Advances and Applications in Statistical Sciences

ContentsVOLUME 1, ISSUE 2, February 2010, PAGES 105-519

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VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2, FEBRUARY 2010, 105-519

SOME GEOMETRY FOR THE MAXIMAL INVARIANT IN TIME SERIES REGRESSIONS

PATRICK MARSH
105
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A SEMIPARAMETRIC BAYESIAN ESTIMATION METHOD OF THE ACCELERATED FAILURE TIME MODEL

JIAJIA ZHANG AND HONGMEI ZHANG
125
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A HYBRID HAZARD MODEL WITH THRESHOLD-STRESS: THE WEIBULL CASE

FRANCISCO LOUZADA NETO, CYNTHIA A. V. TOJEIRO AND GLEICI CASTRO PERDONÁ
145
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A NOTE ON THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION INVOLVING POISSONIAN SUM OF EXPONENTIAL VARIABLES

TOMASZ J. KOZUBOWSKI AND ANNA K. PANORSKA
157
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INTEGRATION OF MANAGERIAL PREFERENCES IN DEA MODELING: A CASE STUDY INVOLVING WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS

DANIEL G. SHIMSHAK
167
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ILLUSTRATIONS ON USING THE DISTRIBUTION OF A P-VALUE IN HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSES

XIAOJUN HU, GARY L. GADBURY, QINFANG XIANG AND DAVID B. ALLISON
191
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CLASSIFICATION OF SHORT TIME SERIES

AGOSTINO TARSITANO
215
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STEIN TYPE ESTIMATION OF THE REGRESSION OPERATOR FOR FUNCTIONAL DATA

IDIR OUASSOU AND MUSTAPHA RACHDI
233
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THE GENERALIZED NO-ARBITRAGE ANALYSIS OF FRICTIONAL MARKETS

XIN WU, MIAO XIA AND PEIBIAO ZHAO
251
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EXPECTED A POSTERIORI ESTIMATION IN FINANCE

THOMAS MAZZONI
263
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BAYESIAN CHURN MODELS

SILVIA FIGINI AND PAOLO GIUDICI
285
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CLUSTER ANALYSIS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE

JOÃO OLIVEIRA SOARES AND CRISTINA C. COUTINHO
311
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MINING EXHALED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOR BREAST CANCER DETECTION

KICHUN SKY LEE, M. FORREST ABOUELNASR, CHARLENE W. BAYER, SHERYL G. A. GABRAM, BORIS MIZAIKOFF, ANDRÉ ROGATKO AND BRANI VIDAKOVIC
327
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LOCAL LIKELIHOOD FOR INTERVAL-CENSORED RECURRENT EVENT DATA

DAVID TOLUSSO AND RICHARD J. COOK
343
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A QUICK AND RATHER ACCURATE ESTIMATE OF PEARSON’S CORRELATION COEFFICIENT r FROM SCATTER DIAGRAMS

ADI RAVEH AND GUY LESHEM
371
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TRACKING MSE EFFICIENCIES IN RIDGE REGRESSION

D. R. JENSEN AND D. E. RAMIREZ
381
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A NONSTANDARD UNIFORM FUNCTIONAL LIMIT LAW FOR THE INCREMENTS OF THE MULTIVARIATE EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION

DAVIT VARRON
399
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QUANTILE ESTIMATION FOR THE EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION WITH CENSORED DATA

K. THIAGARAJAH
429
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ON MULTIVARIATE TESTS FOR COMPARING MEANS

YOSIHITO MARUYAMA
441
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DERIVATIVE EVALUATION USING RECOMBINING TREES UNDER STOCHASTIC VOLATILITY

ENRICO MORETTO, SARA PASQUALI AND BARBARA TRIVELLATO
453
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IS THE INTERNET SLOWING DOWN?

MARIO LEFEBVRE
481
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BAYESIAN STATISTICAL INFERENCE FOR FUTURE RESPONSES FROM PARALLEL SYSTEMS

HAFIZ M. R. KHAN AND SERGE B. PROVOST
487
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A PARTITIONING ALGORITHM FOR COMPUTING LIMITING DISTRIBUTIONS OF ILL-CONDITIONED MARKOV CHAINS

C. AFFANE AJI AND H. ELALAOUI-TALIBI
511