Faculty Publications

Dr. Michael Adams - Professor of Statistics

  • Manning-Davis, C. and Adams, B.M. (2005), “Robust Monitoring of Contaminated Data,” Journal of Quality Technology, 37(2), pp. 163-174.

  • Dyer, J.N., Conerly, M.D., and Adams, B.M. (2003), “A Simulation Study of the Impact of Forecast Recovery for Control Charts Applied to Various ARMA Processes,” Journal of Applied Statistical Methods, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp 343-353, accepted September 2002.

  • Dyer, J.N., Adams, B.M., and Conerly, M.D. (2003), "The Reverse Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Autocorrelated Processes," Journal of Quality Technology, Vol. 35, No. 2, 139-152, accepted November 2002.

  • Dyer, J.N., Conerly, M.D.,and Adams, B.M. (2003) "A Simulation Study and Evaluation of Multivariate Forecast Based Control Charts Applied to ARMA Processes," Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, to appear, accepted May 2003.

  • Dyer, J.N., Adams, B.M., Conerly, M.D., and Barrett, B.E. (2002) “Multivariate Forecast Based Monitoring Schemes,” Journal of Business, Industry and Economics, accepted 2002.

Dr. Bruce Barrett - Associate Professor of Statistics

  • Barrett, Bruce E., (2003) "Understanding Influence in Multivariate Regression," Communications in Statistics, Theory and Methods. 32: 667-680.

Dr. Robert Batson - Professor of Industrial Engineering

  • "Development of a Risk Identification Expert System for the International Space Station Project," with two co-authors, International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management (refereed journal of Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 90-104, Summer 2000
  • "Impact of Maintenance Function on Plant Safety," with six co-authors, Professional Safety, (refereed journal of American Society of Safety Engineers), pp. 45-48, August 2000.
  • "Application of Total Quality Management Techniques to Safety Analysis in Software Product Development," with three co-authors, International Journal of Technology Management (refereed journal of Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.), Vol. 21, Nos. 3/4, pp. 353-361, 2001.
  • "Constrained Multivariate Loss Function Minimization," with one co-author, in Quality Engineering (referred journal of ASQ), Vol. 13, No. 3, pp 475-484, 2001.
  • "Program for Retrospective Change-Point Analysis of Individual Observations," with three co-authors, Journal of Quality Technology (refereed journal of ASQ), Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 242-257, April 2001.
  • "Development of an Expert System to Diagnose and Analyze Surface Defects in Castings," with three co-authors, AFS Transactions (refereed journal of the AFS), Paper No. 01-002, Summer 2001.
  • "A Nested Experimental Design for Gage Gain in Steel Tube Manufacturing," with one co-author, accepted for publication in Quality Engineering, Fall 2002.
  • "A Visually-Oriented Quality Improvement Data Management System," with one co-author, accepted for publication in the International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Spring 2003.

Subhabrata Chakraborti - Professor of Statistics

  • Chakraborti, S. (2005): “Parameter estimation and design considerations in prospective applications of the X-bar chart.” Journal of Applied Statistics.

  • Chakraborti, S., Van de Wiel, M., and Hong, B. (2005): “A note on sample size determination for a nonparametric test of location.” Technometrics.

  • Chakraborti, S., Van der Laan, P. and Van de Wiel, M. (2004): “A class of distribution-free control charts.” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C, 53, 443-462.

  • Olivier, K.N., Weber, D.J., Faiz, A.R., Lee, J.H., Chakraborti, S. and Knowles, M.R. (2003): “Prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria in persons with cystic fibrosis: multicenter study of a potential pathogen in a susceptible population.” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 167, 828-834.

Dr. Michael Conerly - Professor of Statistics

  • Dyer, J.N., Conerly, M.D., and Adams, B.M. (2003). “A Simulation Study of the Impact of Forecast Recovery for Control Charts Applied to Various ARMA Processes,” Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp 343-353, accepted September 2002.

  • Wang, Daniel and Conerly, Michael D. (2003) “Evaluation of three Lack of Fit Tests in Linear Regression Models,” Journal of Applied Statistics, vol. 30, no. 6, p. 683-696. Accepted July 2003.

  • Dyer, John, Conerly, Michael D., and Adams, B. Michael, (2003) “A Simulation Study and Evaluation of Multivariate Forecast Based Control Charts Applied to ARMA Processes,” Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, vol. 73, no. 10, p. 689-696. Accepted January 2002.

  • Dyer, John N., Adams, B. Michael and Conerly, Michael D. “The Reverse Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Autocorrelated Processes,” Journal of Quality Technology, vol. 35, no. 2, p. 139-152. Accepted November 2002.

  • Dyer, John N., Adams, B. Michael, Conerly, Michael D., and Barrett, Douglas (2002), “Multivariate Forecast Based Monitoring Schemes,” Journal of Business Industry and Economics.

Dr. Rocky Durrans - Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Durrans, S.R., Maximum Likelihood Estimators for Quantized Data, Submitted to Water Resources Research, 2001.
  • Supriyasilp, T., A.J. Graettinger, and S.R. Durrans, Quantitative Uncertainty Analysis in Water Quality Modeling, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 2001.
  • Durrans, S.R., L.T. Julian, and M. Yekta, Estimation of Depth-Area Relationships Using Radar-Rainfall Data, Submitted to ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2001.
  • Durrans, S.R., and K.R. Odom, Trends in Daily Rainfall Frequencies in Tennessee, Submitted to Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2001.
  • Durrans, S.R., and S.J. Nix, Scaling Characteristics of Alabama Low-Flows, Submitted to Water Resources Research, 2001.
  • Tomic, S., S.R. Durrans, S.J. Burian, and S.J. Nix, Transformation of a Flood Frequency Distribution Through a Detention Pond, Water Resources Research, 2001.
  • Liang, Y., S.R. Durrans, and J.W. Lightsey, A Revised Version of PnET-II to Simulate the Hydrologic Cycle in Southeastern Forested Areas, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2001.
  • Graettinger, A.J., T. Supriyasilp, and S.R. Durrans, Real Time Evaluation of Site Characterization to Direct and Conclude Exploration, Transportation Research Record, 2001.
  • McFadden, J., W-T. Yang, and S.R. Durrans, Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Predict Speeds on Two Lane Rural Highways, Transportation Research Record, 2001.
  • Durrans, S.R., and P.A. Brown, Estimation and Web-Based Dissemination of Extreme Rainfall Information, Transportation Research Record, 2001.
  • Durrans, S.R., and S. Tomic, Comparison of Parametric Tail Estimators for Low-Flow Frequency Analysis, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2001.
  • Durrans, S.R., and P.A. Brown, Development of an Internet-Based Rainfall Atlas for Alabama, Water Science and Technology, 2001.
  • Hamza, A., T.B.M.J. Ouarda, S.R. Durrans, and B. Bob仔, D思eloppement de Modules de Queues et d'Invariance d'ツhelle pour l'Estimation R使ionale des D暫its d'フiage (Development of Simple Scaling Tail Models for Regional Estimation of Low-Flows), Revue Canadienne de 始ie Civil, Vol. 8, pp. 291-304, 2001.
  • Burian, S.J., S.R. Durrans, S.J. Nix, and R.E. Pitt, Training Artificial Neural Networks to Perform Rainfall Disaggregation, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 43-51, 2001.

Dr. Matthew Elam - Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering

Dr. Brian Gray - Professor of Statistics

  • Fan, G. and Gray, J. B. (2005), “Regression Tree Analysis Using TARGET,” Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 14, 206-218.

  • Brooks, R. E. and Gray, J. B. (2004), “History of the Forecasters: An Assessment of the Semi-Annual U.S. Treasury Bond Yield Forecast Survey as Reported in The Wall Street Journal,” Journal of Portfolio Management, 31, 113-117.

Dr. Michael Hardin - Professor of Statistics

Recent Publications:

  • Allen, R.S., Burgio, L., Hardin, J.M., Fisher, S., and Shuster, J. (in press). “Behavioral Characteristics of Agitated Nursing Home Residents with Dementia at the End of Life,” The Gerontologist, accepted April 15, 2005.

  • Anderson, B.S., Hardin, J.M, Russell, T., White, J.M., Woodby, L., Cole, K., and Crawford, M. (in press). “Data Collection in a Multi-Site Project: TeleformTM,” Public Health Nursing, accepted March 3, 2005.

  • Burgio, L.D., Fisher, S. E., Fairchild, J. K., Scilley, K., & Hardin, J. M. (in press). Quality of care in the nursing home: Effects of staff assignment and work shift. The Gerontologist, 44(3), 368-377. (accepted Jan. 2004- letter on file).

  • Roff, L.L., Burgio, L.D., Gitlin, L., Nichols,L., Champlin, W., and Hardin, J.M. (in press). Positive Aspects of Alzheimer's Caregiving: The Role of Race", Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 59(4) 185-190. (accepted Feb.. 2004 - letter on file ).

Dr. James Leeper - Professor

Dr. Richard Lomax - Professor of Educational Research

  • Lomax, R. G. & Moosavi, S. A. (2002). Using humor to teach statistics: Must they be orthogonal? Understanding Statistics: Statistical Issues in Psychology, Education, and the Social Sciences, 1, 113-130.
  • Shumow, L. & Lomax, R. G. (2002). Parental efficacy: Predictor of parenting behavior and adolescent outcomes. Parenting: Science and Practice, 2, 127-150.
  • Green, J. M., Bishop, P. A., Muir, I. H. & Lomax, R. G. (2001). Lactate-sweat relationships in younger and middle-aged men. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 9, 67-77.
  • Muir, I. H., Bishop, P. A., Lomax, R. G. & Green, J. M. (2001). Prediction of rectal temperature from ear canal temperature. Ergonomics, 44, 962-972.
  • Lomax, R. G. (2001). Using statistical methods to evaluate hockey players. The Hockey Research Journal, 5, 43-45.
  • Shumow, L. & Lomax, R. G. (2001). Predicting perceptions of school safety. The School Community Journal, 11, 93-112.
  • Green, J. M., Bishop, P. A., Muir, I. H. & Lomax, R. G. (2000). Gender differences in sweat lactate. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 82, 230-235.
  • Lomax, R. G. & Hahs, D. L. (2000). Portfolios in teacher education assessment courses. The Professional Educator, 23, 49-56.
  • Donovan, C. A., Smolkin, L. B. & Lomax, R. G. (2000). Beyond the independent-level text: Considering the reader-text match in first graders' self-selections during recreational reading. Reading Psychology, 21, 309-333.

Dr. Edward Mansfield - Professor of Statistics

Recent Publications:

  • "Exercise Intensity Increased by Addition of Handheld Weights to Rebounding Exercise," J. F. Smith, P. A. Bishop, L. Everett, E. R. Mansfield, and M. D. Conerly, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Vol. 15, pp. 34-38, 1995.
  • "Development of Design Guidelines for Local Area CSMA/CD Networks," J. Mellichamp, R. Cobb, and E. R. Mansfield, Simulation, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 270-279, 1992.
  • "Strength, Muscle Symmetry, and Flexibility in Young Female Idiopathic Scoliosis," E. R. Mansfield, Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 144-148, 1991.