William J Padgett

Position:
Visiting Professor of Mathematical Sciences

Education:
PhD, Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1971
MS, Mathematics, Clemson University, 1968
BS, Mathematics, Clemson University, 1966

Professional Interests:
Statistics and probability with emphasis on reliability models and inference, statistical quality control, nonparametric function estimation from censored/incomplete data, engineering/industrial statistics.

Professional Activities:
Fellow of the American Statistical Association and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute. Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Associate Editor of the Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications, and past Associate Editor of eight other journals.

Selected Publications:

• S. Gulati, W. J. Padgett. Parametric and Nonparametric Inference from Record-Breaking Data, Springer Verlag, New York, 2003.
• K. B. Kulasekera and W. J. Padgett. Bayes Bandwidth Selection in Kernel Density Estimation from Censored Data, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics 18(2006), 129-143.
• C. Park and W. J. Padgett. Stochastic Degradation Models with Several Accelerating Variables, IEEE Transactions on Reliability 55(2006), 379-390.

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Course information and vitae.
Department of Mathematical Sciences.