ordered data analysis, models and health research methods...

Ordered Data Analysis, Models and Health

Research Methods: An International Conference

in Honor of H.N. Nagaraja for His 60th Birthday

Friday, March 7 – Sunday, March 9, 2014

PROGRAM SUMMARY

Ordered Data Analysis, Models and Health Research Methods: An International Conference inHonor of H.N. Nagaraja for His 60th Birthday

Time ActivityFriday, March 7, 2014

8:00-9:00 Registration and Refreshments9:00-9:30 Opening Ceremony

9:30-10:30 Plenary Talk 1 (N. Balakrishnan)10:30-10:50 Coffee Break10:50-12:20 Parallel Invited Sessions

Session 1A: Statistical Methods for Genetic Data ISession 1B: Statistical Methods for Nursing and Medical ResearchSession 1C: Recent Developments in Order StatisticsSession 1D: Advances in Step-stress Accelerated Life TestingSession 1E: Statistics in Economics and Finance

12:20-13:35 Lunch13:35-15:05 Parallel Invited Sessions

Session 2A: Recent Statistical and Computational Developmentsin Genomic Studies

Session 2B: Statistical Methods in Nutrition ResearchSession 2C: Generalized Order Statistics and ReliabilitySession 2D: Inference on Discrete ModelsSession 2E: Modeling for Dependent Data Processes

with Applications15:05-15:25 Coffee Break15:25-16:55 Parallel Invited Sessions

Session 3A: Bayesian Statistics and Application in Biomedical DataSession 3B: Measuring Agreement in Measurement MethodsSession 3C: Recent Developments in L-momentsSession 3D: Progressive Censoring: Methodology and ApplicationsSession 3E: Inference with Dependent Data

17:00-18:30 Parallel Invited SessionsSession 4A: Statistical Methods in Medicine and Other FieldsSession 4B: Statistical InferenceSession 4C: Bounds and inequalities for ordered dataSession 4D: Ranked Set Sampling ISession 4E: Computer Experiments and Time Series Analysis

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March 7 – 9, 2014 The University of Texas at Dallas

Time ActivitySaturday, March 8, 2014

9:00-10:00 Plenary Talk 2 (Sally C. Morton)10:00-10:20 Coffee Break10:20-11:50 Parallel Invited Sessions

Session 5A: Statistical Methods for Genetic Data IISession 5B: Using Spline Smoothing in Health ResearchSession 5C: Developments on Pitman Closeness

of Order StatisticsSession 5D: Ranking and SelectionSession 5E: Statistical Inference and Model Selection

11:55-12:55 Parallel JMP and Contributed SessionsSession 6A: Lifetime Data AnalysisSession 6B: Distribution Theory and Order StatisticsSession 6C: Characterization of Probability DistributionsSession 6D: Introduction to Interactive Data Analysis

and Visualization Using JMP12:55-14:10 Lunch14:10-15:40 Parallel Invited Sessions

Session 7A: Statistical Methods for High-dimensionalGenomics Data

Session 7B: Statistical Modeling and Inference for Count DataSession 7C: Order Statistics and ApplicationsSession 7D: Recent Developments in Progressive CensoringSession 7E: Capture Recapture, Distribution Theory,

and Public Health15:40-16:00 Coffee Break16:00-17:30 Parallel Invited Sessions

Session 8A: Bayesian Methodology for Biomedical ApplicationsSession 8B: Statistical Applications in Medical ResearchSession 8C: Modeling and Analysis of Survival DataSession 8D: Ranked Set Sampling II

17:35-18:30 Session 9: Poster Presentations18:30-21:30 Banquet

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Time ActivitySunday, March 9, 2014

9:00-10:00 Plenary Talk 3 (Barry C. Arnold)10:05-11:35 Parallel Invited Sessions

Session 10A: Statistical Methods for Genetic Data IIISession 10B: Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials for CancerSession 10C: Exceedances, Characterizations and Reliability Models

Based on Ordered Random VariablesSession 10D: Time Series and ApplicationsSession 10E: Statistical Consulting:

Challenges, Opportunities and Rewards11:35-11:55 Closing Ceremony11:55-1:10 Lunch (Boxed Lunch)

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PLENARY TALKS

Friday, March 7, 2014, 9:30 – 10:30

ORDERING ORDER STATISTICS

N. Balakrishnan, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Chair: Barry C. Arnold, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA

Saturday, March 8, 2014, 9:00 – 10:00

DATA, DESIGN, AND ANALYSIS FORCOMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH DECISIONS

Sally C. Morton, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Chair: Thomas J. Santner, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Sunday, March 9, 2014, 9:00 – 10:00

VARIATIONS ON SOME

EXPONENTIAL CHARACTERIZATION THEMES

Barry C. Arnold, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA

Chair: Udo Kamps, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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Friday, March 7, 2014: Parallel Sessions

1A: Statistical Methods for Genetic Data I (10:50-12:20)

Organizer: Swati Biswas, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

Chair: Swati Biswas, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

10:50-11:20Agreement Statistics and Quality Assessment for Imputed GeneticDataNancy Saccone, Washington University School of Medicine, StLouis, MO, USA

11:20-11:50A Powerful Parsimonious Tree based Model Averaging Approachfor Detection of Multi-Locus EffectsSaonli Basu, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

11:50-12:20Challenges and Issues in Analyzing Different Genomic and Pro-teomic DataHemant Tiwari, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birming-ham, AL, USA

1B: Statistical Methods for Nursingand Medical Research (10:50-12:20)

Organizer: An-Lin Cheng, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA

Chair: Geraldine E. Baggs, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, OH, USA

10:50-11:20Structural Equation Modeling for Health Care DataAn-Lin Cheng, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA

11:20-11:50Bayesian Estimators of the Lognormal-Pareto Composite Distribu-tionChin-I Cheng, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI, USA

11:50-12:20A Study of the Performance of Two-Stage Adaptive Optimal De-signs in a Logistic Dose-Response ModelKarabi Nandy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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1C: Recent Developments in Order Statistics (10:50-12:20)

Chair: Erhard Cramer, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

10:50-11:20Bivariate Order Statistics: New Developments and ApplicationsIsmihan Bayramoglu, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey

11:20-11:50Moments of Order Statistics for the Distribution of Sum of m + 1I.I.D. Uniform Random VariablesKonul Bayramoglu, Middle East Technical University, Ankara,Turkey

1D: Advances in Step-stress Accelerated Life Testing (10:50-12:20)

Organizer: Maria Kateri, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Chair: Marco Burkschat, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

10:50-11:20Time and Cost Constrained Optimal Designs of Constant-stressand Step-stress Accelerated Life TestsDavid Han, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA

11:20-11:50On the Modeling and Analysis of Step-Stress Accelerated Life Testsusing Generalized Linear ModelsRong Pan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

11:50-12:20Tampered Failure Rate Step-Stress Models: Continuous vs. IntervalMonitoringMaria Kateri, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

1E: Statistics in Economics and Finance (10:50-12:20)

Chair: Chaitra Nagaraja, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA

10:50-11:20Minimum Risk Point Estimation of Gini IndexBhargab Chattopadhyay, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson,TX, USA

11:20-11:50Tail Index Estimation with a Fixed Tuning Parameter FractionTucker McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, USA

11:50-12:20Mandatory Disclosure and Financial ContagionGadi Barlevy, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, IL, USA

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2A: Recent Statistical and Computational Developmentsin Genomic Studies (13:35-15:05)

Organizer: Min Chen, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

Chair: Min Chen, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

13:35-14:05Detection of Potential Tumor Driver Genes using a Fully IntegratedBayesian ApproachGuanghua Xiao, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,Dallas, TX, USA

14:05-14:35Sparse Robust Graphical ModelsHyonho Chun, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

14:35-15:05Integrating Human Phenome, Genome, and Interactome Networksfor Discovering Phenotype-Gene AssociationsTae Hyun Hwang, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cen-ter, Dallas, TX, USA

2B: Statistical Methods in Nutrition Research (13:35-15:05)

Organizer: Geraldine E. Baggs, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, OH, USA

Chair: An-Lin Cheng, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA

13:35-14:05Creative Analysis Methods Applied to a Fractional Factorial Designto Resolve Inconsistent ResultsJanis Dugle, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, OH, USA

14:05-14:35Using a Global Outcome (Sum of Pre-Post Ratings) in AscertainingEffect of an InterventionGeraldine E. Baggs, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, OH, USA

14:35-15:05Knowing the Data: Longitudinal AnalysisJoan Jacobs, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA

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2C: Generalized Order Statistics and Reliability (13:35-15:05)

Organizer: M. Burkschat & U. Kamps, RWTH Aachen U., Aachen, Germany

Chair: Maria Kateri, RWTH Aachen U., Aachen, Germany

13:35-14:05L-Moments and TL-Moments Estimation and Recurrence Relationsfor Moments of Generalized Order Statistics from Lindley Distri-butionRashmi Tiwari, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

14:05-14:35On the Asymptotic Behavior of Systems Based on Sequential OrderStatisticsMarco Burkschat, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

14:35-15:05Distances between Models of Generalized Order StatisticsUdo Kamps, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

2D: Inference on Discrete Models (13:35-15:05)

Organizer: Ram C. Tripathi, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA

Chair: Panagis Moschopoulos, University of Texas at El Paso, TX, USA

13:35-14:05Some Generalized Log-Series Distributions and Their Applicationsin Modeling Life-Time of a Series System with Random Number ofComponentsRam C. Tripathi, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA

14:05-14:35Don’t Count on Poisson: Introducing the Conway-Maxwell-PoissonDistributionKimberly Sellers, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

14:35-15:05Regression for AbundancesMichael Anderson, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA

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2E: Modeling for Dependent Data Processeswith Applications (13:35-15:05)

Organizer: Nalini Ravishanker, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

Chair: Nalini Ravishanker, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

13:35-14:05Ambient Air Quality and Human Health: Understanding the linkKatherine Ensor, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

14:05-14:35Nonlinear Time Series for Modeling Ancient ClimatesJane Harvill, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA

14:35-15:05Measuring the Bullwhip Effect for Supply Chains with SeasonalDemand ComponentsChaitra Nagaraja, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA

3A: Bayesian Statistics and Applicationin Biomedical Data (15:25-16:55)

Organizer: Junfeng Sun, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Chair: Junfeng Sun, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

15:25-15:55Analysis of Spatially Correlated and Repeated Ordinal Data withTime-Dependent Missing CovariatesFang Yu, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

15:55-16:25Hierarchical Models in Random Effects Meta-AnalysisEloise Kaizar, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

16:25-16:55The Blended Paradigm: A Bayesian Approach to Handling Outliersand Misspecified ModelsSteve MacEachern, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

3B: Measuring Agreement in Measurement Methods (15:25-16:55)

Organizer: Pankaj Choudhary, U. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

Chair: Pankaj Choudhary, U. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

15:25-15:55A Measurement Error Model for Method Comparison DataLakshika Nawarathna, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson,TX, USA

15:55-16:25The Order Statistics Aspect of the Agreement IndexZheng Zhang, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

16:25-16:55New Agreement Measures for Multivariate Survival TimesYing Guo, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

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3C: Recent Developments in L-moments (15:25-16:55)

Organizer: J. R. M. Hosking, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Chair: Michael Baron, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

15:25-15:55L-Comoments: Theory and ApplicationsRobert Serfling, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX,USA

15:55-16:25Variance Estimation for L-Moments and L-ComomentsJonathan R. M. Hosking, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY,USA

16:25-16:55Algorithms for Simulating Non-Normal Distributions with SpecifiedL-Moments and L-CorrelationsTodd C. Headrick, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL,USA

3D: Progressive Censoring: Methodology and Applications (15:25-16:55)

Organizer: Erhard Cramer, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Chair: Ismihan Bayramoglu, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey

15:25-15:55Analysis of Progressively Censored Competing Risks DataDebasis Kundu, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

15:55-16:25On Progressively Hybrid Censored Data from Exponential Distri-butionsErhard Cramer, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

16:25-16:55Adaptive Progressive Censoring: Some New DevelopmentsGeorge Iliopoulos, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece

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3E: Inference with Dependent Data (15:25-16:55)

Organizer: Sam Efromovich, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

Chair: M. R. Rettiganti, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA

15:25-15:55Wavelet Estimation: Minimax Theory and ApplicationEkaterina Smirnova, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson,TX, USA

15:55-16:25Efficient Nonparametric Estimation of the Spectral Density in thePresence of Missing ObservationsSam Efromovich, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX,USA

16:25-16:55On Reaching a Steady StateMoshe Pollak, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

4A: Statistical Methods in Medicine and Other Fields (17:00-18:30)

Organizer: Michael Baron, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA


17:00-17:30Planning of Prostate Cancer Biopsies and Interpretation of BiopsyResults, Using Rules based on Gland Volume and Number of Posi-tive Cores, with Favorable Model-Based Specificity and SensitivityGerald Ogola, Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, TX, USA

17:30-18:00Controlling False Discovery Proportion and False Non-discoveryProportion for Multiple Testing in Sequential ExperimentsShyamal De, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA

18:00-18:30Modeling and Estimation Methods for Three-Level Functional DataHoussein I. Assaad, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX,USA

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4B: Statistical Inference (17:00-18:30)

Chair: Debasis Kundu, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

17:00-17:30Some Heuristic Methods of Parameter Estimation in Linear andNonlinear ModelsSubir Ghosh, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA

17:30-18:00Invariant and Minimax Strategies for Quantiles Estimation in Sam-pling from Finite PopulationYaakov Malinovsky, University of Maryland, Baltimore County,MD, USA

18:00-18:30Some Inferences on Marshall-Olkin Exponential DistributionM. Ahsanullah, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA

4C: Bounds and Inequalities for Ordered Data (17:00-18:30)

Organizer: Tomasz Rychlik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Torun, Poland

Chair: Tomasz Rychlik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Torun, Poland

17:00-17:30Optimal Bounds on Expectations of Order Statistics and Spacingsbased on Increasing Density SamplesAgnieszka Goroncy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

17:30-18:00Extreme Dispersions of Semicoherent and Mixed System LifetimesPatryk Miziula, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

18:00-18:30Inequalities for Variances of Order Statistics Coming from UrnModelsTomasz Rychlik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

4D: Ranked Set Sampling I (17:00-18:30)

Chair: Omer Ozturk, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

17:00-17:30Using Ranked Set Sampling with Cluster Randomized Designs forImproved Inference on Treatment EffectsSherry Wang, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA

17:30-18:00Finite Mixture Modeling under Ranked Set Sampling DesignsArmin Hatefi, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

18:00-18:30Fuzzy-Weighted Ranked Set Sampling: A New Perspective toRanked Set Sampling MethodBekir Centintav, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

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4E: Computer Experiments and Time Series Analysis (17:00-18:30)

Organizer: Thomas J. Santner, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Chair: Eloise Kaizar, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

17:00-17:30Calibration and Tuning for Complex Computer Models: A HybridBayesian ApproachGang Han, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

17:30-18:00Using Combined Physical and Computer Experiments to EngineerTissue ComponentsThomas J. Santner Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

18:00-18:30On Detecting Non-Monotonic Trends in Environmental Time Se-ries: A Fusion of Local Regression and BootstrapVyacheslav Lyubchich, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson,TX, USA

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Saturday, March 8, 2014: Parallel Sessions

5A: Statistical Methods for Genetic Data II (10:20-11:50)

Organizer: Swati Biswas, U. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

Chair: Charalampos Papachristou, U. of Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, USA

10:20-10:50Statistical Approaches to Identifying Disease-Associated Rare Vari-antsSanjay Shete, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

10:50-11:20Gene-Environment Interactions in Longitudinal Studies: New Di-rections and Novel ApplicationsBhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

11:20-11:50Statistical Modeling for Recapitulation of 3D Architecture of Chro-matinShili Lin, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

5B: Using Spline Smoothing in Health Research (10:20-11:50)

Organizer: Qiongxia Song, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

Chair: John A. Bunge, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

10:20-10:50Joint Estimation of Multiple Bivariate Densities of Protein Back-bone Angles using an Adaptive Exponential Spline FamilyLan Zhou, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA

10:50-11:20A Score-type Test for Heterogeneity in Zero-inflated Models in aStratified PopulationGuanqun Cao, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

11:20-11:50Variable Selection and Estimation in Semiparametric Modeling ofLongitudinal/Clustered DataQiongxia Song, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

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5C: Developments on Pitman Closeness of Order Statistics (10:20-11:50)

Organizer: Jerome P. Keating, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA

Chair: Jerome P. Keating, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA

10:20-10:50Pitman Closest Equivariant Estimators and Predictors underLocation-Scale ModelsTapan Nayak, George Washington University, Washington, DC,USA

10:50-11:20Pitman Closeness Results for Type-I Censored Data from Expo-nential DistributionKatherine Davies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

11:20-11:50Order Statistics from the Exponential Power DistributionSamuel Tumlinson, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA

5D: Ranking and Selection (10:20-11:50)

Organizer: S. Panchapakesan, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA

Chair: S. Panchapakesan, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA

10:20-10:50On Restricted Subset Selection RulesLifang Hsu, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY, USA

10:50-11:20Selecting the Normal Population with the Smallest Variance: ARestricted Subset Selection RulePinyuen Chen, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA

11:20-11:50Selection among Bernoulli Populations with Uniformly DistributedSample SizesElena Buzaianu, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL,USA

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5E: Statistical Inference and Model Selection (10:20-11:50)

Organizer: B. Chattopadhyay, U. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

Chair: B. Chattopadhyay, U. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

10:20-10:50Sequential Point Estimation of the Scale in a Uniform Distributionunder Adjusted Non-Sufficient Estimators: A Comparative StudyDebanjan Bhattacharjee, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, USA

10:50-11:20On Determination of an Appropriate Pilot Sample SizeNitis Mukhopadhyay, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

11:20-11:50Model Selection Rates of Information based CriteriaAshok Chaurasia, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD,USA

6A: Lifetime Data Analysis (11:55-12:55)

Chair: David Han, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA

11:55-12:15Generalized Concept of Relative Risk and Wider Applications ofthe Proportional Hazards Model and the Kaplan-Meier EstimatorBojuan Zhao, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tian-jin, China

12:15-12:35Modified Cox Model and its Application to Bivariate ProbabilityDistributions ConstructionJerzy Filus, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL, USA

12:35-12:55Prediction of Times to Failure of Censored Items for a Simple Step-Stress Model with Regular and Progressive Type I Censoring fromthe Exponential DistributionIndrani Basak, Penn State Altoona, PA, USA

6B: Distribution theory and Order Statistics (11:55-12:55)

Chair: Robert Serfling, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

11:55-12:15Modified Generalized Inverted Exponential DistributionArwa Alshangiti, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

12:15-12:35Convergence of Central Order Statistics to Conditional QuantilesAnna Dembinska, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw,Poland

12:35-12:55Skewness of Order Statistics with ApplicationsMaochao Xu, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA

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6C: Characterization of Probability Distributions (11:55-12:55)

Chair: J. R. M. Hosking, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

11:55-12:15A Characterization of the Burr Type VII Distribution through theMethod of L-MomentsMohan D. Pant, University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA

12:15-12:35Characterization of Exponential Distribution through Equidistri-bution Conditions for Consecutive MaximaSantanu Chakraborty, University of Texas - Pan American, Edin-burg, TX, USA

12:35-12:55Characterization of Exponential Distribution Through Regressionof Record Values and Beta DistributionGeorge Yanev, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX,USA

6D: Session on JMP (11:55-12:55)

11:55-12:55 Introduction to Interactive Data Analysis and Visualization UsingJMPJulian Parris, SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA

7A: Statistical Methods for High-dimensionalGenomics Data (14:10-15:40)

Organizer: V. Baladandayuthapani, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA

Chair: Subharup Guha, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

14:10-14:40Bayesian Approaches for High-Dimensional Protein NetworksFrancesco Stingo, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX,USA

14:40-15:10High-Dimensional Joint Bayesian Variable and Covariance Selec-tion: Applications in GenomicsAnindya Bhadra, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

15:10-15:40Integrative Bayesian Analysis of Multi-platform Genomics DataVeera Baladandayuthapani, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center,Houston, TX, USA

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7B: Statistical Modeling and Inference for Count Data (14:10-15:40)

Organizer: M. R. Rettiganti, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA

Chair: Sam Efromovich, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

14:10-14:40Sample Size Calculations Using Parametric Tests for MRI CountData in Multiple Sclerosis Clinical TrialsM. R. Rettiganti, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR,USA

14:40-15:10Detection of Unusual Increases in MRI Lesion Counts in IndividualMultiple Sclerosis PatientsYinshan Zhao, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

15:10-15:40Models for Injury Data from the National Health Interview SurveyJin Peng, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

7C: Order Statistics and Applications (14:10-15:40)

Chair: Udo Kamps, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

14:10-14:40Record Values from the Generalized Inverted Exponential Distri-bution: Different Methods of EstimationKhalaf Sultan, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

14:40-15:10Bayesian Estimation and Prediction Based on Combined Type-IIRight Censored Samples from Scaled Exponential DistributionAhmed Shafay, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

15:10-15:40Statistical Inference of Component Lifetimes with Location-ScaleDistributions from Censored System Failure Data with Known Sig-natureJian Zhang, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA

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7D: Recent Developments in Progressive Censoring (14:10-15:40)

Chair: George Iliopoulos, University of Piraeus, Greece

14:10-14:40Statistical Inference Based on Progressively Type II Censored Datafrom Weibull ModelMohammad Z. Raqab, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

14:40-15:10Information Measures of Progressively Censored SamplesZaher A. Abo-Eleneen, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

15:10-15:40Fisher Information in Censored Samples from the Marshall-OlkinBivariate Exponential DistributionQinying He, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics,Chengdu, China

7E: Capture Recapture, Distribution Theory,and Public Health (14:10-15:40)

Organizer: John A. Bunge, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Chair: Qiongxia Song, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

14:10-14:40Diversity Estimation, Distribution Theory, and a Departure fromthe Mixed Poisson Model: IJohn A. Bunge, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

14:40-15:10Diversity Estimation, Distribution Theory, and a Departure fromthe Mixed Poisson Model: IIAmy Willis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

15:10-15:40Flexible Modelling of Zero-Truncated Capture-Recapture Countsby Means of Ratio RegressionDankmar Bohning, University of Southampton, Southampton,U.K.

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8A: Bayesian Methodology forBiomedical Applications (16:00-17:30)

Organizer: Subharup Guha, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

Chair: V. Baladandayuthapani, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA

16:00-16:30A Hierarchical Bayesian Model for Inference of Copy Number Vari-ants and Their association to Gene ExpressionMichele Guindani, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX,USA

16:30-17:00Bayesian Multiscale Analysis for fMRI DatasetsMarco Ferreira, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

17:00-17:30Nonparametric Variable Selection, Clustering and Prediction forHigh-Dimensional RegressionSubharup Guha, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

8B: Statistical Applications in Medical Research (16:00-17:30)

Chair: Thomas J. Santner, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

16:00-16:30SAGE Screening for the Early Identification of Mild Cognitive Im-pairment and Alzheimers DiseaseDoug Scharre, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

16:30-17:00Statistical Considerations in Vaccine DevelopmentYuxiao Tang, PATH, Seattle, WA, USA

17:00-17:30Random Forest Importance Scores: Significance Testing and Con-ditional ImportanceLira Pi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA

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8C: Modeling and Analysis of Survival Data (16:00-17:30)

Chair: Timothy Thornton, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

16:00-16:30Survival Prediction and Variable Selection with SimultaneousShrinkage and Grouping Priors for Gene Expression MicroarrayDataSounak Chakraborty, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

16:30-17:00A Semi-Parametric Model for Time-Dependent Predictive AccuracyCurves of BiomarkersWeining Shen, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX,USA

17:00-17:30Likelihood Approaches for Proportional Likelihood Ratio Modelwith Right-Censored DataHong Zhu, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dal-las, TX, U.S.A

8D: Ranked Set Sampling II (16:00-17:30)

Organizer: Sherry Wang, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA

Chair: Sherry Wang, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA

16:00-16:30Distribution-Free Two-Sample procedures for Judgment Post-Stratified SamplesOmer Ozturk, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

16:30-17:00Efficiency Bounds for a Generalization of Ranked-Set SamplingJesse C. Frey, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA

17:00-17:30T-approximation to Pivotal Statistic from Ranked Set SamplesJohan Lim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

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9: Poster Presentations (17:35-18:30)

9AUser-Adaptable Unsupervised Learning through Sequential Projec-tion in Flow CytometryMark Burch, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

9BThe Gini Autocovariance Function Applied to Heavy Tailed LinearTime SeriesMarcel Carcea, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

9CForecasting Financial Volatility: An Exogenous Log-GARCHModelMing Chen, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

9DThe Determination of Sub Thalamic Nucleus Depth and ElectrodePlacement during Deep Brain StimulationJonathan Joseph, Louisiana State University Health Science Cen-ter, New Orleans, LA, USA

9EModelling the Impact of Climate Change on Weather-related Risksfor Home InsurancesMarwah Soliman, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX,USA

9FMasking and Swamping Robustness of Mahalanobis Distance Out-lier Identifiers for Multivariate DataShanshan Wang, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX,USA

9GRobust Computationally Fast Affine Equivariant Scatter Estima-torsYunfei Wang, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

9HExploratory Nonparametric Functional Data Analysis Using theSpatial Depth ApproachUditha Wijesuriya, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX,USA

9IDetecting Rare Haplotype-Environment Interaction in Presence ofGene-Environment DependenceYuan Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

9JMultiple Testing in Truncated Sequential ExperimentsTian Zhao, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

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Sunday, March 9, 2014: Parallel Sessions

10A: Statistical Methods for Genetic Data III (10:05-11:35)

Organizer: Charalampos Papachristou, U. of Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Chair: Bhramar Mukherjee, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

10:05-10:35Family-based Approach for Identification of Rare Variants in Asso-ciation StudiesAsuman Turkmen, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

10:35-11:05Mixed-Model Genetic Association Mapping in Populations withAdmixed AncestryTimothy Thornton, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

11:05-11:35A Lasso Penalized Regression Approach for Genome-wide Associa-tion Analyses Using Related IndividualsCharalampos Papachristou, University of Sciences, Philadelphia,PA, USA

10B: Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials for Cancer (10:05-11:35)

Organizer: Xuelin Huang, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Chair: Marco Ferreira, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

10:05-10:35A Bayesian Dose-Finding Design for Combination of MolecularlyTargeted Agents Assuming Partial Stochastic OrderingYisheng Li, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

10:35-11:05Using Short-Term Response Information to Facilitate AdaptiveRandomization for Survival Clinical TrialsJing Ning, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

11:05-11:35Bayesian Data Augmentation Dose Finding with Continual Re-assessment Method and Delayed ToxicityYing Yuan, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

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10C: Exceedances, Characterizations and Reliability modelsBased on Ordered Random Variables (10:05-11:35)

Organizer: Ismihan Bayramoglu, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey

Chair:Ismihan Bayramoglu, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey

10:05-10:35Estimation of Population Variance Under Multi-Ranker Model inRanked Set Sampling DesignNeslihan Demirel, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

10:35-11:05Fisher Information in Progressive Type II Censored Order Statisticsand Their Concomitants about Dependence ParametersTugba Yildiz, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

11:05-11:35Mean Residual Lifetime at System Level for bivariate FGM Distri-butionBurcu Hudaverdi Ucer, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

10D: Time Series and Applications (10:05-11:35)

Organizer: Michael Baron, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA


10:05-10:35Statistical Inference for Epidemic ModelsGrzegorz Rempala, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

10:35-11:05Hierarchical Dynamic Models for Multivariate Times Series ofCounts, with ApplicationsNalini Ravishanker, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

11:05-11:35On Parametric Approach for Extremes Modeling in Complex TimeSeriesMilan Stehlik, University of Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile

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10E: Statistical Consulting: Challenges,Opportunities and Rewards (10:05-11:35)

Chair: K. P. Singh & S. Bae, U. of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA

10:05-10:35Statistical Consulting at Medical Centers: Opportunities and Chal-lengesKaran P. Singh & Sejong Bae, University of Alabama at Birming-ham, AL, USA

10:35-11:05The Statistical Consulting Laboratory at The University of Texasat El PasoPeter Moschopoulos, University of Texas at El Paso, TX, USA

11:05-11:35Ethical Issues in Statistical ConsultingAlan Elliott, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA

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PRESENTER INDEX

Index

Abo-Eleneen, Z. A., 20Ahsanullah, M., 13Alshangiti, A., 17Anderson, M., 9Arnold, B. C., 5Assaad, H. I., 12

Bae, S., 26Baggs, G. E., 6, 8Baladandayuthapani, V., 18, 21Balakrishnan, N., 5Barlevy, G., 7Baron, M., 11, 12, 25Basak, I., 17Basu, S., 6Bayramoglu, I., 7, 11, 25Bayramoglu, K., 7Bhadra, A., 18Bhattacharjee, D., 17Biswas, S., 6, 15Bunge, J. A., 15, 20Burch, M., 23Burkschat, M., 7, 9Buzaianu, E., 16Bohning, D., 20

Cao, G., 15Carcea, M., 23Centintav, B., 13Chakraborty, S., 18, 22Chattopadhyay, B., 7, 17Chaurasia, A., 17Chen, M., 8, 23Chen, P., 16Cheng, A.-L., 6, 8Cheng, C.-I., 6Choudhary, P., 10Chun, H., 8Cramer, E., 7, 11

Davies, K., 16De, S., 12Dembinska, A., 17Demirel, N., 25Dugle, J., 8

Efromovich, S., 12, 19Elliott, A., 26Ensor, K., 10

Ferreira, M., 21, 24Filus, J., 17Frey, J. C., 22

Ghosh, S., 13Goroncy, A., 13Guha, S., 18, 21Guindani, M., 21Guo, Y., 10

Han, D., 7, 17Han, G., 14Harvill, J., 10Hatefi, A., 13He, Q., 20Headrick, T. C., 11Hosking, J. R. M., 11, 18Hsu, L., 16Huang, X., 24Hwang, T. H., 8

Iliopoulos, G., 11, 20

Jacobs, J., 8Joseph, J., 23

Kaizar, E., 10, 14Kamps, U., 5, 9, 19Kateri, M., 7, 9Keating, J. P., 16

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Kundu, D., 11, 13

Li, Y., 24Lim, J., 22Lin, S., 15Lyubchich, V., 14

MacEachern, S., 10Malinovsky, Y., 13McElroy, T., 7Miziula, P., 13Morton, S. C., 5Moschopoulos, P., 9, 26Mukherjee, B., 15, 24Mukhopadhyay, N., 17

Nagaraja, C., 7, 10Nandy, K., 6Nawarathna, L., 10Nayak, T., 16Ning, J., 24

Ogola, G., 12Ozturk, O., 13, 22

Pan, R., 7Panchapakesan, S., 16Pant, M. D., 18Papachristou, C., 15, 24Parris, J., 18Peng, J., 19Pi, L., 21Pollak, M., 12

Raqab, M. Z., 20Ravishanker, N., 10, 25Rempala, G., 25Rettiganti, M. R., 12, 19Rychlik, T., 13

Saccone, N., 6Santner, T. J., 5, 14, 21Scharre, D., 21Sellers, K., 9Serfling, R., 11, 17Shafay, A., 19Shen, W., 22Shete, S., 15Singh, K. P., 26

Smirnova, E., 12Soliman, M., 23Song, Q., 15, 20Stehlik, M., 25Stingo, F., 18Sultan, K., 19Sun, J., 10

Tang, Y., 21Thornton, T., 22, 24Tiwari, H., 6Tiwari, R., 9Tripathi, R. C., 9Tumlinson, S., 16Turkmen, A., 24

Ucer, B. H., 25

Wang, S., 13, 22, 23Wang, Y., 23Wijesuriya, U., 23Willis, A., 20

Xiao, G., 8Xu, M., 17

Yanev, G., 18Yildiz, T., 25Yu, F., 10Yuan, Y., 24

Zhang, J., 19Zhang, Y., 23Zhang, Z., 10Zhao, B., 17Zhao, T., 23Zhao, Y., 19Zhou, L., 15Zhu, H., 22

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