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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

CURRENT ADVANCES AND TRENDS IN NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS

July 15-19, 2002 - Crete, Greece

 Contributed Paper Sessions

 

Chair 

Session 

Speakers 

Title 

Room 

Day/ Time 

Spanos, A.
Virginia Tech 

1.      Econometrics 


Skouras, S.
Santa Fe Institute

Li, F.
Bank of Canada


Manzan, S.
U of Amsterdam


Dupoiron, S.
Laboratoire de Statistique
du CREST

Spanos, A.
Virginia Tech


Decisionmetrics
Abstract


Nonparametric estimation of diffusion
processes with discrete observations

Abstract

Model selection
for nonlinear time series
Abstract


Estimation of the mean of a functional
nonlinear autoregressive process
Abstract


Model validation and resampling

Abstract

CLIO  

W 8:30-10:30am 

Wegcamp, M.
Yale University
 

2.      Estimation, Classification, and Prediction 


Wegcamp, M.
Yale University


Greenshtein, E.
Israel Institute of
Technology

Cruz, I. R.
Instituto Tecnologico de
Sonora

Cavalier, L.
Universite Aix-Marseille I



Kang, K. H.
Hankuk University of
Foreign Studies


Complexity regularization
via localized random penalties

Abstract

Non parametric variable selection
Abstract


Nonparametric estimation
in mixture models
Abstract

Penalized blockwise Stein's method,
monotone oracles,
and sharp adaptive estimation
Abstract


Bandwidth choice in nonparametric
classification

Abstract

OURANIA 

W 8:30-10:30am 

McElroy, T.
UC San Diego 

3.      Resampling and Subsampling Methods 


Ozturk, O.
Ohio State University


Mantalos, P.
Blekinge Institute of
Technology



Parker, C.
UC San Diego


Whang, Y. J.
Ewha University


Dowla, A.
UC San Diego


Sub-Sample Mann-Whitney-
Wilcoxon Test
Abstract


Bootstrapping the Breusch-Godfrey
autocorrelation test for single equation
dynamic model: Bootstrapping
the restricted vs. unrestricted model

Abstract

Unit root testing via the continuous
path stationary bootstrap
Abstract


Consistent testing for stochastic
dominance: a subsampling approach
Abstract


Local block bootstrap
Abstract

CLIO  

Tu 11-12 and 2-3pm 

Kapatou, A.
U. of Michigan
 

4.      Multivariate Data and Analysis of Experiments 


Callegari, F.
Penn State University



Antoniou, E.
Penn State University


Caroni, C.
National Technical Univ.
of Athens

Meulman, J. J.
Leiden University



Kapatou, A.
U. of Michigan


 


Rank tests for patterned alternatives
in two-way nonparametric
analysis of variance
Abstract


Nonparametric analysis of data
under random missingness
Abstract

Robust detection of multiple outliers
in grouped multivariate data
Abstract


A unidimensional distance model
for objects in multivariate data
under nonlinear scaling of variables
Abstract


Multivariate exponentially weighted
moving average control charts based
on the sign and sign-rank statistics
Abstract

 

CLIO  

Th 11-12 and 2-3pm 

Kokolakis, G.
National Technical Univ. of Athens
 

5.      Model Building and Inference 


Duong, T.
U. of Western Australia


Vince LaRiccia
U. of Delaware


de Una Alvarez, J.
Campus Universitario
Lagoas-Marcosende


Qu, A.
Oregon State Univ.


Tsagkari, H.
U. of Cyprus



Plug-in bandwidth selectors for
bivariate kernel density estimation
Abstract


Selecting the smoothing parameter
in goodness of fit testing
Abstract


Bootstrap bandwidth selection
in kernel density estimation
for length-biased censored data

Abstract

Inference functions: semiparametric
and nonparametric approaches
Abstract


Nonparametric models and methods
for ANCOVA with dependent data
Abstract


OURANIA 

Th 11-12 and 2-3pm 

Sarda, P.
Universite Paul Sabatier
 

6.      Nonparametric Regression I 


Braekers, R.
Limburgs Universitair
Centrum


Rhomari, N.
Universite Mohammed 1er


Mohdeb, Z.
Universite Mentouri



Deschepper, E.
Ghent University



Sarda, P.
Universite Paul Sabatier

 


Goodness of fit tests
for a regression model
with partially informative censoring
Abstract


Kernel regression estimation
in Banach space
Abstract


Mean Squared Residuals approach
for testing linear hypotheses in
nonparametric regression
Abstract


Regional residual plots
for assessing the fit
of multiple linear regression models
Abstract

Penalized loglikelihood for generalized
linear model for functional data
Abstract

 

CLIO  

M 11-12 and 2-3pm 

Bagavos, D.
U of Birmingham 

7.      Survival Analysis and Wavelet Regression 


DiRienzo, A. G.
Harvard School of Public
Health


Ould-Said, E.
U. Littoral Cote d’Opale


Newell, J.
National Univ. of Ireland


Bagavos, D.
U of Birmingham


Oyet, A. J.
Memorial Univ. of
Newfoundland
 


Nonparametric comparison of two
survival time distributions in the presence of dependent censoring
Abstract


L-1 deficiency of the Kaplan-Meier
estimator
Abstract


The presentations and analysis
of bivariate survival studies
Abstract

Local linear fit in nonparametric
hazard rate estimation

Abstract

Testing Variances
in Wavelet Regression Models
Abstract

 

OURANIA 

Th 3:30-5:30 

Swanepoel, C. J.
Potchefstroom Univ. 

8.      General 


Cortina, M. J. L.
Santiago de Compostela
University

van Graan, F. C.
Potchefstroom University



Tack, L.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Vial-Roget, C.
CREST-ENSAI

Swanepoel, C. J.
Potchefstroom Univ.


 


Bootstrapping the nonparametric
Chambers-Dunstan estimator
Abstract


A new kernel distribution function
estimator based on a nonparametric
transformation of the data

Abstract

Nonparametric experimental design
Abstract



Testing a single index model
Abstract

The bootstrap applied to a modified
Read-Cressie goodness-of-fit statistic
for categorical data

Abstract

CLIO  

M 8:30-10:30am 

Tsimikas, J.
U of Massachusetts - Amherst 

9.      Bioinformatics 


Pla, L.
Francisco de Miranda
University

Cao, R.
Universidade da Coruna



Fernandez, M. F.
Universidade da Coruna



Sellero, C. S.
U of Santiago de
Compostela


Tsimikas, J.
U of Massachusetts
- Amherst
 


Inference about biodiversity indexes

Abstract


Goodness-of-fit tests for conditional
models under left censoring
and right truncation

Abstract

A plug-in bandwidth selector for
local polynomial regression estimator
with correlated errors
Abstract


Almost sure representation
of the estimator of the population size
under truncation, with applications

Abstract

Profile likelihood inference
for highly accurate diagnostic tests

Abstract

CLIO  

Tu 3:30-5:30 

Caroni, C.
National Technical Univ. of Athens 

10.  Density Estimation 


Futschik, A.
Vienna University


Essaoulova, V.
Weierstrass Institute



Jacome Pumar, A.
Univ. de Vigo


Delaigle, A.
Universite Catholique de
Louvain

Dabo-Niang, S.
University of Paris VI and
Laboratoire de Statistique
du CREST


 


Mode estimation for smooth
and nonsmooth densities

Abstract

Large deviations of L-1 error of
kernel density estimators and
kernel regression function estimators

Abstract

Presmoothed density estimators
with right censored data
Abstract


Density estimation in
the deconvolution problem
Abstract


Density estimation by orthogonal
series in an infinite dimensional space:
Application to processes
of diffusion type
Abstract


OURANIA 

M 11-12 and 2-3pm 

Mantalos, P.
Blekinge Institute of
Technology 

11.  Finance Applications 


Alsaleh, M. A.
College of Business
Studies

Bimpeh, Y.
Dublin City University



Dauxois, J.-Y.
CREST-ENSAI



Chen, S. X.
U of Singapore




Albuquerque, P. H.
Texas A&M International
University


 


On forecasting exchange rate:
a time series analysis

Abstract

Modified Stringer bound for
monetary-unit sampling in financial
auditing

Abstract

On testing the proportionality of two
cumulative incidence functions
in a competing risks setup

Abstract

Simultaneous specification tests
for the mean and variance structure
of regression with applications to
testing of diffusion models
Abstract


A simple nonparametric long-run
correlation estimator with
an application to Latin-American
stock returns
Abstract


CLIO  

F 11-12 and 2-3pm 

Papadopoulos, A. S.
UNC at Charlotte
 

12.  Goodness-of-Fit 


Papadopoulos, A. S.
UNC at Charlotte


Nakas, C.
Aristotle University


Thas, O.
Ghent University


Ignaccolo, R.
Universita degli Studi
di Torino
 


On goodness-of-fit test
using moments

Abstract

Assessment of diagnostic markers
by goodness-of-fit tests
Abstract


On the link between EDF and smooth
goodness-of-fit tests
Abstract


Goodness-of-fit test
for dependent observations

Abstract

OURANIA 

M 8:30-10:30am 

Grama, I.
U of South Britany  

13.  Special Distributions 


Grama, I.
U of South Britany


van der Meulen, F.
Vrije Univ.Amsterdam


Yun, S.
U of Suwon


Okumura, H.
Chugoku Junior College


Goldwasser, M.
Harvard School of Public Health
 


Estimating the tail index or fitting
a Pareto tail to the data?

Abstract

Nonparametric estimation
of a self-decomposable distribution

Abstract

Higher order moment estimators
of the extreme value index

Abstract

Weighted kernel estimators in nonparametric binomial regression
Abstract

Fiducial inference for infinite-
dimensional parameters

Abstract

OURANIA 

F 11-12 and 2-3pm 

Smit, C. F.
U of Pretoria
 

14.  Nonparametric Model Building 


Smit, C. F.
U of Pretoria



Senturk, D.
UC Davis


Polzehl, J.
Weierstrass Institute Berlin


Kim, W.
Institute of Econometrics and Statistics


Rachdi, M.
Universite de Grenoble 2



 


Small sample distribution of one-sample linear rank test statistics
without assuming symmetry

Abstract

Varying coefficient models
and mathematical coupling

Abstract

Varying coefficient modeling
using structural adaptation

Abstract

Canonical instrumental variable
method for nonparametric
structural models

Abstract

Strong consistence of spectral
estimation of continuous-time
processes: Periodic and Poisson
sampling schemes
Abstract


CLIO  

Th 8:30-10:30am 

Krzyzak, A.
Concordia University
 

15.  Nonparametric Regression II


Krzyzak, A.
Concordia University



Escabias Machuca, M.
U of Granada


Yap, C.
University of Glasgow



Cabrera, J. L. O.
U of Zaragoza



Saavedra-Gonzalez, A.
Campus Universitario
Lagoas-Marcosende
 


Nonparametric regression estimation
using normalized radial basis
function networks

Abstract

Principal component estimation
of functional logistic regression

Abstract

Detecting discontinuities in correlated
data using a nonparametric
regression approach

Abstract

Nonparametric confidence bands
for the regression function in GLM
models under length biased sampling

Abstract

Universal kriging by means of local
polynomial regression

Abstract

OURANIA 

Th 8:30-10:30am 

Koukouvinos, C
National Technical Univ. of Athens
 

16.  Systems and State-Space Models 


Froda, S.
Universite du Quebec
a Montreal

Kokolakis, G.
National Technical Univ.
of Athens


Papanastasiou, D.
U of Macedonia


Gluhovsky, I.
Sun Microsystems
Laboratories


Koukouvinos, C.
National Technical Univ.
of Athens
 


Estimation of solutions to a particular
class of ODE systems

Abstract

On the discrepancy measures for
optimal partitioning in Bayesian
multivariate micro-aggregation
Abstract

State-space model estimation
by estimating functions

Abstract

Isotonic additive models
for characterizing computer
memory systems

Abstract

Another look at projection properties
of Hadamard matrices

Abstract

OURANIA 

Tu 11-12 and 2-3pm 

Papanastasiou, D.
U of Macedonia 

17.  Time Series 


Fried, R.
University of Dortmund


Girard, A.
U of Glasgow



Anevski, D.
Chalmers Univ. of
Technology

Vilar, J. A.
Universidade da Coruna



McElroy, T.
UC San Diego

 


Robust filtering of time series
with trends

Abstract

Multiple-step ahead predictions
of time series models with Gaussian
processes by propagating uncertainty

Abstract

Isotonic regression for dependent data
Abstract


Discriminant and cluster analysis
for Gaussian stationary processes:
Local linear fitting approach

Abstract

Asymptotics for stable
moving averages
Abstract


CLIO  

Tu 8:30-10:30am 

Fryzlewicz, P.
U of Bristol 

18.  Wavelets 


Fryzlewicz, P.
U of Bristol



Rodriguez-Casal, A.
Campus
Universitario
Lagoas-Marcosende


Zychaluk, K.
U of Birmingham


Jansen, M.
TU Eindhoven

 


Modelling and forecasting financial
log-returns as locally stationary
wavelet processes

Abstract

Nonlinear wavelet density estimation
under the Koziol-Green model

Abstract

Additive bias reduction method
for wavelet density estimate

Abstract

Grid adaptive wavelets
in irregularly sampled data smoothing

Abstract

CLIO  

F 8:30-10:30am 

Pensky, M.
U. of Central Florida 

19.  Bayes and Likelihood 


Pensky, M.
U. of Central Florida


Belitser, E.
Utrecht University


De Canditiis, D.
Istituto per Applicazioni del
Calcolo "Mauro Picone"
-Napoli Section

Angelini, C.
Istituto per Applicazioni del
Calcolo "Mauro Picone"
-Napoli Section

Petrone, S.
Universita Bocconi



 


Frequentist properties of the Bayesian
wavelet shrinkage
Abstract


Empirical adaptive Bayes estimation
in a Gaussian white noise model

Abstract

Bayesian interpretation and credible
intervals for regularised linear
wavelet estimators

Abstract

Empirical Bayes approach
to wavelet regression
using Epsilon-contaminated priors

Abstract

A constructive way of approximating
a distribution function via mixtures
with applications in Bayesian
nonparametric inference
Abstract

OURANIA 

Tu 8:30-10:30am 

Gonzalez-Rivera, G.
UC Riverside 

20.  Nonparametric Regression III


Gonzalez-Rivera, G.
UC Riverside




Mushkudiani, N.
EURANDOM, The Netherlands

Kovac, A.
University of Essen


Perez, G. A.
Universidade da Coruna


 


Testing for neglected nonlinearity
in regression models: A collection
of new tests based on the theory
of random fields

Abstract

Generalized
Probability-Probability plots
Abstract


Nonparametric logistic regression
and modality
Abstract


Estimation and testing in partly linear regression models
under long-memory dependence
Abstract


OURANIA

F 8:30-10:30am

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