Statistics and Record Values Under the
Marshall--Olkin Parametrization
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2267--2273
Alexsandro B. Cavalcanti and
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Denise A. Botter and
Lúcia P. Barroso Asymptotic Skewness in Exponential
Family Nonlinear Models . . . . . . . . 2275--2287
Patricia Pepple Williamson Bayesian Alternatives to the $F$ Test
for Two Population Variances . . . . . . 2288--2301
Zijun Wang Finite Sample Performances of the Model
Selection Approach in Nonparametric
Model Specification for Time Series . . 2302--2320
Hu Yang and
Yalian Li and
Jianwen Xu Mean Squared Error Matrix Comparisons of
Some Restricted Almost Unbiased
Estimators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2321--2332
Karthik Devarajan and
Nader Ebrahimi Testing for Covariate Effect in the Cox
Proportional Hazards Regression Model 2333--2347
Peter M. Njuho and
George A. Milliken Analysis of Linear Models with Two
Factors Having Both Fixed and Random
Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2348--2365
Omar Eidous Kernel Method Starting with Half-Normal
Detection Function for Line Transect
Density Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . 2366--2378
Mohammad Saber Fallah Nezhad and
Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki A Bayesian Inference and Stochastic
Dynamic Programming Approach to
Determine the Best Binomial Distribution 2379--2397
Nursel Koyuncu and
Cem Kadilar Family of Estimators of Population Mean
Using Two Auxiliary Variables in
Stratified Random Sampling . . . . . . . 2398--2417
Q. Shao Nonparametric Trend Estimation for
Periodic Autoregressive Time Series . . 2418--2427
Saralees Nadarajah Reply to ``Comments on `Sums, Products,
and Ratios of Non-Central Beta
Variables' by Saralees Nadarajah'' by
Antonio Mauricio F. L. Miranda de Sa,
Leonardo B. Felix, and Eduardo M. A. M.
Mendes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2428--2433
Claudio Macci and
Lea Petrella Censored Exponential Data: Large
Deviations for MLEs and Posterior
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2435--2452
Steven P. Ellis and
Jonathan W. Stewart Temporal Dependence and Bias in
Meta-Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2453--2462
Gauss M. Cordeiro and
Audrey H. M. A. Cysneiros and
Francisco José A. Cysneiros Bias-Corrected Maximum Likelihood
Estimators in Nonlinear Heteroscedastic
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2463--2478
Alessandra Amendola and
Marcella Niglio and
Cosimo Vitale Statistical Properties of Threshold
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2479--2497
Xia Chen and
Hengjian Cui Empirical Likelihood for Partially
Linear Single-Index Errors-in-Variables
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2498--2514
Fabrizio Durante and
Susanne Saminger-Platz and
Peter Sarkoci Rectangular Patchwork for Bivariate
Copulas and Tail Dependence . . . . . . 2515--2527
Liwen Xu Admissible Linear Predictors in the
Superpopulation Model with Respect to
Inequality Constraints . . . . . . . . . 2528--2540
Jian-Ying Rong and
Xu-Qing Liu On the Closed Form of Optimal Invariant
Quadratic Predictors in Finite
Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2541--2551
I. Boutouria Characterization of the Wishart
Distribution on Homogeneous Cones in the
Bobecka and Weso\lowski Way . . . . . . 2552--2566
M. L. Aggarwal and
Mithilesh Kumar Jha Constructions of Residual Treatment
Effects Designs for Comparing Test
Treatments with a Control . . . . . . . 2567--2577
S. Sengupta and
Sujay Mukhuti Unbiased Estimation of the Distribution
Function of a Two-Parameter Exponential
Population Using Order Statistics . . . 2578--2585
Brandon D. Gallas and
Andriy Bandos and
Frank W. Samuelson and
Robert F. Wagner A Framework for Random-Effects ROC
Analysis: Biases with the Bootstrap and
Other Variance Estimators . . . . . . . 2586--2603
Li Qin and
Lisa A. Weissfeld and
Changyu Shen and
Michele D. Levine A Two-Latent-Class Model for Smoking
Cessation Data with Informative Dropouts 2604--2619
Nitis Mukhopadhyay Guest Editor Guest Editorial: Recent Advances in
Theory and Applications of Statistics 2621--2622
Nitis Mukhopadhyay Guest Editor A Glimpse at the Career of Professor
Shelemyahu Zacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 2623--2624
E. Andersson Hotelling's $ T^2 $ Method in
Multivariate On-Line Surveillance: On
the Delay of an Alarm . . . . . . . . . 2625--2633
Kazuyoshi Yata and
Makoto Aoshima PCA Consistency for Non-Gaussian Data in
High Dimension, Low Sample Size Context 2634--2652
A. Jamalizadeh and
R. Pourmousa and
N. Balakrishnan Truncated and Limited Skew-Normal and
Skew- $t$ Distributions: Properties
and an Illustration . . . . . . . . . . 2653--2668
Shaul K. Bar-Lev and
Abram M. Kagan Bivariate Distributions with
Gaussian-Type Dependence Structure . . . 2669--2676
Sanjib Basu Inference About the Masking
Probabilities in the Competing Risks
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2677--2690
Uttam Bandyopadhyay and
Atanu Biswas and
Rahul Bhattacharya Kernel-Based Response-Adaptive Design
for Continuous Responses . . . . . . . . 2691--2705
Onno J. Boxma and
David Perry On the Cycle Maximum of Mountains, Dams
and Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2706--2720
Marlo Brown Detecting Changes in a Poisson Process
Monitored at Unequal Discrete Time
Intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2721--2732
D. Causeur and
M. Kloareg and
C. Friguet Control of the FWER in Multiple Testing
Under Dependence . . . . . . . . . . . . 2733--2747
Sungduk Kim and
Sonali Das and
Ming-Hui Chen and
Nicholas Warren Bayesian Structural Equations Modeling
for Ordinal Response Data with Missing
Responses and Missing Covariates . . . . 2748--2768
Elena M. Buzaianu and
Pinyuen Chen Partitioning Bernoulli Populations with
Respect to a Control . . . . . . . . . . 2769--2783
Zhiyi Chi Data Volume and Power of Multiple Tests
with Small Sample Size Per Null . . . . 2784--2803
Boris Darkhovsky Minimax Estimation of the First
Derivative by Finite Number of Noisy
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2804--2811
Hakan Demirtas Multiple Imputation for Longitudinal
Data Under a Bayesian Multilevel Model 2812--2828
Sam Efromovich Multiwavelets: Theory and Bioinformatic
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2829--2842
Hongyan Xu and
Varghese George Assessment of Population Structure and
Its Effects on Genome-Wide Association
Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2843--2855
Kaushal K. Mishra and
Sujit K. Ghosh Estimation of SCRAM Rate Trends in
Nuclear Power Plants Using Hierarchical
Bayes Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2856--2871
Edit Gombay and
Lajos Horváth Sequential Tests and Change Detection in
the Covariance Structure of Weakly
Stationary Time Series . . . . . . . . . 2872--2883
Ofer Harel and
Jeffrey Stratton Inferences on the Outfluence --- How do
Missing Values Impact Your Analysis? . . 2884--2898
A. S. Hedayat and
Congrong Lou and
Bikas K. Sinha A Statistical Approach to Assessment of
Agreement Involving Multiple Raters . . 2899--2922
Sven Knoth and
Manuel Cabral Morais and
António Pacheco and
Wolfgang Schmid Misleading Signals in Simultaneous
Residual Schemes for the Mean and
Variance of a Stationary Process . . . . 2923--2943
Yuko Araki and
Sadanori Konishi and
Shuichi Kawano and
Hidetoshi Matsui Functional Logistic Discrimination Via
Regularized Basis Expansions . . . . . . 2944--2957
Tze Leung Lai and
Tongwei Liu and
Haipeng Xing A Bayesian Approach to Sequential
Surveillance in Exponential Families . . 2958--2968
Sangyeol Lee and
Youngmi Lee and
Okyoung Na Monitoring Distributional Changes in
Autoregressive Models . . . . . . . . . 2969--2982
Li Cao and
Thomas Mathew Testing the Equivalence of Generalized
Variances in Multivariate Bioequivalence 2983--2991
Shelemyahu Zacks and
Nitis Mukhopadhyay On Exact and Asymptotic Properties of
Two-Stage and Sequential Estimation of
the Normal Mean Under LINEX Loss . . . . 2992--3014
Balgobin Nandram Bayesian Inference of the Cell
Probabilities of a Two-Way Categorical
Table Under Non Ignorability . . . . . . 3015--3030
Vilijandas Bagdonavicius and
Mikhail Nikulin Statistical Models to Analyze Failure,
Wear, Fatigue, and Degradation Data with
Explanatory Variables . . . . . . . . . 3031--3047
Emanuel Parzen Quantiles, Conditional Quantiles,
Confidence Quantiles for $p$, $ {\rm
Logodds}(p)$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3048--3058
Roy T. Sabo and
N. Rao Chaganty Adaptation of Quasi-Least Squares to
Estimate Correlations within a Nuclear
Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3059--3076
Agnieszka Rossa The Nelson--Aalen and Kaplan--Meier
Estimators Under a Sequential Sampling
Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3077--3098
Kush Kapur and
Anindya Roy and
Dulal K. Bhaumik and
Robert D. Gibbons and
Nicole A. Lazar and
John A. Sweeney and
Subhash Aryal and
Dave Patterson Estimation and Classification of BOLD
Responses Over Multiple Trials . . . . . 3099--3113
Andrew L. Rukhin Sequential Testing to Guarantee the
Necessary Sample Size in Clinical Trials 3114--3122
Anton Schick and
Wolfgang Wefelmeyer Improved Density Estimators for
Invertible Linear Processes . . . . . . 3123--3147
Tumulesh K. S. Solanky and
Yuefeng Wu On Approximate Optimality of the Sample
Size for the Partition Problem . . . . . 3148--3157
Wolfgang Stadje A Queueing System with Two Parallel
Lines, Cost-Conscious Customers, and
Jockeying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3158--3169
Ming-Hung Kao and
Abhyuday Mandal and
John Stufken Efficient Designs for Event-Related
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
with Multiple Scanning Sessions . . . . 3170--3182
Stefan Kurz and
Winfried Stute The Bahadur Representation of the
TTT-Transform . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3183--3189
Mario Stylianou Derivation of Exact Distributions
Following an Up-and-Down Design . . . . 3190--3197
Yoshikazu Takada Selecting the Best Component of a
Multivariate Normal Population . . . . . 3198--3212
Masanobu Taniguchi and
Hiroaki Ogata and
Hiroshi Shiraishi Preliminary Test Estimation for
Regression Models with Long-Memory
Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3213--3224
George V. Moustakides and
Aleksey S. Polunchenko and
Alexander G. Tartakovsky Numerical Comparison of CUSUM and
Shiryaev--Roberts Procedures for
Detecting Changes in Distributions . . . 3225--3239
Emanuele Taufer Wilcoxon-Signed Rank Test for Long
Memory Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . 3240--3248
Linda J. Young and
Carol A. Gotway and
Greg Kearney and
Chris DuClos Assessing Uncertainty in
Support-Adjusted Spatial Misalignment
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3249--3264
Anonymous Thanks to the Referees . . . . . . . . . 3265--3266
Weng Kee Wong, Guest Editor Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3267--3267
Peter A. Lachenbruch and
Frederick W. Miller and
Lisa G. Rider On Determining the Effects of Therapy on
Disease Damage in Non Randomized Studies
with Multiple Treatments: A Study of
Juvenile Myositis . . . . . . . . . . . 3268--3281
Naitee Ting Practical and Statistical Considerations
in Designing an Early Phase II
Osteoarthritis Clinical Trial: A Case
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3282--3296
Bin Zhang and
Haiqun Lin and
David J. Hunter and
Tuhina Neogi and
Barton Wise and
Ernest Choy and
Jingbo Niu and
Yuqing Zhang A Multistate Transition Model for
Osteoarthritis Pain Change . . . . . . . 3297--3306
David Tolusso and
Richard J. Cook Robust Estimation of State Occupancy
Probabilities for Interval-Censored
Multistate Data: An Application
Involving Spondylitis in Psoriatic
Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307--3325
Dongseok Choi and
Srilakshmi M. Sharma and
Sirichai Pasadhika and
Zhixin Kang and
Christina A. Harrington and
Justine R. Smith and
Stephen R. Planck and
James T. Rosenbaum Application of Biostatistics and
Bioinformatics Tools to Identify
Putative Transcription Factor-Gene
Regulatory Network of Ankylosing
Spondylitis and Sarcoidosis . . . . . . 3326--3338
Jialiang Li Semiparametric Residuals and Analysis
for a Scleroderma Clinical Trial . . . . 3339--3350
Sylvie Retout and
Emmanuelle Comets and
Caroline Bazzoli and
France Mentré Design Optimization in Nonlinear Mixed
Effects Models Using Cost Functions:
Application to a Joint Model of
Infliximab and Methotrexate
Pharmacokinetics . . . . . . . . . . . . 3351--3368
E. J. Allen and
Vernon T. Farewell Pragmatic Analysis of Longitudinal Data
on Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3369--3388
Rinku Sutradhar and
Richard J. Cook A Bivariate Mover-Stayer Model for
Interval-Censored Recurrent Event Data:
Application to Joint Damage in
Rheumatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3389--3405
Stephanie Kovalchik A Bayesian Approach to Therapy Selection
in the Treatment of Refractory
Rheumatoid Arthritis . . . . . . . . . . 3406--3418
Xiaoming Sheng A Bayesian Model for Measurement Errors
in Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis . . 3419--3431
Xiao Zhang and
Gary Cutter A Bayesian Method of Estimating Kappa
Coefficient with Application to a
Rheumatoid Arthritis Study . . . . . . . 3432--3444
Nianjun Liu and
Richard Bucala and
Hongyu Zhao Modeling Informatively Missing Genotypes
in Haplotype Analysis . . . . . . . . . 3445--3460
Jaap Fransen and
Arthur Kavanaugh and
George F. Borm Desirability Scores for Assessing
Multiple Outcomes in Systemic Rheumatic
Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3461--3471
Brian D. M. Tom and
Vernon T. Farewell Statistical Methods for Individual-Level
Data in Cohort Mortality Studies of
Rheumatic Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . 3472--3487
M. I. Alheety and
T. V. Ramanathan Confidence Interval for Shrinkage
Parameters in Ridge Regression . . . . . 3489--3497
Anna Esteve and
Eva Boj and
Josep Fortiana Interaction Terms in Distance-Based
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3498--3509
Jean-François Quessy Tests of Multivariate Independence for
Ordinal Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3510--3531
M. E. Ghitany and
D. K. Al-Mutairi and
Ramesh C. Gupta Reliability Studies of the
Log-Exponential Inverse Gaussian
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3532--3543
Wheyming Tina Song and
Chia-Jung Chang and
Sin-Long Liu Robust Confidence Intervals for the
Bernoulli Parameter . . . . . . . . . . 3544--3560
L. Hedhili Zaier and
A. Trabelsi A Benchmarking Approach to Temporal
Disaggregation of Economic Time Series
by Related Series . . . . . . . . . . . 3561--3582
Nora Saadi and
Smail Adjabi On the Estimation of the Probability
Density by Trigonometric Series . . . . 3583--3595
S. Sampath Finite Population Variance Estimation
Under LSS with Multiple Random Starts 3596--3607
Sarjinder Singh and
Housila P. Singh and
Rajesh Tailor and
Jack Allen and
Marcin Kozak Estimation of Ratio of Two
Finite-Population Means in the Presence
of Non Response . . . . . . . . . . . . 3608--3621
Jianfeng Yang and
Min-Qian Liu and
Runchu Zhang Some Results on Fractional Factorial
Split-Plot Designs with Multi-Level
Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3623--3633
Jingyun Yang and
Vernon M. Chinchilli Fixed-Effects Modeling of Cohen's Kappa
for Bivariate Multinomial Data . . . . . 3634--3653
Kaiping Wang and
Lu Lin and
Ruihua Qi Multiplicative Adjustment Method for
Semiparametric Regression with Mixing
Dependent Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3654--3665
Rong Liu and
Viswanathan Ramakrishnan Application of Multiple Imputation in
Analysis of Data from Clinical Trials
with Treatment Related Dropouts . . . . 3666--3677
Jiexiang Li Kernel Estimators for Distribution
Functions on Dependent Random Fields . . 3678--3685
Ijaz Iqbal and
M. H. Tahir Circular Strongly Balanced Repeated
Measurements Designs . . . . . . . . . . 3686--3696
Cheikh Tidiane Seck and
Gane Samb Lo Uniform Convergence of the Non-Weighted
Poverty Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . 3697--3704
Xiaogang Duan and
Liping Liu and
Ping Zhao Estimation of Covariate Distribution
with Capture-Recapture Data . . . . . . 3705--3712
Tachen Liang and
Wen-Tao Huang Empirical Bayes Estimation for Uniform
Distributions with Random Right
Censoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3713--3724
Feng-Shun Chai and
Kashinath Chatterjee and
Sudhir Gupta Generalized $ E(s^2) $ Criterion for
Multilevel Supersaturated Designs . . . 3725--3735
Yang Zhao Regression Analysis with Covariates
Missing at Random: A Piece-wise
Nonparametric Model for Missing
Covariates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3736--3744
Wangli Xu and
Yiqiang Lu Goodness-of-Fit for Longitudinal Count
Data with Overdispersion . . . . . . . . 3745--3754
Zhu Wang Correction to ``Estimation of the
Weibull Parameters with Grouped Data'' 3755--3755
Amir Ahmadi Javid Copulas with Truncation-Invariance
Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3756--3771
Amir Ahmadi Javid Limiting Tail Dependence Copulas . . . . 3772--3781
Tiago M. Magalhães and
Denise A. Botter and
Mônica C. Sandoval Corrigendum to: ``Covariance matrix
formula for generalized linear models
with unknown dispersion'' by G. M.
Cordeiro, L. P. Barroso, and D. A.
Botter [\booktitleCommunications in
Statistics --- Theory and Methods (2006)
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