Contemporary Multivariate Analysis and Design of Experiments : In Celebration of Prof. Kai-Tai Fang's 65th Birthday

by Fan, Jianqing; Li, Gang

• ISBN13: 9789812561206
• ISBN10: 981256120X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-20
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This book furthers new and exciting developments in experimental designs, multivariate analysis, biostatistics, model selection and related subjects. It features articles contributed by many prominent and active figures in their fields. These articles cover a wide array of important issues in modern statistical theory, methods and their applications. Distinctive features of the collections of articles are their coherence and advance in knowledge discoveries.

Table of Contents

A Conversation with Kai-Tai Fang	1	(22)
Agnes W. L. Loie
A Tribute to Professor Kai-Tai Fang	23	(6)
Agnes W. L. Loie
Publications	29	(20)
Kai-Tai Fang
Part I Multivariate Analysis
Multidimensional Variation for Quasi-Monte Carlo	49	(26)
Art B. Owen
Higher Order Power Properties of Empirical Discrepancy Statistics	75	(12)
Rahul Mukerjee
Modelling Multivariate Volatilities: An Ad Hoc Method	87	(12)
Mingjin Wang
Qiwei Yao
Some Recent Advances in Two-level Structural Equation Models: Estimation, Testing and Robustness	99	(22)
Peter M. Bentler
Jiajuan Liang
Ke-Hai Yuan
Dependence Patterns of Random Variables: Geometric Properties of Copulas	121	(20)
Hong-Bin Fang
Samuel Kotz
Gang Wei
Modelling Mean-Covariance Structures in the Growth Curve Model	141	(18)
Jianxin Pan
Dietrich von Rosen
On Kotz-Type Elliptical Distributions	159	(14)
Tonu Kollo
Anu Roos
Part II Experimental Design
Optimized Two-Step Sequential U-Type Designs	173	(12)
Peter Winker
Granularity and Balance in Experimental Design	185	(20)
Fred J. Hickernell
A New Class of Latin Hypercube for Computer Experiments	205	(22)
Scott D. Beattie
Dennis K. J. Lin
Discrete Discrepancy and Its Application in Experimental Design	227	(16)
Min-Qian Liu
Hong Qin
Min-Yu Xie
Orthogonal Arrays of 2 and 3 levels for Lean Designs	243	(14)
Chang-Xing Ma
Ling-Yau Chan
Quasi-Random Sampling for Estimation of Integrals of Random Fields	257	(12)
Yingcai Su
Uniform Sampling and Saddlepoint Approximation for Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis in Engineering Design	269	(24)
Agus Sudjianto
Xiaoping Du
Wei Chen
Schur-Convex Discrimination of Designs Using Power and Exponential Kernels	293	(22)
Aijun Zhang
Part III Advances in Biostatistics
An Overview on Variable Selection for Survival Analysis	315	(22)
Jianqing Fan
Gang Li
Runze Li
Empirical Likelihood in Survival Analysis	337	(14)
Gang Li
Runze Li
Mai Zhou
Statistical Analysis for Tumor Xenograft Experiments in Drug Development	351	(18)
Ming Tan
Hong-Bin Fang
Guo-Liang Tian
Estimating Secondary Parameters after Termination of a Multivariate Group Sequential Test	369	(18)
Chengqing Wu
Aiyi Liu
Kai F. Yu
Part IV Advance in Statistics
Penalized M-Estimation-Based Model Selection for Regression by Cross-Validation	387	(10)
Yuehua Wu
Order-dependent Thresholding with Applications to Regression Splines	397	(30)
Jin-Ting Zhang
A New Transformed Two-Sample t-Test	427	(8)
Hanfeng Chen
Md. Khairul Islam
On Improved Estimates of Location in the Presence of an Unknown Scale	435	(14)
Jian-Lun Xu
Index
Subject Index	445	(4)
Author Index	449