Abstracts

Keynote Speakers

C.R.Rao (Sc.D.,FRS, Padma Vibhushan, National Medal of Science Laureate, USA) IMPORTANCE SAMPLING AND COSS ENTROPY WITH APPLICATIONS TO PROBLEMS OF LARGE DEVIATIONS AND OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS
Nancy L. Geller Confirmatory clinical trial designs for biomarkers

Special Guest/Invited Speakers

S. Ejaz Ahmed System/Machine Bias Versus Human Bias: Generalized linear Models
David E Allen Extreme Market Risk-An Extreme Value Theory Approach
William T.M. Dunsmuir Inference and Computational Methods for Regression Modelling in Multiple Time Series of Counts with Random Effects.
Ramesh Gupta FRAILTY AND CURE MODELS IN SURVIVAL ANALYSIS
Martin Hazelton Statistical Linear Inverse Problems in Transportation Science
Rahul Mukerjee Two-Sided Bayesian and Frequentist Tolerance Intervals: General Asymptotic Results with Applications
George Obsekov How to apply Factor and Cluster Analysis to increase Sales of Orthopedic Equipment
John Robinson Saddlepoint Approximations for Multiparameter Permutation Tests
Marc A. Suchard Inferring social networks from molecular and linguistic data
Tim Swartz Research in Statistics in Sport
Neville Weber U-statistics, Trimming and Robust Estimators
Samaradasa Weerahandi Generalized Point Estimation With Application to Mixed Models

Invited Speakers

Dhaif K. Al-Mutairi A multivariate hidden truncation model with Weibull component densities
Dr. M. A. Ali COMBINED TEST STATISTIC AND RANDOMIZED BLOCK DESIGN WITH HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENT
Dragi Anevski Monotone spectral density estimation
Dr. Syamsundar Annamraju General repair models for maintained systems
Mousumi Banerjee Logic Trees for Multilevel Data: Application to Cancer Care
Dr. Munni Begum A Generalized Poisson Regression Model for the Determinants of Household Fertility Decision in Bangladesh
Veronica Berrocal Directional Weights Car Models Using Gaussian Process Mixing
Debanjan Bhattacharjee On SPRT and RSPRT for the Unknown Mean in a Normal Distribution with Equal Mean and Variance
Rahul Bhattacharya Optimal Target Proportions from Efficiency Considerations in Response Adaptive Randomization
Ishaq Bhatti Statistics of Time Invariant Business Cycle: Evidence from Australian Data
Atanu Biswas Optimal target allocation proportion for correlated binary responses in a two-treatment set up
Mausumi Bose Key Pre-distribution Schemes for Distributed Sensor Networks via Block Designs
Smarajit Bose Statistical issues in speaker identification
Subrata Chakraborty Skew- Normal Distributions and its extensions – A Review
Jennifer So-kuen Chan Stochastic Modelling of Volatility and Inter-relationships in the Australian Electricity Markets
Ansu Chatterjee Modeling climate characteristics using distribution-free small area methodology
Bhargab Chattopadhyay Some New perspectives on Two-Stage Fixed-Width Confidence Interval Procedures for the Mean of a Normal Distribution
Dr Alka Chaudhari RELIABILTY THEORY AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
Sanjay Chaudhuri Empirical Likelihood for Small Area Estimation
Ming-Yen Cheng Testing the distribution specification in multiparameter local likelihood models
Michael P. Cohen Inferences for finite populations based on Bayesian nonparametric methods
Rabindra Nath Das A REINFORCED RANDOMIZED BLOCK DESIGN WITH CORRELATED ERRORS
Samarjit Das Intercept Poolability Test under Cross-sectional Dependence
Somnath Datta Comparing Waiting Times in a Multi-Stage Model: A Log-rank Approach
Susmita Datta Nonparametric Regression Using Partial Least Squares Dimension Reduction in Multistate Models
Anup Dewanji Design issues in presence of covariates and their applications
Howard D’Abrera USING EXCEL TO ENHANCE THE LEARNING PROCESS WHEN TEACHING INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS COURSES
James M. Flegal Exact sampling for intractable probability distributions via a Bernoulli factory
James M. Flegal Exact sampling for intractable probability distributions via a Bernoulli factory
Thomas Fung Rate of decay of the tail dependence coefficient for the skew t distribution
Dr Selvanayagam Ganesalingam (Ganes) An analytical expression for the misclassification error rates associated with the QDF in discriminating two normal populations
Gery Geenens A nonparametric functional method for automatic signature recognition
Malay Ghosh TWO STAGE BAYESIAN BENCHMARKED ESTIMATORS FOR SMALL AREA ESTIMATION
K.L.D. Gunawardena Teaching Statistics Online
NOR AISHAH HAMZAH Stylized fact, structural breaks and modeling volatility of financial time series
Heejoon Han Asymptotic Properties of GARCH-X Processes
M. Tariqul Hasan Mixed Effect Model for Longitudinal Semi-continuous Data
Junichi HIRUKAWA On the unit root process with locally stationary disturbance
Giles Hooker Robustness, Efficiency and Regularization in Model Selection: LASSO with Disparities
Shahariar Huda On some D-minimax designs for estimating slopes of a third-order response surface
ABDUL GHAPOR HUSSIN Improved Efficient Approximation of the Concentration Parameter for von Mises Distribution
Professor Alan Hutson A Practical Guide to Exact Bootstrap Methodology
Dr.Atul S Inamdar A Stylostatistic study of Khandekar’s writing.
M. Ataharul Islam A Bi-variate Binary Model for Testing Dependence in Outcomes
Dr Dasarath Jayasuriya Seasonal Water Forecasting Services to Assist Managing Water Scarecity and Variability
Dr Niranjali Jayasuruiya (Presenter) Wet weather sewer overflow 'hotspot' site identification using a Bayesian network mode
Anwar H. Joarder On the Distribution of Correlated Variance Ratio and Its Applications
Dr.Mrs.Kumud Gore Kherdekar Herdan's K*: A Stylistic Criterion
Nursel Koyuncu Efficient Estimators in Successive Sampling
Professor Andrzej S. Kozek Robust and Efficient Estimation of the Tail Index of Stable Distributions
K.B. Kulasekera Estimation in Generalized Varying Coefficient Models
Guresh Kumar Growth Curve Modeling of Under Five Rural Males – A Non Linear Mixed Effect Models Approach
Kuldeep Kumar Specification of mixed Bilinear Time Series Models
Sanjeev Kumar Indicative results on the risk of cancellation of policies: A fuzzy approach
Tim Kyng Software used for quantitative analysis in the financial services workplace, and the perspectives of graduates, employers and academics.
Tim Kyng THE MULTIVARIATE BINOMIAL MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE VALUATION OF EMPLOYEE SHARE OPTIONS AND OTHER MULTIVARIATE CONTINGENT CLAIMS
PUSHPA L.GUPTA RELIABILITY STUDIES OF BIVARIATE NORMAL AND LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS
Arnab K. Laha Robustness of Control Chart with Circular Data
Partha Lahiri Spatial Modeling in Small Area Estimation
You Liang Recent developments in inference for stochastic processes using estimating functions
Wei Lin Local Slicing and a Combining Algorithm On Heteroscedastic Single-Index Models
Ananda Manage Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves for Measuring the Quality of Decision in Cricket
Dobrin Marchev Markov chain Monte Carlo Algorithms for the Bayesian Logistic Regression Model
Sinjini Mitra Biometrics - a gold standard? A "Statistical" Perspective
Ibrahim bin Mohamed Comparison and Detection of Additive and Innovational Outliers in BL(p, q, 1, 1) Processes
Debashis Mondal Disease mapping with area and population density information
Rahul Mukerjee Improving Anonymity in Shared Key Primitives Based on Perfect Hash Families
Bhramar Mukherjee A Principal Interactions Analysis Framework for Repeated Measures Data on Quantitative Traits: Application to Longitudinal Studies of Gene-Environment Interactions
Dr. Amitava Mukherjee Nonparametric joint monitoring of location and scale based on inverse sampling and its application
Professor Nitis Mukhopadhyay On a Sharper Lower Bound for a t-Percentile with an Application in Sequential Estimation
Professor Nitis Mukhopadhyay A Half-Day Workshop: Sequential Methodologies with Applications
Samuel Muller Graphical Tools for Model Selection
K Muralidharan A point process model through a Fractional Differential Operator
Kevin Murray A new algorithm for fitting monotone polynomials to data
Saman Muthukumarana Bayesian Modelling and Computation for One-day Cricket
Ronald Neath Conditional simulation in the two-stage hierarchical model
Choung Min Ng A Bivariate Generalization of the Non-Central Negative Binomial Distribution
K.H. Ng. Efficient Estimation of Autoregressive Conditional Duration (ACD) Models using Estimating Functions (EF)
Haruhiko Ogasawara Monotonic transformations using sample cumulants in asymptotic expansions
P.Chandrasekhar Inference procedures for bivariate exponential model of Gumbel in Queueing Theory
Pinakpani Pal Group-sequential response-adaptive designs in the presence of covariates
Parameshwar V. Pandit Rank Tests for Independence with Missing Values
Chris Perera Statistical Analysis to Detect Climate Change and Its Implications on Water Resources
Harsha Perera A second look at Duckworth-Lewis in Twenty20
Nelson Perera Unit Root Tests and Structural Breaks: A Survey with Applications
DANNY PFEFFERMANN Two-stage benchmarking of time-series models For small area estimation
Sankha Muthu Poruthotage On Exploratory Sequential Fixed-Width Confidence Interval Procedures for the Mean Under Multiple Boundary Crossings
I.M. Premachandra Transient and asymptotic behavior of synchronization processes in assembly-like queues
DR. SUDESH PUNDIR Receiver Operating Characteristic curve for Bi-Weibull distribution and its properties
Asoka Ramanayake Statistical Disclosure Limitation Methods for Confidentiality
K.S.MADHAVA RAO A distribution-free test for bivariate symmetry about a line
Andrew Robinson Statistical tools for measuring the performance of an inspectorate
Professor Holger Rootzén Extreme value methods in traffic safety research
Michael Rosenblum Optimizing Randomized Trial Designs to Distinguish which Subpopulations Benefit from Treatment
Pavlina Rumcheva Random and mixed effects models for directional data
Brisa N. Sánchez Estimators for longitudinal latent exposure models: examining measurement model assumptions
Abhirup Sarkar Can Affirmative Action Affect the Targeted Population?
Jaya M. Satagopan Evaluation of removable statistical interactions in cancer epidemiology studies
Ananda Sen Bayesian analysis of life-data under competing risks
Ashok Shanubhogue TREND TESTING IN NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS
Suresh Kumar Sharma A Selection Procedure for Selecting the Least Increasing Failure Rate Average Distribution
Hiroshi Shiraishi Estimation Error of Pessimistic Portfolios for Dependent Returns
Mahendran Shitan A Test for the Index Parameter of the Generalized Autoregressive GAR(1) model
Diwakar Shukla GRAPH SAMPLING : A NEW APPROACH
G. N. Singh On the Use of Multiple Auxiliary Variables in Estimation of Current Population Mean in Two-Occasion Successive (Rotation) Sampling
V. K. Singh ON SOME STOCHASTIC MODELS FOR HUMAN REPRODUCTION PROCESS
Arun K Sinha SAMPLE SIZE CHOICE FOR RANKED SET SAMPLING
Sanjoy Sinha Robust inference for mixed censored and binary response models with missing covariates
Peter Song Estimating equation approach to merging longitudinal surveillance data
Professor Sargur N. Srihari Probabilistic Graphical Models in Machine Learning
Professor Sargur N. Srihari Probabilistic Graphical Models in Machine Learning
T. N. Sriram Robust Multivariate Association Measures
Tim Swartz Drafts Versus Auctions in the Indian Premier League
Donatello Telesca Hierarchical Mixtures of Conditional Dependence Models
Kukatharmini Tharmaratnam A robust conditional Akaike information criterion for linear mixed models
Umashanger Thayasivam Robust Estimation for Mixture Complexity –A Model Selection Approach
Manish Trivedi POST STRATIFICATION STRATEGY IN FINITE POPULATION SAMPLING
Berwin A Turlach On sampling from arbitrary copulae
Gajendra K. Vishwakarma A CLASS OF ESTIMATORS BASED ON DOUBLE SAMPLING FOR STRATIFICATION
Qiying Wang Non-parametric cointegrating regression with NNH errors
Dr. Ruvan Weerasinghe Data-driven methods for Natural Language Processing
VSS Yadavalli Regenerative stochastic processes in reliability theory
Nihal Yatawara An Information Control Chart for Stationary Autocorrelated Processes
Ali S. Yousef Edgeworth Expansion of Triple Sampling Coverage Probability of the Mean
Mahboobeh Zangeneh Dependence in Binary Outcomes of a Longitudinal Study and Test for Order: A Quadratic Exponential Model Approach
Yong Zulina Zubairi Imputing Missing Values for the von Mises Distribution

Contributed Speakers

Sachith Abeysundara A Genetic-based EM algorithm to obtain a better estimate for a Finite Mixture model using one initial value
Gayathri Amarasinghe An Optimal Design for VSI-Shewhart X-bar Control Chart
Akshay Anand A predictive model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis
Markandu Anputhas Logistic Regression Coupled GIS Techniques to Project the Land Use Change
N. Anushiya A study on the problems regarding English medium lectures faced by undergraduates of the University of Colombo
Yapa Mudiyanselage Himali Prathapa Madduma Bandara Disposition Effect and Momentum in the Sri Lankan Stock Market
Abdul Mutalib Mohd Beksin Forecasting Models of Grade A Office Buildings Rent in Malaysia
Arunangshu Biswas Diffusive limits for Adaptive MCMC
Arindom Chakraborty Robust Analysis in Joint Models- An Application to a study on Muscular Dystrophy
Farzana Chowdhury Comparison of Estimation Methods for Left Censored Data: A Simulation Study
Ratnaweera A Dayananda Statistical study of criteria for admission to national universities in Sri Lanka
K. A. D. Deshani Analysis of Efficiency in Multi-Channel Queuing Systems A Study on Advertisement Counter Queues at a Leading Newspaper Company
Manage Prabhashrini Dhanushika A novel method to estimate boundary line model for evaluating maximum / optimum response
Gnanadarsha Sanjaya Dissanayake Generalized Fractional Processes with Conditional Heteroscedasticity
Dr.R.Radhakrishnan Construction of Tightened-Normal-Tightened Schemes of Type TNT-(n; c1, c2)Indexed through Nano Quality Levels
Jagath Edirisinghe Spatial Dependence of Conservation Choice: An Application of Bayesian Spatial Autoregressive Probit Model
Ruwini Edirisinghe Application of Gamma process for deterioration prediction of buildings from discrete condition data.
Malik Farook A study on identifying significant factors affecting production line efficiency in the local apparel industry using multiple linear regression
Sarojinie Fernando Spatio-temporal modelling of relative risk
Matthew Fitzpatrick Efficient Bayesian Estimation of the Multivariate Double Chain Markov Model
Nalaka G.D.A. Development of an Empirical Subject Classification System
Sithara Walpita Gamage Statistical methods for modeling floods in South Australia
Thisari Gunasekara An Optimal Design for Upper-Sided VSI-CUSUM Chart
H. A. C. K. Hettiarachchi Time Series Regression and Artificial Neural Network Approach for modeling Non-prognostic Time Series Data; Application for forecasting the Unit Price of Tea at the Colombo Tea Auction
Hewa, G. A. Ungauged Catchment Predictions of Low Flow Quantiles: How Reliable are they?
Ibrahim, Adriana Irawati Nur New method for mode jumping in MCMC algorithms
I.M.N. ILLANKOON Forecasting Vegetable Extent and Production in Sri Lanka: ARIMA Model approach
Ijaz Iqbal Construction of experimental designs by using the method of cyclic shifts
Dr. Mohammad Ekramol Islam Inventory model at service facilities for system with postponed demands with considering pool and buffer customers
Mohd Isfahani Ismail (Ismail M.I.) Comparison of Detecting Additive and Innovational Outliers in BL(p, 0, 1, 1) Process
Udith K. Jayasinghe-Mudalige USE OF STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING TECHNIQUES TO OVERCOME THE EMPIRICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH QUANTIFICATION OF ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS
Dr. S. C. Jhansi FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS – SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATIONS
Busanga Jerome Kanyama A COMPARISON OF MANOVA, DISCRIMINANT AND FACTOR ANALYSIS IN DETECTING THE EFFECTS OF POWER USAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Chiang Kao Stochastic Malmquist productivity index
Chandima P. Karunanayake Relationship between lung function and hypertension among rural Canadians using fractional polynomials
Md.Izhar Khan Some Characterization Results based on Conditional Expectation of function of Dual Generalized Order Statistics
Shahansha Khan Perishable Inventory System at Service Facilities for System with Postponed Demands Considering Pool and Buffer Customers
Tadeusz Kosztolowicz Applications of fractional differential equations to describe subdiffusion
Wahjono Kuntohadi Developing Multivariate Time Series of Extreme Climate Variables Regarding Its Effect to the Dengue Disease in Malaysia: A Situation Analysis
Lakho, M. H (M, S)-Optimality Criterion for Regular Fractional Factorial Designs
Ms. Saran Ishika Maiti Large sample testing of Toeplitz covariance structure
Nishantha Medagoda Document Clustering: An application for Categorizing Open-ended Survey Responses
Dr. Santosh Kumar Mishra GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS: CASE STUDY OF EUROPEAN STATISTICAL SYSTEM
N.A.D.Namalee Napagoda A Comparison of NARX and FFNN for Modeling of Soil Temperatures: A Case Study for Bathalagoda Area
P.A.D.A.N.Appuhamy Modelling the association between coconut yield of the Bandirippuwa Estate and climatic factors: A multivariate time series approach
Punam Pahwa Comparison of Non-Frailty Competing Risks and Frailty-Based Competing Risks Models
Hasanthi Pathberiya Modeling electricity consumption in Sri Lanka and in Colombo City using a Time Series Analysis Approach
Indeewara Perera A goodness-of-fit test for a class of autoregressive conditional duration models
D.L.M Rangana Financial Time Series Forecasting Based on Artificial Neural Network and Support Vector Regression Models: An Application to the Colombo Stock Exchange
Pulindu Ratnasekera A statistical approach for estimating One Day International Cricket Scores
Hansapani Rodrigo Z - Score Based School Clustering System for Sri Lanka
Dedi Rosadi Modeling the term structure of yield spreads of Corporate Bonds: Empirical evidence from Indonesian Financial Market
S.RAJALINGAM Determining Optimal Injection Moulding Process Parameters by Two Level Factorial Design with Center Points: A Case Study
Tony Sahama INTERNET USAGE TRENDS IN MEDICAL INFORMATICS
V. Senthilvel Cox’s regression model for the study of Diabetic Retinopathy
Sujeeva Setunge Application of Gamma process for deterioration prediction of buildings from discrete condition data
D. B. U. S. De Silva Generalized Linear Multilevel Models for Ordinal Categorical Responses: Methods and Application to Medical Data
M.H. Tahir Some contributions to the construction of polygonal designs for block size 3
H. T. Tharanganie Clustering Mixed Continuous and Categorical Data: An Application to a National Youth Survey
Miss B A V Thilini Estimation of Weekly Rainfalls in the Intermediate Low Country (Il1 Il3) of Sri Lanka: Geostatistical Approach
Nadeeka Dilini Weerasinghe Methods for Controlling the Call Placement Ratio for Outbound Dialing of a Call Center
K.N.D Wijesinghe Use of bootstrapping in Hotelling's T-square : A recipe using R language
Sakon Wongmongkolrit The determination of appropriate spare parts management policy with unknown failure distribution by applying Life Cycle Analysis
Rossita M. Yunus In search of an appropriate test for the location parameter
Shazia Zarrin OPTIMUM STEP STRESS ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING FOR MUKHERJEE-ISLAM FAILURE MODEL
Ms. Benazir Zia RELATIONS FOR MARGINAL AND JOINT MOMENT GENERATING FUNCTIONS OF GENERALIZED EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION BASED ON LOWER GENERALIZED ORDER STATISTICS AND CHARACTERIZATION