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Sunday, 08/01/2010
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Simplex Techniques for Quantile Regression Model Selection
Yonggang Yao, SAS Institute
2:05 PM
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A Fast Algorithm for Computing Weighted V-Statistics in Resampling
Chunxiao Zhou, National Institutes of Health; Diane Damiano, National Institutes of Health
2:20 PM
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Accurate Estimation of Evolutionary Attributes of Coding Sequences and Pattern Analysis in Large Collections of Viral and Mammalian Genes
Sergei L. Pond, University of California, San Diego
2:35 PM
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A Probabilistic Group Independent Component Analysis Model and a Fast Approximate Estimation Approach
Ying Guo, Emory University
2:45 PM
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Stochastic Matching Pursuit for Bayesian Variable Selection
Ray-Bing Chen, National University of Kaohsiung; Chi-Hsiang Chu, National University of Kaohsiung; Te-You Lai, National University of Kaohsiung; Ying Nian Wu, University of California, Los Angeles
3:20 PM
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Direct Estimation of Haplotype Frequencies in Genetic Association Studies
Stefan Boehringer, Leiden University Medical Center
3:25 PM
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The OMOP Project: A Large-Scale Evaluation of Drug Safety Surveillance Algorithms in Longitudinal Databases
David Madigan, Columbia University; Patrick Ryan, GlaxoSmithKline
4:05 PM
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Bayesian Empirical Orthogonal Function Method and Its Application
Yiping Dou, The University of British Columbia; Nhu Le, BC Cancer Agency; Jim Zidek, The University of British Columbia
4:20 PM
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Assessment of Drug Effects in Xenograft Models Using Constrained Parametric Maximum Likelihood Estimations
Hong-Bin Fang, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center
4:25 PM
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The Orthogonal Matching Pursuit Algorithm on Sparse Linear Regression
Lie Wang, MIT; Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania
5:20 PM
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Monday, 08/02/2010
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Parallel Statistical Computing: Are We Embracing the Scalable Concurrency Revolution?
George Ostrouchov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Logistic Regression with Markov Chains as Covariates with Application in Identifying Lung Cancer Risk Factors
Chung-Han Ho, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Carol J. Etzel, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Wenyaw Chan, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Randa El-Zein, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Alanna C. Morrison, The University of Texas School of Public Health
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Joint Analysis of Survival Time and Longitudinal Categorical Outcomes
Jaeun Choi, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jianwen Cai, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Donglin Zeng, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8:55 AM
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Analysis of Constrained Generalized Linear Models with Missing Data
Karelyn Davis, Carleton University/Health Canada; Sanjoy Sinha, Carleton University; Chul Gyu Park, Carleton University
9:35 AM
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An Algorithm to Evaluate Probability of Success for Decisionmaking in Early Drug Development
Annie Wang, Abbott Laboratories; Narinder Nangia, Abbott Laboratories
9:50 AM
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Maximum Likelihood Estimation in Generalized Linear Models with Censored Covariate Data
Ryan May, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Joseph G. Ibrahim, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Haitao Chu, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:50 AM
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What Can We Do When EM Is Not Applicable? Self Consistency: A General Recipe for Semiparametric and Nonparametric Estimation with Incomplete and Irregularly Spaced Data
Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University
10:35 AM
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Hierarchical Model Building, Fitting, and Checking: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Bayesian Analysis of Arsenic Exposure Pathways
Peter F. Craigmile, The Ohio State University; Catherine Calder, The Ohio State University; Hongfei Li, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center; Rajib Paul, Western Michigan University; Noel A. Cressie, The Ohio State University
11:05 AM
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Simplifying Objective Functions and Avoiding Stochastic Search Algorithms in Spatial Sampling Design
Gunter Spöck, University Klagenfurt; Jürgen Pilz, University Klagenfurt; Zhengyuan Zhu, Iowa State University
11:35 AM
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Multivariate Tobit Analysis of Test-Score Ceiling Effects
Yan Yang, Arizona State University
11:35 AM
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Application of Change Point Analysis to Time Series Data: The BioSense Experience
Taha Kass-Hout, CDC; Soyoun Park, SRA International; Roy Xu, SRA International Inc.; Paul McMurray, CDC; Howard Burkom, The Johns Hopkins University
11:35 AM
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Improved Survival Modeling Using a Reduced Piecewise Exponential Approach
Gang Han, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute; Michael J. Schell, Moffitt Cancer Center; Jongphil Kim, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
12:05 PM
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Spectral Regularization Algorithms for Learning Large Incomplete Matrices
Rahul Mazumder, Stanford University; Trevor Hastie, Stanford University; Rob Tibshirani, Stanford University
2:05 PM
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A Joint Model of Longitudinal Data and Time-to-Event Data with Cure Fraction
Ashok Panneerselvam, Case Western Reserve University; Mark Schluchter, Case Western Reserve University
2:05 PM
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Joint Modeling of Primary Outcome and Longitudinal Data Measured at Informative Observation Times
Song Yan, North Carolina State University; Daowen Zhang, North Carolina State University; Wenbin Lu, North Carolina State University
2:20 PM
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Analysis of Recurrent Event Data in the Presence of Terminal Events and Missing Covariates
Shankar Viswanathan, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jianwen Cai, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:20 PM
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Stratification of a Sampling Frame with Auxiliary Data Into Piecewise Linear Segments by Means of a Genetic Algorithm
Joseph James Barth, U.S. Census Bureau; Yang Cheng, U.S. Census Bureau
2:35 PM
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Applications of Assignment Algorithms to Nonparametric Tests for Homogeneity
David Michael Ruth, United States Navy; Robert Koyak, Naval Postgraduate School
2:50 PM
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Generalized Additive Models for Zero-Inflated Data with Partial Constraints
Hai Liu, Indiana University School of Medicine; Kung-Sik Chan, The University of Iowa
3:05 PM
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Alternatives to Cut-Off Sampling for a Family of Surveys
Paula Ellen Mason, Energy Information Administration; Benita Jean O'Colmain, ICF Macro ; Pedro Saavedra, ICF Macro; Amerine Woodyard, Energy Information Administration; Bin Zhang, Energy Information Administration
3:20 PM
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Tuesday, 08/03/2010
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R Package MARSS: Ecological Applications of Multivariate State Space Models
Kellie Wills, University of Washington
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Estimation in Hierarchical Models with Incomplete Ordinal Response and Ordinal Covariates
Yong Zhang, University of Michigan; Trivellore Raghunathan, University of Michigan
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Inference on Discretely Observed Linear Birth-Death-Immigration Processes
Charles R. Doss, University of Washington; Vladimir Minin, University of Washington; Ian Holmes, University of California, Berkeley; Marc Suchard, University of California, Los Angeles
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Using GAM_K to Detect Clustering in MI Wood Products Companies
Juan Du, Kansas State University
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Detection Call Algorithms for High-Throughput Gene Expression Microarray Data
Sarah Reese, Virginia Commonwealth University; Kellie Archer, Virginia Commonwealth University
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A Time-Series Algorithm to Detect Avian Nesting Behavior
Emily Sheldon, Virginia Commonwealth University; Viswanathan Ramakrishnan, Virginia Commonwealth University; Kevin Caillouet, Virginia Commonwealth University; Leroy Thacker, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Knot Selection for Least Squares and Penalized Splines
Steven Spiriti, Arizona State University; Randall Eubank, Arizona State University; Philip Smith, Texas Tech University; Dennis Young, Arizona State University
8:50 AM
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A Robust Approach to Linear Mixed Effects Models Based on the Skew t Distribution
Tsung-I Lin, National Chung Hsing University; Hsiu J. Ho, National Chung Hsing University
9:05 AM
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A Semi-MLE Algorithm for RMM Distribution and a Comparison of the Goodness of Fit of RMM Distribution and the Pearson Distribution System
Michal Shauly, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Yisrael Parmet, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Haim Shore, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
9:05 AM
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Group Testing in Heterogeneous Populations Using Halving Algorithms
Michael S. Black, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Christopher R. Bilder, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Joshua Tebbs, University of South Carolina
9:15 AM
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Model-Based Semisupervised Clustering
Volodymyr Melnykov, North Dakota State University; Wei-Chen Chen, Iowa State University; Ranjan Maitra, Iowa State University
9:15 AM
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Least Squares Estimation of Two Ordered Monotone Regression Curves
Kaspar Rufibach, University of Zurich; Fadoua Balabdaoui, Universite Paris-Dauphine; Filippo Santambrogio, Universite Paris-Dauphine
9:20 AM
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The NPMLE of the Joint Distribution Function with Right-Censored and Masked Competing Risks Data
Qiqing Yu, Binghamton University
9:35 AM
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MCMC Algorithms for Bayesian Models Involving Binary Data
Santanu Pramanik, NORC; Edward Mulrow, NORC
9:35 AM
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A Nested Mixture Model for Protein Identification Using Mass Spectrometry
Qunhua Li, University of California, Berkeley; Michael MacCoss, University of Washington; Matthew Stephens, The University of Chicago
9:35 AM
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Time-Varying Parameters in Mixture Models
Yorghos Tripodis, Boston University; Kleoniki Vlachou, University of Maryland; David J. Lovell, University of Maryland
9:50 AM
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Regularized Gaussian Mixture Modeling with Adaptive Covariance Shrinkage
Hyang Min Lee, Penn State; Jia Li, Penn State
9:55 AM
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Nonparametric MLE for Doubly Censored Data with Frailty
Yu-Ru Su, University of California, Davis; Jane-Ling Wang, University of California, Davis
9:55 AM
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Inference of Biological Pathway from Gene Expression Profiles by Time Delay Boolean Networks
Tung-Hung Chueh, National Chiao Tung University; Henry Horng-Shing Lu, National Chiao Tung University
9:55 AM
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Calibrating Microsimulations with Multicriteria Optimization Algorithms
Chung Yin Kong, Massachusetts General Hospital
10:35 AM
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The Inequality Process as an Evolutionary Algorithm
John Angle, The Inequality Process Institute
10:35 AM
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Regenerative Simulation for Variable-at-a-Time Metropolis-Hastings Algorithms
Ronald Charles Neath, Baruch College, CUNY; Galin L. Jones, University of Minnesota
10:35 AM
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An Improved Genetic Algorithm for Boosting in the Presence of Outliers
Dong-Yop Oh, The University of Alabama; J. Brian Gray, The University of Alabama
10:50 AM
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A Deterministic Algorithm for the LTS
Tim Verdonck, University of Antwerp; Mia Hubert , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Peter Rousseeuw, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
10:50 AM
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An Automatic Crack Detection Algorithm for Vibrothermography Sequence-of-Images Data
William Q. Meeker, Iowa State University; Ming Li, Iowa State University; Steve Holland, Iowa State University
10:50 AM
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Laplace Error Penalty-Based Variable Selection and Its Application in GWAS
Shaoli Wang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Xueqin Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University; Xiaolin Sang, Sun Yat-Sen University
11:05 AM
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An Initialization Strategy for the EM Algorithm in Gaussian Mixtures
Igor Melnykov, Colorado State University; Volodymyr Melnykov, North Dakota State University
11:05 AM
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Exact REML Estimation Procedure in the Spatial Probit Normal Model for Binary Outcomes
Cristian Meza, Universidad de Valparaiso; Rolando De la Cruz, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Susana Eyheramendy, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Felipe Osorio, Universidad de Valparaiso
11:20 AM
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Iterative Weighting Procedures for School Surveys: Trimming and Raking as One Algorithm
Ronaldo Iachan, ICF Macro; James G. Ross, ICF Macro; Mirna Moloney, ICF Macro
11:20 AM
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A Finite Mixture Model for Working Correlation Matrices in Generalized Estimating Equations
Nan Lin, Washington University in St. Louis; Lili Xu, Northeast Normal University, China; Baoxue Zhang, Northeast Normal University, China
11:20 AM
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Multivariate Dyadic Regression Trees for Sparse Learning Problems
Han Liu, Carnegie Mellon University; Xi Chen, Carnegie Mellon University
2:05 PM
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Fast Stochastic Frank-Wolfe Algorithms for Nonlinear SVMs
Hua Ouyang, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alexander Gray, Georgia Institute of Technology
2:25 PM
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Wednesday, 08/04/2010
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Gerontologic Research Algorithms and Statistical Programs: GRASP
Heather Gwynn Allore, Yale University
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Efficiency of the Search Algorithms
Morteza Marzjarani, Saginaw Valley State University; Stephen Bauer, Saginaw Valley State University; Evan Schultz, Saginaw Valley State University
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Intention-to-Treat Analysis in Presence of Noncompliance
Rajarshi Mukherjee, Harvard University
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Mining Drug Data via Mixtures and Corresponding Computational Issues
Xu (Sunny) Wang, St. Francis Xavier University; Hugh A. Chipman, Acadia University
8:35 AM
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Mixture of Regression Models with Varying Mixing Proportions: A Semiparametric Approach
Mian Huang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Yao Weixin, Kansas State University
8:35 AM
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Maximum Likelihood--Based Inference of Metadata via EM Algorithm
Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut; Joseph G. Ibrahim, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Arvind K. Shah, Merck Research Laboratories; Jianxin Lin, Merck Research Laboratories
8:55 AM
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Mixtures of Regression with Unknown Symmetric Error Density
Weixin Yao, Kansas State University; Shaoli Wang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Chunrong Ai, University of Florida
8:55 AM
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Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms for Multivariate Optimal Allocation
Charles D. Day, IRS
9:05 AM
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PartDSA: The Partitioning Deletion/Substitution/Addition Algorithm for Creating Survival Risk Groups
Karen Lostritto, Yale University; Rob Strawderman, Cornell University; Annette Molinaro, Yale University
9:20 AM
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Classification of Functional Data: Unsupervised Curve Clustering When Curves Are Misaligned
Laura M. Sangalli, Politecnico di Milano; Piercesare Secchi, MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano; Simone Vantini, MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano; Valeria Vitelli, MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano
9:25 AM
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Multivariate t Linear Mixed Models with AR(p) Errors for Multiple Longitudinal Data
Wan-Lun Wang, National Central University, Taiwan; Tsai-Hung Fan, National Central University, Taiwan
10:50 AM
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Logit-Based Neutral Zone Classification Algorithm with Application to Microbial Community Profiling
Rebecca Le, University of California, Riverside; Daniel R. Jeske, University of California, Riverside
11:20 AM
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Quantitating Significance in Finite Mixture Models and Model-Based Clustering
Ranjan Maitra, Iowa State University; Volodymyr Melnykov, North Dakota State University
11:35 AM
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Simulating Data to Study Performance of Finite Mixture Modeling and Clustering Algorithms
Volodymyr Melnykov, North Dakota State University; Ranjan Maitra, Iowa State University
11:55 AM
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Model Selection for Gaussian Mixture Models and Mixture of Factor Models
Tao Huang, University of Virginia
2:05 PM
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The Number of the Nearest Neighboring Sites in the Local Maximum Algorithm for Identifying Peaks in Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis
Zhiying You, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Andrzej Kulczycki , The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Sreelatha Meleth , The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Denise Oelschlager , The University of Alabama at Birmingham; William Grizzle , The University of Alabama at Birmingham
2:20 PM
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Deinterleaving Markov Processes via Penalized Maximum Likelihood
Marcelo J. Weinberger, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories; Gadiel Seroussi, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories; Wojciech Szpankowski, Purdue University
2:45 PM
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Thursday, 08/05/2010
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An Image Segmentation Algorithm with Applications to Image Inpainting
Ronny O. Vallejos, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria; Silvia M. Ojeda, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba; Oscar H. Bustos, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
8:35 AM
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Mixture Cure Model with Random Effects for Interval-Censored Survival Data
Liming Xiang, Nanyang Technological University; Xiangmei Ma, Nanyang Technological University
8:50 AM
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New Tuning Methods for the Architecture of Neural Network Model with Application to Bankruptcy Prediction
Chulwoo Jeong, Sogang University; Myung Suk Kim, Sogang University;
8:50 AM
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Integrative Clustering of Multiple Genomic Data Types Using a Regularized Joint Latent Variable Model
Ronglai Shen, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Adam B. Olshen, University of California, San Francisco; Sijian Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9:00 AM
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Detection of Cardiac Alternans via Statistical Analysis of Eigenvalues of a Dynamical System
Adam Petrie, University of Tennessee
9:20 AM
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Evaluating Alternative Criteria for Primary Sampling Units Stratification
Khandaker Mansur, U.S. Census Bureau; Benjamin Reist, U.S. Census Bureau; Patrick Flanagan, U.S. Census Bureau
9:35 AM
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Identifying General-Shaped Clusters Using the k-Means Algorithm
Anna D. Peterson, Iowa State University; Ranjan Maitra, Iowa State University; Arka Ghosh, Iowa State University
9:35 AM
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Robust Estimation of Mixtures of Heavy-Tailed Distributions
A. M. Santos, IBM/University of Colorado Denver; Karen Kafadar, Indiana University
9:50 AM
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Maximin Model-Robust Designs for Split Plot Experiments
Byran Jay Smucker, Penn State; Enrique Del Castillo, Penn State; James Rosenberger, Penn State
10:35 AM
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How Many Iterations Are Sufficient for Semiparametric Estimation?
Guang Cheng, Purdue University
10:35 AM
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Estimation in State-Space Models with Exogenous Covariates and Missing Data
Arlene Naranjo, University of Florida; Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina, University of Florida; Kelli A. Komro, University of Florida; A. Alexandre Trindade, Texas Tech University; George Casella, University of Florida
10:50 AM
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A Fast and Globally Convergent Method for Estimating General Scale-Shape Distributions
Kai-Sheng Song Song, University of North Texas
10:50 AM
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Exact Distribution of Prediction Error Rates for Protein and Domain Interactions
Donald E.K. Martin, North Carolina State University; John Aston, University of Warwick
10:50 AM
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Synthetic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Revisited
John Riddles, Iowa State University; Ranjan Maitra, Iowa State University
10:55 AM
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Modeling Placebo Response via Infinite Mixtures
Thaddeus Tarpey, Wright State University
11:00 AM
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Using Call-Back Data to Adjust for Nonignorable Nonresponse: Results of an Empirical Study
Paul Biemer, RTI International; Kevin Wang, RTI International; Patrick Chen, RTI International
11:05 AM
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Estimating Parameters for Rice-Distributed Time Series Observations with Applications to fMRI
Daniel W. Adrian, Iowa State University; Ranjan Maitra, Iowa State University; Daniel B. Rowe, Marquette University
11:15 AM
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A Practical Algorithm for Exact Inference on Tables
Jeffrey W. Miller, Brown University; Matthew T. Harrison, Brown University
11:20 AM
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Multistate Modeling Approaches for Estimating Disease Risk in Gene Mutation Carriers from Family Data
Karen Kopciuk, Alberta Health Services; Yun-Hee Choi, The University of Western Ontario; Laurent Briollais, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute; Patrick Parfrey, Memorial University; Jane Green, Memorial University
11:25 AM
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Point and Interval Estimations for Difference of Two Proportions in Incomplete Matched-Paired Data Using Expectation-Maximization Algorithm
Adeniyi J. Adewale, Merck & Co., Inc.; Benjamin B. John, EdgeServe LLC
11:50 AM
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