Contributed Program
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Analysis of Reliability Data
Session Chair: Harry Ascher, Harold E. Ascher & Associates
Reliability Data Analysis for Designed Experiments
Laura J. Freeman and G. Geoffrey Vining
Virginia Tech
A Comparison of Maximum Likelihood and Median Rank Regression for Weibull Estimation
Ulrike Genschel, William Q. Meeker
Iowa State University
An Application of Reliability Model for Static Fatigue Test
Winson Taam
The Boeing Company
Reliability Estimation and Confidence Regions from Subsystem and System Tests via Maximum Likelihood
James C. Spall
Johns Hopkins University
Statistical Process Control
Session Chair: Nien-Fan Zhang, NIST
Control Charts for Poisson Count Data with Varying Sample Sizes
Anne G. Ryan and William H. Woodall
Virginia Tech
A Review of Control Charts for High Quality Processes
John L. Szarka, III and William H. Woodall
Virginia Tech
A Resetting Design of the Manufacturing Process for the EPC and the SPC
Changsoon Park
Chung-Ang University
A Follow-Up Change Point Estimation Procedure to Identify the Time of a Step Change in Time Between Events (TBE) Control Charts
Eralp Dogu
Dokuz Eylul University
Assessment of Statistical Performance
Session Chair: Pete Hovey, University of Dayton
Variance Components - A Visual and Hands-on Approach to Comparing Computational Methods
Janis Dugle
Abbott Laboratories
Don’t Use Rank Sum Tests to Analyze Factorial Designs
Xin (Lucy) Lu
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Using Actual Repairs and Repair Parts Use to Project Future Needs
Carolyn Carroll
Stat Tech Inc.
Should (T1-T2) Have Larger Uncertainty Than T1?
Will Guthrie
NIST
Experiment Design: Selection and Optimization
Session Chair: Pat Whitcomb, Stat-Ease Inc.
Multi-Objective fMRI Designs with Unequal Epoch Lengths via An Hybrid NSGA-II
Ming-Hung Kao
Arizona State University
Optimal Nonregular Designs of 32 runs and Their Projection Properties
Hong Zhou and Debra Ingram
Arkansas State University
A Maximin Model-Robust Exchange Algorithm and its Generalization
Byran J. Smucker, Enrique del Castillo, and James L. Rosenberger
The Pennsylvania State University
Quaternary-Code Designs: A New Class of Nonregular Fractional Factorial Designs
Frederick K. H. Phoa
Academia Sinica
Development and Selection of Statistical Models
Session Chair: Andrew Rukhin, NIST
A Prediction-Based Model Selection Approach
Huaiqing Wu
Iowa State University
Generalized Selective Assembly: A Methodology for Quality Improvement
Matthias H. Y. Tan and C.F. Jeff Wu
Georgia Tech
Internet VoIP Traffic Analysis and Modeling
B. Xi, H. Chen, W. S. Cleveland, and T. Telkamp
Purdue University
Development and Use of Foldover Methods
Session Chair: Robert Mee, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Use of the Fold-Over Technique to Resolve an Ambiguity on the MESSENGER Resistor Problem
Manny Uy
Johns Hopkins University
Another Look at Semifoldover for Two-Level Orthogonal Designs
David J. Edwards
Virginia Commonwealth University
Optimal Blocked Semifoldover Designs
William Li and Po Yang
University of Minnesota and DePaul University
Sequential Synthesis of Nanomaterials via Level Expansion
Youngdeok Hwang
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Computer Experiments
Session Chair: Max Morris, Iowa State University
Construction of Nested Orthogonal or Nearly Orthogonal Designs for Computer Experiments
Jun Li and Peter Z. G. Qian
University of Wisconsin
Multi-Layer Designs for Computer Experiments
Shan Ba and V. Roshan Joseph
Georgia Institute of Technology
A Simple Approach to Emulation for Computer Models With Qualitative and Quantitative Factors
Qiang Zhou, Peter Z.G. Qian, Shiyu Zhou
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Sequential Experiment Design for Emulator and Predictive Maturity
Brian Williams1, Jason Loeppky,2 and Leslie Moore1
1Los Alamos National Laboratory and 2University of British Columbia - Okanagan
Statistical Methods in Metrology
Session Chair: Daniel Jeske, University of California - Riverside
The Prediction Properties of Classical and Inverse Regression for the Simple Linear Calibration Problem
Sara R. Wilson
NASA
Confidence Intervals for Clock Offset in Networks with Bivariate Exponential Delays
Jeff Pettyjohn, Daniel R. Jeske, Jun Li, and Barry C. Arnold
University of California - Riverside
A Simple, Robust, and Candid Approach for Expressing the Uncertainty of Repeated Measurements
Volker Abel
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Laplace Random Effects Models for Interlaboratory Studies
Andrew L. Rukhin and Antonio Possolo
NIST
Multivariate SPC
Session Chair: Bill Woodall, Virginia Tech
Multivariate Nonparametric Shewhart-Type Control Charts
Jeffrey M. Boone and Subhabrata Chakraborti
The University of Alabama
Real-Time Multivariate Process and Product Monitoring
David E. Stevens
Eastman Chemical Company
A Multistep, Cluster-Based Multivariate Chart for Retrospective Monitoring of Individuals
J. Marcus Jobe and Michael Pokojovy
Miami University and Universitaet Konstanz
Self-Starting Multivariate Control Charts for Location and Scale
Edgard M. Maboudou
University of Central Florida
Use and Impact of Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement
Session Chair: I-Li Lu, The Boeing Corporation
Assessing the Impact of Taguchi Methods on UK Manufacturing Organisations: an Empirical Study and Agenda for Further Research
Jiju Antony and Ross Stevenson
University of Strathclyde
Predictive Model Development for Surgical Site Infection in Transplant Patients: a Pediatric Pilot Study
Aleksandra Stein and Valeriya Kettelhut
University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Nebraska Medical Center
Statistical Detection of Medical Provider Insurance Fraud and Abuse: Follow the Money
Andrea L. Long
Bell Laboratories (Ret.)
A Quality, Reliability and Continuous Improvement (QRCII) Non-Profit, Public Service Institute.
Jorge Luis Romeu
Syracuse University
Likelihood and Bayesian Methods in SPC
Session Chair: Will Guthrie, NIST
The Missing-Index Problem in Process Control
Joseph G. Voelkel
Rochester Institute of Technology
Pareto Charting Using Unsupervised, Freestyle Text Data and Two-Stage "Human-Assisted Modeling"
Theodore T. Allen and Hui P. Xiong
The Ohio State University
Controlling Attribute Type Data From a Bayesian Perspective
Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis
Athens University of Economics & Business.
A Multivariate CUSUM Chart Accommodating Prior Information About Potential Shifts
Wei Liu and Peihua Qiu
University of Minnesota