Nonparametric Statistics Research Conference

January 17th & 18th

Florida State University, Department of Statistics, Tallahassee, FL  32306-4330


Abstracts

 

Several New Approaches to Life Testing
IBRAHIM AHMAD

Is consistent covariate selection compatible with adaptive estimation in semiparametric models? 
FLORENTINA BUNEA

Longitudinal and Clustered Data and Non/Semiparametric Regression 
RAYMOND CARROLL

Modified Kendall's tau as a measure of discrimination in survival analysis
MICHAEL J. PENCINA AND RALPH B. D'AGOSTINO

Lorenz, Gini, Bonferroni and Quantile Regression
KJELL DOKSUM 

Theoretical and computational issues related to optimal bandwidth selection for nonparametric quantile estimation
DANA DRAGHICESCU 

A Pseudo-Exact Sign Test for Cluster Correlated Data
MICHAEL D. ERNST

Use of the Wilk-Shapiro test in Two-Stage Adaptive Tests for Paired Data
JOSEPH L. GASTWIRTH

Robust Nonparametric Repeated Significance Tests
JOSEPH GLAZ AND VLADIMIR POZDYNAKOV

Nonparametric Tests for Intransitivity in Multiple Samples
TOM HETTMANSPERGER 

Nonparametric methods for repair models
MYLES HOLLANDER 

Frailty Models for Arbitrarily Censored and Truncated Data
C. HUBER-CAROL and F. VONTA 

Diagnostics for empirical likelihood inference
NICOLE LAZAR

Text Classification for Mining Massive Report Data
REGINA LIU

Markov Chain and Renewal Rates of Convergence via Nonparametric Structural Orderings
ROBERT LUND

On the Distribution of the Breaking Strain of a Bundle of Brittle Elastic Fibers
JAMES D. LYNCH 

Results on the L1-norm Density Estimator Process
DAVID M. MASON

Errors-in-Variables : The Nonlinear Model with an Error in the Equation
ERIC MATZNER-LØBER 

SMVCIR: Robust Discriminating (Visualization) Procedures
JOE MCKEAN

Empirical likelihood in non-standard settings
IAN MCKEAGUE

Statistics and the Trading of Options
PER MYKLAND

Hypothesis Testing for Families of Dependent Processes
ANDREW B. NOBEL

Sieve Strategy of Nonparametric Statistical Data Modelling
EMANUEL PARZEN 

Nonparametric Bootstrap and its Applications
VIC PATRANGENARU

Estimation after model selection in a Gaussian Model
EDSEL A PENA

Biased-Bootstrap Recycling 
BRETT PRESNELL

On Comparing the Robustness of Affine-Equivariant Location Estimators
RONALD H. RANDLES

Treed Kernel Smoothers: Recursive Partitioning of Bandwidths for Local-Linear Regression
WILLIAM R. SCHUCANY

Nonparametric Comparison of Genomic Sequences
PRANAB K. SEN

Bayesian Methods in Estimating a Distribution from Failure Data 
   JAYARAM SETHURAMAN 

The Hazard Potential of Items and Individuals
NOZER D. SINGPURWALLA

Consistency and validity of dependent nonparametric bootstrap estimators
ROBERT L. TAYLOR

Bayesian Nonparametric Estimation in A Series System or a Competing-Risks Model
RAM TIWARI

How to aggregate density estimates?
ALEXANDRE TSYBAKOV

Complexity regularization via localized random penalties
MARTEN WEGKAMP 

Nonparametric Estimation Under Shape Constraints:  Monotone, Convex, and Beyond 
JON A. WELLNER

Ranked Set Sampling for Estimating a Proportion: How to Improve the Ranking
DOUGLAS A. WOLFE

Nonparametric tests for umbrella alternatives
SAM WU