Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, Volume 45

Volume 45, Number 1, 2016

Original Articles

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  Mingqiu Wang, Lixin Song, Xiaoguang Wang:
  Quadratic Approximation via the SCAD Penalty with a Diverging Number of Parameters. 1-16
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  Filiz Kardiyen, Hülya Olmus:
  A Comparison of Two Group Classification Approaches to Fat-tailed and Skewed Data. 17-32
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  Alya O. Al Mutairi, Heng Chin Low:
  Improved Measures of the Spread of Data for Some Unknown Complex Distributions Using Saddlepoint Approximations. 33-47
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  Chun Luo, Yingshan Zhang:
  Symmetrical Design of Experiment in Global Sensitivity Analysis Based on ANOVA High-dimensional Model Representation. 48-72
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  David D. L. Minh, Do Le Paul Minh, Andrew L. Nguyen:
  Layer Sampling. 73-100
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  Juan Ding, Wenjun Xiong:
  A New Estimator for a Population Proportion Using Group Testing. 101-114
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  Heewon Park, S. Konishi:
  Robust Coordinate Descent Algorithm Robust Solution Path for High-dimensional Sparse Regression Modeling. 115-129
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  Soudabeh Shemehsavar, Morteza Amini:
  Failure Inference and Optimization for Step Stress Model Based on Bivariate Wiener Model. 130-151
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  Francisco J. Ariza-Hernandez, Flaviano Godínez-Jaimes, Ramón Reyes-Carreto:
  Bayesian Estimation of the Log-linear Exponential Regression Model with Censorship and Collinearity. 152-164
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  Taeyoung Park, Seunghyun Min:
  Partially Collapsed Gibbs Sampling for Linear Mixed-effects Models. 165-180
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  A. R. Shafay:
  Exact Inference for a Simple Step-stress Model with Generalized Type-I Hybrid Censored Data from the Exponential Distribution. 181-206
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  Gabriel Rodríguez:
  A Comparative Note about Estimation of the Fractional Parameter under Additive Outliers. 207-221
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  Peiyan Qi, Xifa Duan, Zheng Tian, Fuxiao Li:
  Sequential Monitoring for Changes in Models with a Polynomial Trend. 222-239
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  Yongqiang Tang:
  Notes on Kolassa's Method for Estimating the Power of Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney Test. 240-251
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  Matthias Arnold, Nils Raabe, Dominik Wied:
  Identifying Different Areas of Inhomogenous Mineral Subsoil: Spatial Fluctuation Approaches. 252-263
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  Melody Denhere, Nedret Billor:
  Robust Principal Component Functional Logistic Regression. 264-281
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  Nathalie Villa-Vialaneix, Noslén Hernández, Alain Paris, Céline Domange, Nathalie Priymenko, Philippe Besse:
  On Combining Wavelets Expansion and Sparse Linear Models for Regression on Metabolomic Data and Biomarker Selection. 282-298
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  Joost C. F. de Winter, Dimitra Dodou:
  Common Factor Analysis versus Principal Component Analysis: A Comparison of Loadings by Means of Simulations. 299-321
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  Liwen Xu, Kaiyi Qu, Mixia Wu, Bo Mei, Ranran Chen:
  Parametric Bootstrap Tests for Unbalanced Three-factor Nested Designs under Heteroscedasticity. 322-338
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  S. F. Bagheri, Mojtaba Alizadeh, S. Nadarajah:
  Efficient Estimation of the PDF and the CDF of the Exponentiated Gumbel Distribution. 339-361
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  R. Vijayaraghavan, S. Banumathi:
  Bayesian Design of Special Type of Double Sampling Plans for Compliance Testing. 362-377
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  Dong Wan Shin, Hyo Jin Kim, Jinwook Seo:
  SUR Approach for IV Estimation of Canonical Contagion Models. 378-387

Volume 45, Number 2, 2016

Original Articles

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  Alireza Daneshkhah, G. Parham, Omid Chatrabgoun, M. Jokar:
  Approximation Multivariate Distribution with Pair Copula Using the Orthonormal Polynomial and Legendre Multiwavelets Basis Functions. 389-419
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  Abdou Kâ Diongue, Mor Ndongo:
  The k-factor GARMA Process with Infinite Variance Innovations. 420-437
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  Tanujit Dey, Sanku Dey, Debasis Kundu:
  On Progressively Type-II Censored Two-parameter Rayleigh Distribution. 438-455
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  Alexandru V. Asimit, Edward Furman, Raluca Vernic:
  Statistical Inference for a New Class of Multivariate Pareto Distributions. 456-471
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  Santanu Dutta:
  Cross-validation Revisited. 472-490
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  Donald Lien, Christopher Stroud, Keying Ye:
  Comparing VaR Approximation Methods that Use the First Four Moments as Inputs. 491-503
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  Reinhard Brandner, Ernst Stadlober:
  Samples of iid Lognormals: Approximations for Characteristics of Minima. 504-518
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  Dwi Yuli Rakhmawati, Chao-Lung Yang, Chien-Wei Wu:
  Process Capability Assessment for Asymmetric Tolerances with Consideration of Gauge Measurement Errors. 519-547
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  Muhammad Azam, Muhammad Aslam, Karl Peter Pfeiffer:
  Three Steps Strategy to Search for Optimum Classification Trees. 548-565
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  P. G. Sankaran, N. Unnikrishnan Nair, N. N. Midhu:
  A New Quantile Function with Applications to Reliability Analysis. 566-582
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  Deepak Kumar, S. B. Singh:
  Stochastic Analysis of Complex Repairable System with Deliberate Failure Emphasizing Reboot Delay. 583-602
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  Diego I. Gallardo, Heleno Bolfarine, Antonio Carlos Pedroso de Lima:
  Promotion Time Cure Rate Model with Bivariate Random Effects. 603-624
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  Tatiene C. Souza, Tarciana Liberal Pereira, Francisco Cribari-Neto, Verônica M. C. Lima:
  Testing Inference in Inflated Beta Regressions under Model Misspecification. 625-642
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  A. A. P. N. M. Perera, M. R. Sooriyarachchi, Shanika L. Wickramasuriya:
  A Goodness of Fit Test for the Multilevel Logistic Model. 643-659
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  Waqas Ahmed Malik, Jens Möhring, Hans-Peter Piepho:
  A Clustering-based Test for Nonadditivity in an Unreplicated Two-way Layout. 660-670
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  Zhimeng Sun:
  Empirical Likelihood Inference of the Partial Linear Isotonic Errors-in-variables Regression Models with Missing Data. 671-688
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  Jibo Wu:
  Modified Restricted Almost Unbiased Liu Estimator in Linear Regression Model. 689-700
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  Yunchan Chi, Tsung-Hsien Tsai, Yi-Hsuan Tu, Wen-Yan Tsai:
  Comparison of Several Confidence Intervals for Median Residual Lifetime with Left-truncated and Right-censored Data. 701-716
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  Alejandro Villagran, Gabriel Huerta, Marina Vannucci, Charles S. Jackson, Alvaro Nosedal:
  Non-parametric Sampling Approximation via Voronoi Tessellations. 717-736
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  Chunning Yan, Ren Chen, Yangxin Huang:
  Mixed-effects Models with Skewed Distributions for Time-varying Decay Rate in HIV Dynamics. 737-757
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  Mohammad Reza Faghihi, S. Tat:
  On Φ_p-optimality of Incomplete Block Designs: An Algorithm. 758-769

Volume 45, Number 3, 2016

Original Articles

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  Moonsu Kang:
  Optimal False Discovery Rate Control with Kernel Density Estimation in a Microarray Experiment. 771-780
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  Jiunn-I Shieh, Hsin-Hung Wu:
  Measures of Consistency for DEMATEL Method. 781-790
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  Juha Ala-Luhtala, Robert Piché:
  Gaussian Scale Mixture Models for Robust Linear Multivariate Regression with Missing Data. 791-813
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  X. Wang, N. Balakrishnan, B. Guo:
  Mis-specification Analyses of Nonlinear Wiener Process-based Degradation Models. 814-832
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  M. Ivette Gomes, M. Fátima Brilhante, Dinis Pestana:
  New Reduced-bias Estimators of a Positive Extreme Value Index. 833-862
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  Dafydd Evans, Jonathan Gillard:
  Difference-based Methods for Truncating the Singular Value Decomposition. 863-879
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  Tianyu Sun, Yimin Shi:
  Estimation for Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution in Simple Step Stress-accelerated Life Test with Type-II Censoring. 880-901
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  Arnaud D. Nze Ossima, Mohamed C. Belkacemi, Jean-Pierre Daurès:
  Using Adjacent-category Logits Procedure for Estimating Receiver Operating Characteristic Surface. 902-919
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  Meryam Krit, Olivier Gaudoin, Min Xie, Emmanuel Remy:
  Simplified Likelihood Based Goodness-of-fit Tests for the Weibull Distribution. 920-951
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  Shu-Fei Wu, Hubert J. Chen:
  An Optimal Confidence Region for the Largest and the Smallest Means from a Multivariate Normal Distribution. 952-967
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  Roel de Jong, Stef van Buuren, Martin Spiess:
  Multiple Imputation of Predictor Variables Using Generalized Additive Models. 968-985
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  Agnieszka Rutkowska, Kazimierz Banasik:
  The Cucconi Test for Location-scale Alternatives in Application to Asymmetric Hydrological Variables. 986-1000
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  Nileshkumar H. Jadhav, Dattatraya N. Kashid:
  Robust Linearized Ridge M-estimator for Linear Regression Model. 1001-1024
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  Oleg Sysoev, Anders Grimvall, Oleg Burdakov:
  Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for Large-scale Multivariate Monotonic Regression Problems. 1025-1040
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  Bruno Lecoutre, Jacques Poitevineau:
  New Results for Computing Blaker's Exact Confidence Interval for One Parameter Discrete Distributions. 1041-1053
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  Fangyu Liu, Lirong Cui:
  A Design of Attributes Double Sampling Plans for Three-class Products. 1054-1071
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  Lixiang Tan, Lihong Wang:
  The LASSO Method for Bilinear Time Series Models. 1072-1082
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  Bernard Picinbono:
  Inversion of the Renewal Density with Dead-time. 1083-1093
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  Yasin Asar, Asir Genç:
  New Shrinkage Parameters for the Liu-type Logistic Estimators. 1094-1103
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  Minjung Kyung:
  A Computational Bayesian Method for Generalized Semiparametric Regression Models. 1104-1128
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  Avinash Chandran, Derek Brown, Jerome Danoff, Loretta DiPietro:
  Using the Inverse Maximum Ratio-Λ as a Technique to Quantify Surface Uniformity. 1129-1142
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  Pedro Macedo, Manuel G. Scotto, Elvira Silva:
  Regularization with Maximum Entropy and Quantum Electrodynamics: The Merg(E) Estimators. 1143-1157

Volume 45, Number 4, 2016

The 9th Chinese Data Mining and Applied Statistics Cross-Strait Conference

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  Ben-Chang Shia, Bo Zhang:
  Preface. 1159
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  Wei Xue, Jing Zhang:
  Dealing with Imbalanced Dataset: A Re-sampling Method Based on the Improved SMOTE Algorithm. 1160-1172
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  Shilong Li, Xia Zhao, Jingxiao Zhang:
  Fractional Age Assumption Based on Cubic Polynomial Interpolation. 1173-1186
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  Yu-Ting Cheng, Chih-Ching Yang:
  An Approach of Stocks Substitution Strategy Using Fuzzy Interval Correlation Coefficient. 1187-1196
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  Jianping Zhu, Kuangnan Fang:
  A Multistage Chi-square Test for Measurement of the Degree of Association in Two-way Table. 1197-1212
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  Hsin-Hung Chen, Mingchih Chen, Chun-Cheng Chiu:
  The Integration of Artificial Neural Networks and Text Mining to Forecast Gold Futures Prices. 1213-1225
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  Bo Zhang, Tao Bi:
  Intraday Serial Correlation, Volatility, and Jump: Evidence from China's Stock Market. 1226-1239
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  Y. K. Tseng, Y. F. Yang:
  A Kernel Smooth Approach for Joint Modeling of Accelerated Failure Time and Longitudinal Data. 1240-1248
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  Daniel Wei-Chung Miao, Hsiu-Chun Lee, Hung Chen:
  A Standardized Normal-Laplace Mixture Distribution Fitted to Symmetric Implied Volatility Smiles. 1249-1267
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  Yang Li, Yichen Qin, Limin Wang, Jiaxu Chen, Shuangge Ma:
  Grouped Variable Selection Using Area under the ROC with Imbalanced Data. 1268-1280
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  Lei Qin, Shuangge Ma, Jung-Chen Lin, Ben-Chang Shia:
  Lasso Regression Based on Empirical Mode Decomposition. 1281-1294
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  Berlin Wu, Tsung-Kuo Tienliu, Ching-Ling Wu, Wentsung Lai:
  Statistical Analysis with Soft Computation for Fuzzy Answering in Sampling Survey. 1295-1306
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  Jack C. Yue, Murray K. Clayton:
  A Multiple-community Overlap Measure Based on a Probabilistic Approach. 1307-1317
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  Chin-Chuan Wu, Li-Ching Chen, Yi-Jie Chen:
  Statistical Inferences for the Lifetime Performance Index of the Products with the Gompertz Distribution under Censored Samples. 1318-1336
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  Berlin Wu, Wentsung Lai, Ching-Ling Wu, Tsung-Kuo Tienliu:
  Correlation with Fuzzy Data and Its Applications in the 12-year Compulsory Education in Taiwan. 1337-1354
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  Xiaomao Li, Jianxin Yin:
  Sparse Sufficient Dimension Reduction for Markov Blanket Discovery. 1355-1364
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  Lie-Jane Kao, Tai-Yuan Chen, Kuang-Chao Chang:
  Efficient Mixture Design Fitting Quadratic Surface with Quantile Responses Using First-degree Polynomial. 1365-1380
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  Hu Yang, Danhui Yi, Chenqun Yu:
  Cluster Data Streams with Noisy Variables. 1381-1396
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  Miao Liu, Xiaoling Lu, Jie Song:
  A New Feature Selection Method for Text Categorization of Customer Reviews. 1397-1409
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  Su-Fen Yang:
  An Improved Distribution-free EWMA Mean Chart. 1410-1427

Volume 45, Number 5, 2016

7th International Workshop on Simulation

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  Paola Monari, Viatcheslav B. Melas, Luigi Salmaso:
  Preface. 1429
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  Alexander V. Bulinski, Alexander S. Rakitko:
  Simulation and Analytical Approach to the Identification of Significant Factors. 1430-1450
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  Ekaterina Bulinskaya, Julia Gusak:
  Optimal Control and Sensitivity Analysis for Two Risk Models. 1451-1466
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  Mohammad Ahsanullah, Valery B. Nevzorov:
  On Some New Record Schemes. 1467-1476
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  Vladimir V. Anisimov:
  Predictive Hierarchic Modeling of Operational Characteristics in Clinical Trials. 1477-1488
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  Ingram Olkin:
  Life Distributions: A Brief Discussion. 1489-1498
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  Jean-Paul Fox, Maarten Marsman, Joris Mulder, Josine Verhagen:
  Complex Latent Variable Modeling in Educational Assessment. 1499-1510
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  Cyrielle Dumont, Marylore Chenel, France Mentré:
  Two-stage Adaptive Designs in Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models: Application to Pharmacokinetics in Children. 1511-1525
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  D. Rasch, F. Teuscher, L. R. Verdooren:
  A Conjecture about BIBDs. 1526-1537
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  Emmanouil Androulakis, Christos Koukouvinos, Filia Vonta:
  Tuning Parameter Selection in Penalized Frailty Models. 1538-1553
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  Stefano Bonnini:
  Multivariate Approach for Comparative Evaluations of Customer Satisfaction with Application to Transport Services. 1554-1568
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  Rosa Arboretti Giancristofaro, V. Boatto, T. Tempesta, Daniel Vecchiato:
  Statistical Modeling for the Evaluation of Consumers' Preferences. 1569-1582
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  Eleonora Carrozzo, Livio Corain, Remigio Musci, Luigi Salmaso, Luca Spadoni:
  A New Approach to Rank Several Multivariate Normal Populations with Application to Life Cycle Assessment. 1583-1599
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  Bertrand Gauthier, Luc Pronzato:
  Approximation of IMSE-optimal Designs via Quadrature Rules and Spectral Decomposition. 1600-1612
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  Subir Ghosh, Mike (Fu Ze) Huang:
  Full Estimation Capacity Hierarchical Fractional Factorial Designs for a Class of Models. 1613-1620
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  Maria Iannario:
  Testing Overdispersion in CUBE Models. 1621-1635
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  Irene Martelli, Mariagiulia Matteucci, Stefania Mignani:
  Bayesian Estimation of a Multidimensional Additive Graded Response Model for Correlated Traits. 1636-1654
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  Giulia Roli, Paola Monari:
  A Model-based Approach to Measure School Achievements in Latent Groups of Students: A Simulation Study. 1655-1663
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  Matteo Farnè:
  An Algorithm to Simulate VMA Processes Having a Spectrum with Fixed Condition Number. 1664-1675

Original Articles

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  Xinwei Feng:
  Anticipated Backward Stochastic Differential Equation with Reflection. 1676-1688
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  Jin Chu Wu, Alvin F. Martin, Raghu N. Kacker:
  Validation of Nonparametric Two-sample Bootstrap in ROC Analysis on Large Datasets. 1689-1703
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  Frank Schaarschmidt, Gemechis D. Djira:
  Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for Ratios of Fixed Effect Parameters in Linear Mixed Models. 1704-1717
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  Donald John Best, John C. W. Rayner, Olivier Thas, Jan De Neve, David Allingham:
  Comparing Nonparametric Tests of Equality of Means for Randomized Block Designs. 1718-1730
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  Hélcio Vieira Junior, Karl Heinz Kienitz, Mischel Carmen Neyra Belder-Rain:
  Multinomial Selection in the Presence of Infinite Alternatives. 1731-1747
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  Henri E. Cuny, Tristan Senga Kiessé:
  On Modeling Wood Formation Using Parametric and Semiparametric Regressions for Count Data. 1748-1762
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  Yasemin Kayhan Atilgan:
  Robust Coplot Analysis. 1763-1775
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  Satish Bhat, R. Vidya, V. Pandit Parameshwar:
  Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Parameters in a Mixture Model. 1776-1784
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  H. E. T. Holgersson, Kristofer Månsson, Ghazi Shukur:
  Testing for Panel Unit Roots under General Cross-sectional Dependence. 1785-1801
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  Nehir Ene, Mehmet Karahasan:
  A New Estimation Method Based on Order Statistics in the Families of Symmetric Location-scale Distributions. 1802-1825

Volume 45, Number 6, 2016

Original Articles

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  Cui Xiong, Jin Xu:
  Confidence Intervals from Stochastic Approximation. 1827-1837
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  Mohsen Arefi, G. R. Mohtashami Borzadaran, Y. Vaghei:
  Interval Estimations for the Mean of the Generalized Poisson and Generalized Negative Binomial Distributions. 1838-1864
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  Ji Luo, Haifen Li, Jiajia Zhang:
  Robust Smoothed Rank Estimation Methods for Accelerated Failure Time Model Allowing Clusters. 1865-1884
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  Shahariar Huda, L. Benkherouf:
  On Some Two- and Three-dimensional D-minimax Designs for Estimating Slopes of a Third-order Response Surface. 1885-1895
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  Guoyi Zhang, Maozhen Gong, Yang Cheng:
  Adjusted Confidence Bands for Complex Survey Data. 1896-1904
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  Thalita do Bem Mattos, Clécio da Silva Ferreira:
  The Mean-shift Outlier Model under Skew Normal Distribution. 1905-1917
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