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Volume 39, issue 12, 2012

Variable selection in joint mean and variance models of Box--Cox transformation pp. 2543-2555

Liu-Cang Wu, Zhong-Zhan Zhang and Deng-Ke Xu

Analysis of hedging based on co-persistence theory pp. 2557-2567

Changshuai Li

The power of generalized odds ratio in assessing association in genetic studies with known mode of inheritance pp. 2569-2581

Elias Zintzaras

Creating facial animation of characters via MoCap data pp. 2583-2597

Kei Hirose and Tomoyuki Higuchi

A bivariate Sarmanov regression model for count data with generalised Poisson marginals pp. 2599-2617

Vera Hofer and Johannes Leitner

A computational understanding of partial and part determination coefficients pp. 2619-2626

Suzanne V. Landram and Frank G. Landram

Developing ridge estimation method for median regression pp. 2627-2638

Zangin Zeebari

Data envelopment analysis in the presence of measurement error: case study from the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators-super-® (NDNQI-super-®) pp. 2639-2653

Byron J. Gajewski, Robert Lee and Nancy Dunton

Comparing two dependent groups via quantiles pp. 2655-2664

Rand R. Wilcox and David M. Erceg-Hurn

The use of predicted values for item parameters in item response theory models: an application in intelligence tests pp. 2665-2683

Mariagiulia Matteucci, Stefania Mignani and Bernard P. Veldkamp

Robust modeling using the generalized epsilon-skew- t distribution pp. 2685-2698

Osvaldo Venegas, Francisco Rodr�guez, H�ctor W. Gómez, Juan F. Olivares-Pacheco and Heleno Bolfarine

Selection of a stroke risk model based on transcranial Doppler ultrasound velocity pp. 2699-2712

S. Mukhopadhyay, I. Das and K. Das

Three estimators of the Mahalanobis distance in high-dimensional data pp. 2713-2720

Thomas Holgersson and Peter S. Karlsson

Degradation data analysis for samples under unequal operating conditions: a case study on train wheels pp. 2721-2739

Julio C. Ferreira, Marta A. Freitas and Enrico A. Colosimo

Estimation of the coefficient of variation for non-normal model using progressive first-failure-censoring data pp. 2741-2758

Ahmed A. Soliman, Ahmed Abd Ellah, N. A. Abou-Elheggag and A. A. Modhesh

Statistical analysis of an endemic disease from a capture--recapture experiment pp. 2759-2773

Yinghui Wei, Peter Neal, Sandra Telfer and Mike Begon

Volume 39, issue 11, 2012

A wavelet-based time-varying autoregressive model for non-stationary and irregular time series pp. 2313-2325

G. E. Salcedo, R. F. Porto, S. Y. Roa and F. R. Momo

An index of local sensitivity to non-ignorability for parametric survival models with potential non-random missing covariate: an application to the SEER cancer registry data pp. 2327-2348

S. Eftekhari Mahabadi and M. Ganjali

A generalized Q--Q plot for longitudinal data pp. 2349-2362

M. C. Pardo and R. Alonso

Dirichlet process mixture models for unsupervised clustering of symptoms in Parkinson's disease pp. 2363-2377

Nicole White, Helen Johnson, Peter Silburn and Kerrie Mengersen

Validating protein structure using kernel density estimates pp. 2379-2388

Charles C. Taylor, Kanti V. Mardia, Marco Di Marzio and Agnese Panzera

Estimating the parameters of a bathtub-shaped distribution under progressive type-II censoring pp. 2389-2411

Manoj Kumar Rastogi, Yogesh Mani Tripathi and Shuo-Jye Wu

A joint marginalized multilevel model for longitudinal outcomes pp. 2413-2430

Samuel Iddi and Geert Molenberghs

Spatial modeling using frequentist approach for disease mapping pp. 2431-2439

Mahmoud Torabi

On inference for Kendall's τ within a longitudinal data setting pp. 2441-2452

Yan Ma

Sample size for estimating a binomial proportion: comparison of different methods pp. 2453-2473

Luzia Gonçalves, M. Rosário de Oliveira, Cláudia Pascoal and Ana Pires

Mixtures of concentrated multivariate sine distributions with applications to bioinformatics pp. 2475-2492

Kanti V. Mardia, John T. Kent, Zhengzheng Zhang, Charles C. Taylor and Thomas Hamelryck

Spatio-temporal improvised explosive device monitoring: improving detection to minimise attacks pp. 2493-2508

Matthew Benigni and Reinhard Furrer

A covariance-based test for shared frailty in multivariate lifetime data pp. 2509-2522

Alan Kimber and Shah-Jalal Sarker

Inference for serological surveys investigating past exposures to infections resulting in long-lasting immunity -- an approach using finite mixture models with concomitant information pp. 2523-2542

Irina Chis Ster

Volume 39, issue 10, 2012

A test statistic to choose between Liu-type and least-squares estimator based on mean square error criteria pp. 2081-2096

Meral Ebegil and Fikri Gökpınar

Robust methods for detecting familial aggregation of a quantitative trait in matched case--control family studies pp. 2097-2111

Jiun-Yi Wang, Li-Ching Chen and Hui-Min Lin

An example of a two-part latent growth curve model for semicontinuous outcomes in the health sciences pp. 2113-2128

Sterling McPherson and Celestina Barbosa-Leiker

A new per-field classification method using mixture discriminant analysis pp. 2129-2140

Nazif Çalış and Hamza Erol

A Bayesian inference of P(λ 1 >λ 2 ) for two Poisson parameters pp. 2141-2152

Youhei Kawasaki and Etsuo Miyaoka

Optimal sample size planning for the Wilcoxon--Mann--Whitney and van Elteren tests under cost constraints pp. 2153-2164

Jiin-Huarng Guo

Visualizing main effects and interaction in multiple non-symmetric correspondence analysis pp. 2165-2175

Luigi D'Ambra, Antonello D'Ambra and Pasquale Sarnacchiaro

Multiple imputation using multivariate gh transformations pp. 2177-2198

Yulei He and Trivellore E. Raghunathan

Exploring the variability of DNA molecules via principal geodesic analysis on the shape space pp. 2199-2207

H. Fotouhi and M. Golalizadeh

A new long-term lifetime distribution induced by a latent complementary risk framework pp. 2209-2222

Francisco Louzada, Vicente G. Cancho, Mari Roman and Jos� G. Leite

OECD's ‘Better Life Index’: can any country be well ranked? pp. 2223-2230

J�rôme Kasparian and Antoine Rolland

A generalised Box--Cox transformation for the parametric estimation of clinical reference intervals pp. 2231-2245

Jonathan Gillard

Estimating the prevalence of low-lumbar spine bone mineral density in older men with or at risk for HIV infection using normal mixture models pp. 2247-2258

Yungtai Lo

Self-updating clustering algorithm for estimating the parameters in mixtures of von Mises distributions pp. 2259-2274

Wen-Liang Hung, Shou-Jen Chang-Chien and Miin-Shen Yang

Multiple comparisons with a control under heteroscedasticity pp. 2275-2283

Hong Li and Wei Ning

Bayesian semi-parametric analysis of Poisson change-point regression models: application to policy-making in Cali, Colombia pp. 2285-2298

Taeyoung Park, Robert T. Krafty and Alvaro I. Sánchez

Statistical inference: The minimum distance approach pp. 2299-2300

Alex Karagrigoriou

Applied time series analysis pp. 2300-2301

Hassan S. Bakouch

Reversibility and stochastic networks pp. 2301-2302

Eliane R. Rodrigues

Statistical data mining using SAS applications pp. 2302-2302

Kassim S. Mwitondi

The R primer pp. 2303-2303

Claire Keeble

The Oxford handbook of economic forecasting pp. 2303-2304

Yiannis Kamarianakis

Expansions and asymptotics for statistics pp. 2304-2305

Isaac Dialsingh

Large-scale inference: empirical Bayes methods for estimation, testing, and prediction pp. 2305-2305

Isaac Dialsingh

Bayesian ideas and data analysis: An introduction for scientists and statisticians pp. 2306-2307

Rolando de la Cruz

Biostatistics: a computing approach pp. 2306-2306

P. William Hughes

The Oxford handbook of quantitative asset management pp. 2307-2308

Yves Laberge

Statistics for high-dimensional data pp. 2308-2309

Theofanis Sapatinas

Who's #1? The science of rating and ranking pp. 2309-2310

David J. Hand

Volume 39, issue 9, 2012

Clustering microarray data using model-based double K -means pp. 1853-1869

Francesca Martella and Maurizio Vichi

A cusum procedure to detect deviations from uniformity in angular data pp. 1871-1880

F. Lombard and R. K. Maxwell

Semiparametric mixed-effects models for clustered doubly censored data pp. 1881-1892

Pao-Sheng Shen

A simple way to deal with multicollinearity pp. 1893-1909

Gikuang Jeff Chen

Sample size determination for estimating multivariate process capability indices based on lower confidence limits pp. 1911-1920

Chung-I Li and Jeh-Nan Pan

Analysis of pseudo-panel data with dependent samples pp. 1921-1937

Ainhoa Oguiza Tovar, Inmaculada Gallastegui Zulaica and Vicente Núñez-Antón

Efficient maximin distance designs for experiments in mixtures pp. 1939-1951

R. L.J. Coetzer, R. F Rossouw and N. J. Le Roux

Weibull and generalised exponential overdispersion models with an application to ozone air pollution pp. 1953-1963

Jorge Alberto Achcar, Edilberto Cepeda-Cuervo and Eliane R. Rodrigues

Likelihood estimation for longitudinal zero-inflated power series regression models pp. 1965-1974

E. Bahrami Samani, Y. Amirian and M. Ganjali

A Bayesian panel data framework for examining the economic growth convergence hypothesis: do the G7 countries converge? pp. 1975-1990

Loukia Meligkotsidou, Elias Tzavalis and Ioannis D. Vrontos

Cascade model with Dirichlet process for analyzing multiple dyadic matrices pp. 1991-2003

Hongxia Yang, Jun Wang and Alexsandra Mojslovic

Practical modeling strategies for unbalanced longitudinal data analysis pp. 2005-2013

Enrico A. Colosimo, Maria Arlene Fausto, Marta Afonso Freitas and Jorge Andrade Pinto

A note on the estimation methods of crop production at the block level pp. 2015-2027

Bhim Singh, B. V.S. Sisodia, Anupam Singh and R. P. Kaushal

Vector-borne infectious disease mapping with stochastic difference equations: an analysis of dengue disease in Malaysia pp. 2029-2046

N. A. Samat and D. F. Percy

Longitudinal data: different approaches in the context of item-response theory models pp. 2047-2065

Silvia Bacci

A new look at the difference between the GEE and the GLMM when modeling longitudinal count responses pp. 2067-2079

H. Zhang, Q. Yu, C. Feng, D. Gunzler, P. Wu and X. M. Tu

Volume 39, issue 8, 2012

Modelling of connected processes pp. 1623-1641

Thaung Lwin

Covariance structure approximation via gLasso in high-dimensional supervised classification pp. 1643-1666

Tatjana Pavlenko, Anders Björkström and Annika Tillander

Hypothesis testing with Rao's quadratic entropy and its application to Dinosaur biodiversity pp. 1667-1680

Yueqin Zhao and Dayanand N. Naik

Coordinate-free analysis of trends in British social mobility pp. 1681-1691

Anna Klimova and Tamás Rudas

Large sample confidence intervals for the skewness parameter of the skew-normal distribution based on Fisher's transformation pp. 1693-1702

Valentina Mameli, Monica Musio, Erik Sauleau and Annibale Biggeri

On a minimum distance estimate of the period in functional autoregressive processes pp. 1703-1718

Wafaa Benyelles and Tahar Mourid

Identification of quantitative trait loci for canine hip dysplasia by two sequential multipoint linkage analyses pp. 1719-1731

Lan Zhu, Su Chen, Zhuoxin Jiang, Zhiwu Zhang, Hung-Chih Ku, Xuesong Li, Melinda McCann, Steve Harris, George Lust, Pual Jones and Rory Todhunter

A Bayesian approach for generalized linear models with explanatory biomarker measurement variables subject to detection limit: an application to acute lung injury pp. 1733-1747

Huiyun Wu, Qingxia Chen, Lorraine B. Ware and Tatsuki Koyama

Concordance coefficients to measure the agreement among several sets of ranks pp. 1749-1764

Júlia Teles

Median regression for SUR models with the same explanatory variables in each equation pp. 1765-1779

Ghazi Shukur and Zangin Zeebari

Many-to-one comparison of nonlinear growth curves for Washington's Red Delicious apple pp. 1781-1795

Nairanjana Dasgupta and Monte J. Shaffer

Partly linear models on Riemannian manifolds pp. 1797-1809

Wenceslao Gonzalez-Manteiga, Guillermo Henry and Daniela Rodriguez

Bayesian inference under progressive type-I interval censoring pp. 1811-1824

Yu-Jau Lin and Y. L. Lio

Error analysis of stochastic flight trajectory prediction models pp. 1825-1841

Vasileios Maroulas

Graphics for statistics and data analysis with R pp. 1843-1844

Han Lin Shang

Design and analysis of quality of life studies in clinical trials pp. 1844-1845

Ivana Holloway

Applied Bayesian hierarchical methods pp. 1845-1845

Chris Beeley

Bayesian analysis made simple: An excel GUI for WinBUGS pp. 1845-1846

John Paul Gosling

Linear model methodology pp. 1846-1847

Zhengfeng Guo

An elementary introduction to mathematical finance pp. 1847-1848

Søren Feodor Nielsen

Optimal experimental design with R pp. 1848-1849

Derek S. Young

The Oxford handbook of nonlinear filtering pp. 1849-1850

A. M. Mosammam

Multivariate generalized linear models using R pp. 1851-1851

Şebnem Er

Volume 39, issue 7, 2012

Variable selection for functional density trees pp. 1387-1395

Shu-Fu Kuo and Yu-Shan Shih

Nonparametric approach to intervention time series modeling pp. 1397-1408

Jin-Hong Park

Flexible parametric modelling of the hazard function in breast cancer studies pp. 1409-1421

I. Ardoino, E. M. Biganzoli, C. Bajdik, P. J. Lisboa, P. Boracchi and F. Ambrogi

Asymptotic two-tailed confidence intervals for the difference of proportions pp. 1423-1435

A. Mart�n Andr�s, M. Álvarez Hernández and I. Herranz Tejedor

The likelihood approach for the comparison of medical diagnostic system with multiple binary tests pp. 1437-1454

Carol Y. Lin, Lance A. Waller and Robert H. Lyles

Comparison of three-dimensional profiles over time pp. 1455-1474

Margaret R. Donald, Chris Strickland, Clair L. Alston, Rick Young and Kerrie L. Mengersen

General partially linear varying-coefficient transformation models for ranking data pp. 1475-1488

Jianbo Li, Minggao Gu and Tao Hu

Bayesian model averaging for estimating the number of classes: applications to the total number of species in metagenomics pp. 1489-1504

S�bastien Li-Thiao-T�, Daudin Jean-Jacques and Robin St�phane

Survival in the U.S. petroleum refining industry pp. 1505-1530

Shuyi Jiang

Wild-bootstrapped variance-ratio test for autocorrelation in the presence of heteroskedasticity pp. 1531-1542

Jinook Jeong and Byunguk Kang

Interpretation of the coefficient of determination of an ANOVA model as a measure of polarization pp. 1543-1555

Federico Palacios-González and Rosa Mar�a Garc�a-Fernández

Poverty and inequality in European regions pp. 1557-1576

Nicholas T. Longford, Maria Grazia Pittau, Roberto Zelli and Riccardo Massari

Experimentation order in factorial designs: new findings pp. 1577-1591

Alexander A. Correa, Pere Grima and Xavier Tort-Martorell

Maintaining the exchangeability assumption for a two-group permutation test in the non-randomized setting pp. 1593-1603

Alan D. Hutson and Gregory E. Wilding

Group variable selection in cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation data for veterinary patients pp. 1605-1621

Young Joo Yoon, Cheolwoo Park, Erik Hofmeister and Sangwook Kang

Volume 39, issue 6, 2012

Screening for prostate cancer using multivariate mixed-effects models pp. 1151-1175

Christopher H. Morrell, Larry J. Brant, Shan Sheng and E. Jeffrey Metter

Bayesian principal component regression with data-driven component selection pp. 1177-1189

Liuxia Wang

The negative binomial--beta Weibull regression model to predict the cure of prostate cancer pp. 1191-1210

Edwin M.M. Ortega, Gauss M. Cordeiro and Michael W. Kattan

The Complete Gradient Clustering Algorithm: properties in practical applications pp. 1211-1224

Piotr Kulczycki, Malgorzata Charytanowicz, Piotr A. Kowalski and Szymon Lukasik

Confidence intervals for estimating the population signal-to-noise ratio: a simulation study pp. 1225-1240

Florence George and B. M. Golam Kibria

Growth rate models: emphasizing growth rate analysis through growth curve modeling pp. 1241-1262

Zhiyong Zhang, John J. McArdle and John R. Nesselroade

The internal relocation premium: are migrants positively or negatively selected? Evidence from Italy pp. 1263-1278

Andrea Cutillo and Claudio Ceccarelli

Modelling skewness and kurtosis with the BCPE density in GAMLSS pp. 1279-1293

Vlasios Voudouris, Robert Gilchrist, Robert Rigby, John Sedgwick and Dimitrios Stasinopoulos

Evidence for hedge fund predictability from a multivariate Student's t full-factor GARCH model pp. 1295-1321

Ioannis Vrontos

Multiple outlier test for upper outliers in an exponential sample pp. 1323-1330

S. Lalitha and Nirpeksh Kumar

A new process for modeling heartbeat signals during exhaustive run with an adaptive estimator of its fractal parameters pp. 1331-1351

Jean-Marc Bardet, Imen Kammoun and Veronique Billat

General linear estimators under the prediction error sum of squares criterion in a linear regression model pp. 1353-1361

Xu-Qing Liu and Bo Li

Cross-correlating wavelet coefficients with applications to high-frequency financial time series pp. 1363-1379

Christian Hafner

Exploratory multivariate analysis by example using R pp. 1381-1382

Eric Beh

Using R for data management, statistical analysis, and graphics pp. 1382-1383

Georgi N. Boshnakov

Robust nonparametric statistical methods pp. 1383-1384

Eugenia Stoimenova

Nonparametric statistical inference pp. 1384-1385

Eugenia Stoimenova

Volume 39, issue 5, 2012

Model-based clustering of multivariate skew data with circular components and missing values pp. 927-945

Francesco Lagona and Marco Picone

Empirical likelihood ratio test for a mean change point model with a linear trend followed by an abrupt change pp. 947-961

Wei Ning

Two-step and likelihood methods for HIV viral dynamic models with covariate measurement errors and missing data pp. 963-978

Wei Liu and Lang Wu

An empirical comparison of Canonical Correspondence Analysis and STATICO in the identification of spatio-temporal ecological relationships pp. 979-994

Susana Mendes, M. Jos� Fernández-Gómez, Mário Jorge Pereira, Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro and M. Purificación Galindo-Villardón

To move or not to move to find a new job: spatial duration time model with dynamic covariate effects pp. 995-1009

Göran Kauermann and Nina Westerheide

Estimating infant mortality in Colombia: some overdispersion modelling approaches pp. 1011-1036

Adrián Quintero-Sarmiento, Edilberto Cepeda-Cuervo and Vicente Núñez-Antón

A generalization of the Grizzle model to the estimation of treatment effects in crossover trials with non-compliance pp. 1037-1048

Ali Reza Soltanian and Soghrat Faghihzadeh

Influence diagnostics in heteroscedastic and/or autoregressive nonlinear elliptical models for correlated data pp. 1049-1067

Cibele M. Russo, Gilberto A. Paula, Francisco Jos� A. Cysneiros and Reiko Aoki

Stochastic models for greenhouse gas emission rate estimation from hydroelectric reservoirs: a Bayesian hierarchical approach pp. 1069-1086

Vinicius P. Israel and H�lio S. Migon

Bayesian analysis of longitudinal ordered data with flexible random effects using McMC: application to diabetic macular Edema data pp. 1087-1100

Marjan Mansourian, Anoshirvan Kazemnejad, Iraj Kazemi, Farid Zayeri and Masoud Soheilian

Solving endogeneity problems in multilevel estimation: an example using education production functions pp. 1101-1114

Saïd Hanchane and Tarek Mostafa

Linear regression with compositional explanatory variables pp. 1115-1128

K. Hron, Peter Filzmoser and K. Thompson

Classification of textile fabrics using statistical multivariate techniques pp. 1129-1138

C. Kiruthika and R. Chandrasekaran

Spatial measurement error in infectious disease models pp. 1139-1150

Rob Deardon, Babak Habibzadeh and Hau Yi Chung

Volume 39, issue 4, 2012

Factor recovery by principal axis factoring and maximum likelihood factor analysis as a function of factor pattern and sample size pp. 695-710

J. C.F. de Winter and D. Dodou

Modeling delay in diagnosis of NF: under reportincg, incidence and prevalence estimates pp. 711-721

Irene Rocchetti, Domenica Taruscio and Marco Alfò

Quasi-asymmetry model for square tables with nominal categories pp. 723-729

Kouji Tahata

Sensory analysis via multi-block multivariate additive PLS splines pp. 731-743

Rosaria Lombardo, Pietro Amenta, Myrtille Vivien and Robert Sabatier

Improved quality control charts for monitoring the process mean, using double-ranked set sampling methods pp. 745-763

Amer Ibrahim Al-Omari and Abdul Haq

Profile likelihood-based confidence interval for the dispersion parameter in count data pp. 765-783

Krishna K. Saha, Debaraj Sen and Chun Jin

Lattice-oriented percolation system applied to volatility behavior of stock market pp. 785-797

Yao Yu and Jun Wang

Variable selection in quantile regression via Gibbs sampling pp. 799-813

Rahim Alhamzawi and Keming Yu

Estimating DEA confidence intervals with statistical panel data analysis pp. 815-828

Darold T. Barnum, John M. Gleason, Matthew G. Karlaftis, Glen T. Schumock, Karen L. Shields, Sonali Tandon and Surrey M. Walton

An empirical bias--variance analysis of DECORATE ensemble method at different training sample sizes pp. 829-850

Chun-Xia Zhang, Guan-Wei Wang and Jiang-She Zhang

A multivariate rank test for comparing mass size distributions pp. 851-865

F. Lombard and C. J. Potgieter

Understanding the epidemiology of foreign body injuries in children using a data-driven Bayesian network pp. 867-874

P. Berchialla, S. Snidero, A. Stancu, C. Scarinzi, R. Corradetti and D. Gregori

Spatio-temporal modeling of infectious disease dynamics pp. 875-882

Sifat Sharmin and Md. Israt Rayhan

Mixed-Poisson point process with partially observed covariates: ecological momentary assessment of smoking pp. 883-899

Benjamin Neustifter, Stephen L. Rathbun and Saul Shiffman

Change-point cure models with application to estimating the change-point effect of age of diagnosis among prostate cancer patients pp. 901-911

Megan Othus, Yi Li and Ram Tiwari

Autoregressive model selection based on a prediction perspective pp. 913-922

Yun-Huan Lee and Chun-Shu Chen

Introduction to general and generalized linear models pp. 923-924

Søren Feodor Nielsen

Time series: Modeling, Computation, and Inference pp. 923-923

Hassan S. Bakouch

The oxford handbook of credit derivatives pp. 924-925

Long Kang

Exercises and solutions in biostatistical theory pp. 925-926

Mariano Ruiz Espejo

Volume 39, issue 3, 2012

Regression analysis of zero-inflated time-series counts: application to air pollution related emergency room visit data pp. 467-476

M. Tariqul Hasan, Gary Sneddon and Renjun Ma

Female athletic participation and income: evidence from a latent class model pp. 477-488

Steven B Caudill, James E. Long and Franklin Mixon

Evaluation of false discovery rate and power via sample size in microarray studies pp. 489-500

Jie Song, Herman W. Raadsma and Peter C. Thomson

Interval estimators for reliability: the bivariate normal case pp. 501-512

Alessandro Barbiero

Tree-structured analysis of treatment effects with large observational data pp. 513-529

Joseph Kang, Xiaogang Su, Brian Hitsman, Kiang Liu and Donald Lloyd-Jones

A non-iterative sampling Bayesian method for linear mixed models with normal independent distributions pp. 531-549

Victor H. Lachos, Celso R.B. Cabral and Carlos A. Abanto-Valle

F -tests with a rare pathology pp. 551-561

C�lia Nunes, Dário Ferreira, Sandra S. Ferreira and João T. Mexia

Testing variance components in balanced linear growth curve models pp. 563-572

Reza Drikvandi, Ahmad Khodadadi and Geert Verbeke

Quad folding: a simple idea for the subjective property characterization of large sample sets pp. 573-580

Richard W. Miller

Fully observed INAR(1) processes pp. 581-598

Christian H. Weiß

An augmented approach to the desirability function pp. 599-613

Hsiu-Wen Chen, Weng Kee Wong and Hongquan Xu

Influence diagnostics in Gaussian spatial linear models pp. 615-630

Miguel Angel Uribe-Opazo, Joelmir Andr� Borssoi and Manuel Galea

Slope estimation of covariates that influence renal outcome following renal transplant adjusting for informative right censoring pp. 631-642

Miran A. Jaffa, Ayad A. Jaffa and Stuart R. Lipsitz

Phylogenetic tree selection by the adjusted k -means approach pp. 643-655

Hsiuying Wang and Shan-Lin Hung

Estimating mean-standard deviation ratios of financial data pp. 657-671

Thomas Holgersson, Peter S. Karlsson and Rashid Mansoor

Optimizing a control plan using a structural equation model with an application to statistical process analysis pp. 673-694

Manabu Kuroki

Volume 39, issue 2, 2012

Multivariate outbreak detection pp. 223-242

Linus Schiöler and Marianne Fris�n

New data dissemination approaches in old Europe -- synthetic datasets for a German establishment survey pp. 243-265

Joerg Drechsler

A jackknife-based versatile test for two-sample problems with right-censored data pp. 267-277

Yu-Mei Chang, Chun-Shu Chen and Pao-Sheng Shen

Measure of departure from marginal homogeneity using marginal odds for multi-way tables with ordered categories pp. 279-295

Kiyotaka Iki, Kouji Tahata and Sadao Tomizawa

Bivariate deconvolution with SIMEX: an application to mapping Alaska earthquake density pp. 297-308

Julie McIntyre and Ronald P. Barry

Estimation of δ= P ( X > Y ) for Burr XII distribution based on the progressively first failure-censored samples pp. 309-322

Y. L. Lio and Tzong-Ru Tsai

Measurement error effect on the CUSUM control chart pp. 323-336

Petros E. Maravelakis

Quantification of symmetry for functional data with application to equine lameness classification pp. 337-360

Helle Sørensen, Anders Tolver, Maj Halling Thomsen and Pia Haubro Andersen

Semi-parametric modelling of temperature records pp. 361-383

Terence C. Mills

Some multivariate goodness-of-fit tests based on data depth pp. 385-397

Caiya Zhang, Yanbiao Xiang and Xinmei Shen

Generalizing the standardized hazard ratio to multivariate proportional hazards regression, with an application to clinical~genomic studies pp. 399-417

Michael R. Crager

Identifying the time of change in the mean of a two-stage nested process pp. 419-433

Marcus B. Perry and Joseph J. Pignatiello

Applying a marginalized frailty model to competing risks pp. 435-443

Stephanie N. Dixon, Gerarda A. Darlington and Victoria Edge

Two-stage hierarchical modeling for analysis of subpopulations in conditional distributions pp. 445-460

Inna Chervoneva, Tingting Zhan, Boris Iglewicz, Walter W. Hauck and David E. Birk

Volume 39, issue 1, 2012

Editorial pp. 1-1

Robert G. Aykroyd

Modelling interval data with Normal and Skew-Normal distributions pp. 3-20

Paula Brito and Pedro Silva

A new compounding life distribution: the Weibull--Poisson distribution pp. 21-38

Wanbo Lu and Daimin Shi

Measures of predictor sensitivity for order-insensitive partitioning of multiple correlation pp. 39-51

Sammy Zahran, Michael A. Long and Kenneth J. Berry

A calibration-based approach to sensitive data: a simulation study pp. 53-65

Giancarlo Diana and Pier Francesco Perri

Confidence intervals and bands for the binormal ROC curve revisited pp. 67-79

Eugene Demidenko

Earthquakes occurrences estimation through a parametric semi-Markov approach pp. 81-96

Giovanni Masala

Discrepancy in regression estimates between log-normal and gamma: some case studies pp. 97-111

Rabindra Nath Das and Jeong-Soo Park

Trends in smoking cessation: a Markov model approach pp. 113-127

Charles G. Minard, Wenyaw Chan, David W. Wetter and Carol J. Etzel

Clustering time-course microarray data using functional Bayesian infinite mixture model pp. 129-149

Claudia Angelini, Daniela De Canditiis and Marianna Pensky

Bias-corrected random forests in regression pp. 151-160

Guoyi Zhang and Yan Lu

Ordinal ridge regression with categorical predictors pp. 161-171

Faisal M. Zahid and Shahla Ramzan

Assessing inter- and intra-agreement for dependent binary data: a Bayesian hierarchical correlation approach pp. 173-187

Miao-Yu Tsai

A classification updating procedure motivated by high-content screening data pp. 189-198

R. M. Jacques, N. R.J. Fieller and E. K. Ainscow

A spatial random-effects model for interzone flows: commuting in Northern Ireland pp. 199-213

P. Congdon and C. D. Lloyd

The malicious host: a minimax solution of the Monty Hall problem pp. 215-221

Jan C. Schuller