Publications by Department Members
2009
Modelling heavy-tailed count data using a generalised Poisson-inverse Gaussian family. Statistics & Probability Letters. Elsevier Science BV; 2009; 79: 1695-1703. DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2009.04.011 .
Adjusted exponentially tilted likelihood with applications to brain morphology. Biometrics. Blackwell Publishing Inc; 2009; 65: 919–927. .
2008
Efficient inference in phylogenetic InDel trees. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 21 (NIPS). 2008. pp. 177–184. .
Problems of multiplicity. Can J Anaesth. 2008; 55: 259–261. .
Discovery and Expansion of Gene Modules by Seeking Isolated Groups in a Random Graph Process. PLOS ONE. 185 BERRY ST, STE 1300, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107 USA: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE; 2008; 3: e3358. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003358 .
Adjusted empirical likelihood and its properties. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. Taylor & Francis; 2008; 17: 426–443. .
Inference for normal mixtures in mean and variance. Statistica Sinica. 2008; 18: 443. .
Testing homogeneity in a mixture of von Mises distributions with a structural parameter. Canadian Journal of Statistics. Wiley Online Library; 2008; 36: 129–142. .
Test for homogeneity in Hardy–Weinberg normal mixture model. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. North-Holland; 2008; 138: 3774–3788. .
Extended Bayesian information criteria for model selection with large model spaces. Biometrika. Biometrika Trust; 2008; 95: 759–771. .
Order selection in finite mixture models with a nonsmooth penalty. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 2008; 103. .
Accuracy of detecting changes in auditory heart rate in a simulated operating room environment. Anaesthesia. 2008; 63: 1181–1186. .
Sampling alignment structure under a Bayesian translation model. In Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Empirical Methods on Natural Language Processing (EMNLP08). 2008. pp. 314–323. .
A randomized, controlled, crossover study of a noncustomized tongue retaining device for sleep disordered breathing. Sleep Breath. 2008; 12: 369–373. .
A Bayesian multilevel model for estimating the diet/disease relationship in a multicenter study with exposures measured with error: the EPIC study. Statistics in medicine. Wiley Online Library; 2008; 27: 6037–6054. DOI: 10.1002/sim.3444 .
Modified likelihood ratio test for homogeneity in a mixture of von Mises distributions. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. Elsevier; 2008; 138: 667–681. .
Robust estimation of error scale in nonparametric regression models. JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PLANNING AND INFERENCE. PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV; 2008; 138: 3200-3216. DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2008.01.005 .
Minimal clinically important difference for 7 measures of fatigue in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. J. Rheumatol. 2008; 35: 635–642. .
Hypothesis testing in comparative and experimental studies of function-valued traits. EVOLUTION. 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING; 2008; 62: 1229-1242. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00340.x .
Bayesian multinomial regression with class-specific predictor selection. The Annals of Applied Statistics. JSTOR; 2008;: 1478–1502. DOI: 10.1214/08-aoas188 .
Accuracy of Laplace approximation for discrete response mixed models. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. Elsevier Science BV; 2008; 52: 5066-5074. DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.05.002 .
Use of instrumental variables in the analysis of generalized linear models in the presence of unmeasured confounding with applications to epidemiological research. Statistics in Medicine. 2008; 27: 1539-1556. DOI: 10.1002/sim.3036 .
On Average Predictive Comparisons and Interactions. International Statistical Review. 2008; 76: 419�432. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2008.00056.x .
A semiparametric nonlinear mixed-effects model with non-ignorable missing data and measurement errors for HIV viral data. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis [Internet]. 2008; 53: 112–122. DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.06.018 URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167947308003290 .
Recalibrating ozone chemical transport models. Vancouver, BC: Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia; 2008. .
Combining measurements and physical model outputs for the spatial prediction of hourly ozone space-time fields. Vancouver, BC: Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia; 2008. .
Dynamics of the yeast transcriptome during wine fermentation reveals a novel fermentation stress response. FEMS YEAST RESEARCH. 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING; 2008; 8: 35-52. DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00338.x .
An overview of limited information goodness-of-fit testing in multidimensional contingency tables. In: . New Trends in Psychometrics. Universal Academy Press Tokyo, Japan; 2008. pp. 253–262. .
A sensitivity analysis using information about measured confounders yielded improved assessments of uncertainty from unmeasured confounding. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. Elsevier; 2008; 61: 247-255. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.05.006 .
Primer on the Mortgage Market and Mortgage Finance. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review [Internet]. 2008; 90: 31–46. URL: https://files.stlouisfed.org/files/htdocs/publications/review/08/01/McDonald.pdf .
GeneMANIA: a real-time multiple association network integration algorithm for predicting gene function. GENOME BIOLOGY. 236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD; 2008; 9: S4. DOI: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-s1-s4 .
U-statistic based modified information criterion for change point problems. Communications in Statistics—Theory and Methods. Taylor & Francis Group; 2008; 37: 2687–2712. .
A critical assessment of Mus musculus gene function prediction using integrated genomic evidence. GENOME BIOLOGY. 236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD; 2008; 9: S2. DOI: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-s1-s2 .
Magnetic resonance imaging as a surrogate outcome for multiple sclerosis relapses. Multiple Sclerosis [Internet]. 2008; 14: 770-778. DOI: 10.1177/1352458507088104 URL: http://msj.sagepub.com/content/early/2008/06/05/1352458507088104 .
Hepatocellular carcinoma incidence trends in Canada: analysis by birth cohort and period of diagnosis. Liver Int. 2008; 28: 1272–1279. .
Ethics of placebo-controlled clinical trials in multiple sclerosis: a reassessment. Neurology [Internet]. 2008; 70: 1134–1140. DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000306410.84794.4d URL: http://www.neurology.org/content/70/13_Part_2/1134 .
Determination of the minimal clinically important difference for seven fatigue measures in rheumatoid arthritis. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008; 61: 705–713. .
Intermediate highly active antiretroviral therapy adherence thresholds and empirical models for the development of drug resistance mutations. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes [Internet]. 2008; 47: 397–399. DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31815b0d35 URL: http://content.wkhealth.com/linkback/openurl?sid=WKPTLP:landingpage&an=00126334-200803010-00020 .
Weighted quantile regression with nonelliptically structured covariates. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS-REVUE CANADIENNE DE STATISTIQUE. COMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC; 2008; 36: 595-611. .
The fast-tau estimator for regression. JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND GRAPHICAL STATISTICS. 732 N WASHINGTON ST, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314-1943 USA: AMER STATISTICAL ASSOC; 2008; 17: 659-682. DOI: 10.1198/106186008X343785 Software: https://github.com/msalibian/Fast-tau .
The fast-tau estimator for regression. JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND GRAPHICAL STATISTICS. 732 N WASHINGTON ST, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314-1943 USA: AMER STATISTICAL ASSOC; 2008; 17: 659-682. DOI: 10.1198/106186008X343785 .
Robust model selection using fast and robust bootstrap. COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS. PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV; 2008; 52: 5121-5135. DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.05.007 Software: https://github.com/msalibian/FRBmodelselection .
High breakdown point robust regression with censored data. ANNALS OF STATISTICS. PO BOX 22718, BEACHWOOD, OH 44122 USA: INST MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS; 2008; 36: 118-146. DOI: 10.1214/009053607000000794 .
Fast and robust bootstrap. STATISTICAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS. TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG; 2008; 17: 41-71. DOI: 10.1007/s10260-007-0048-6 Software: https://github.com/msalibian/FRB .
Global analysis of yeast endosomal transport identifies the Vps55/68 sorting complex. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL. 8120 WOODMONT AVE, STE 750, BETHESDA, MD 20814-2755 USA: AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY; 2008; 19: 1282-1294. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E07-07-0659 .
Estimating exposure response functions using ambient pollution concentrations. The Annals of Applied Statistics. Institute of Mathematical Statistics; 2008; 2: 1249–1270. .
Fast robust variable selection. In: . COMPSTAT 2008: PROCEEDINGS IN COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS. TIERGARTENSTR 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY: Univ Porto, Fac Econ; PSE; FCT; FEUP; Banco Porutgal; PORTO; SPM; Caixa Geral Depositos; SPE; CLAD; ifcs; 2008. pp. 359-370. .
Joint inference for nonlinear mixed-effects models and time to event at the presence of missing data. Biostatistics [Internet]. 2008; 9: 308–320. DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxm029 URL: http://biostatistics.oxfordjournals.org/content/9/2/308 .
An approximate method for nonlinear mixed-effects models with nonignorably missing covariates. Statistics & Probability Letters [Internet]. 2008; 78: 384–389. DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2007.07.011 URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167715207002519 .
Inferences for odds ratio with dependent pairs. Test. Springer; 2008; 17: 101-119. DOI: 10.1007/s11749-006-0025-7 .