Volume 4 Number 2 July 1994
Bootstrap and Resampling Methods
Maximum likelihood summary and the bootstrap method in structured finite----------- populations -------------------------------------------Chao, M. -T. and Lo, S.-H. 389 The bootstrap method with saddlepoint approximations and importance resampling----- ---------------------------------------------------------Chen Z. H. and Do K. -A. 407 Bootstrap estimates of the power of a rank test in a randomized block design------- --------------------------------------------------------Larocque, D. and Leger C. 423 Practical higher-order smoothing of the bootstrap------------ Lee s. and Young G. A. 445 Limit theorems for weakly dependent Hilbert space valued random variables with application to the stationary bootstrap ------ Politis , D. N. and Romano , J. P. 461 On exactness of the parametric double bootstrap ----------------------- Scholz F. W. 477 A concept of type-2 p-value ------------------------------ Singh, K. and Berk, R. H. 493
Reliability
Nonparametric Bayesian inference from right censored survival data using the Gibbs sampler ---------------------------------------------- Arjas, E. and Gasbarra, D. 505 Some results on burn-in -----------------------Block, H. W. Mi, J. and Savits, T. H. 525 A non-Gaussian Kalman filter model for tracking software reliability------------- ----------------------------------------------Chen, Y. P. and Singpurwalla, N. D. 535 A systems model for reliability studies -----------------------------Marshall, A. W. 549 Discrete probabilistic orderings in reliability theory-------------------------- ------------------------Shaked, M. , Shanthikumar, J. G. and Valdez-Torres, J. B. 567
General
The use of historical control data in testing for trend in counts---------------- ------------------- Leroux, B. G. , Fung, K. Y. , Krewski, D. and Prentice, R. L. 581 Efficiency robust experimental design and estimation using a data-based prior---- ---------------------------------------------------Toman, B. and Gastwirth, J. L. 603 An empirical Bayes confidence report------------------ George, E. I. and Casella, G. 617 A constructive definition of Dirichlet priors ----------------------- Sethuraman, J. 639 Smoothing noisy data with coiflets ---------------------------------- Antoniadis, A. 651 On fisher's bound for stable estimators with extension to the case of Hilbert parameter space ------------------------------------ Zheng, Z. G. and Fang K. -T. 679 Estimation following sequential tests involving data-dependent treatment allocation --------------------------------------------------------------------- Coad, D. S. 693 Approximate pivots from M-estimators----------------------------------- Lloyd, C. J. 701 A new technique for improved confidence bounds for the probability of correct selection -------------------- Gupta, S .S. , Liao, Y. N. Qiu, C. F. and Wang, J. 715 Testing independence of bivariate circular data and weighted degenerate U-statistics --------------------- Shieh, G. S. , Johnson, R. A. and Frees, E. W. 729 A multivariate process capability index over a rectangular solid tolerance zone ----------------------------------------------------------------------Chen, H. F. 749