This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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8
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, August 1, 2010 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Council of Chapters
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| Abstract - #306144 |
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Title:
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Borrowing from Survival Analysis to Assess Lumber Strength
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Author(s):
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Lang Wu*+ and Jim Zidek and Lucy Cheng and Sameoul Wong and Conroy Lum and Ciprian Pirvu
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Companies:
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The University of British Columbia and The University of British Columbia and The University of British Columbia and Harvard University and Forintek Canada and Forintek Canada
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Address:
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333-6356 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canada
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Keywords:
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lumber strength ;
survival analysis ;
Weibull distribution
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Abstract:
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The characterization of various strength properties of lumber is an important problem in wood engineering. We consider some statistical approaches for analyzing and modelling lumber strength data. Specifically, we show how survival models and Weibull distributions can be used to study various strength properties of lumber. The methods are illustrated using data collected from Forintek Canada.
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