Brian Yandell's Publications

• Statistical Genomics
• Ecological Modeling
• Nonparametric Regression
• Survival Analysis

• Research Summary

Nonparametric Regression

• Jin C, Fine JP, Yandell BS (2007) A unified semiparametric framework for QTL analyses, with application to spike phenotypes. J Amer Statist Assoc 102 : 56-67.
• Zou F, Yandell BS , Fine JP (2007) Semiparametric and nonparametric gene mapping. In Advances in Statistical Modeling and Inference: Essays in honor of Kjell A. Doksum. Ed. by V Nair. World Scientific, pp. 387-404.
• Fine JP, Zou F, Yandell BS (2004) Nonparametric estimation of mixture distributions with known mixture proportions. Biostatistics 5 : 501-513.
• Zou F, Yandell BS , Fine JP (2003) Rank-based statistical methodologies for QTL mapping. Genetics 165 : 1599-1605.
• Zou F, Fine JP, Yandell BS (2002) On empirical likelihood for a semiparametric mixture model. Biometrika 89 : 61-75.
• Tao H, Palta M, Yandell BS , Newton MA (1999) An estimation method for the semi-parametric mixed effects model. Biometrics 55 , 102-110.
• Qiu P, Yandell BS (1998) A local polynomial jump detection algorithm in nonparametric regression. Technometrics 40 , 141-152.
• Qiu P, Yandell BS (1997) Jump detection in regression surfaces. J of Computational and Graphical Statistics 6 , 332-354.
• Qiu P, Yandell BS (1996) Discontinuity detection in regression surfaces. Contributed Paper Session, Joint Statistical Meetings, Chicago, IL. [Paper]
• Yandell BS (1993) Smoothing splines - a tutorial. The Statistician 42 , 317-319.
• Croxdale J, Smith J, Yandell BS , Johnson JB (1992) Stomatal patterning in Tradescantia: an evaluation of the cell lineage theory. Developmental Biology 149 158-167.
• Staniswallis JG, Yandell BS (1992) Locally adaptive smoothing splines. J of Statistical Computation & Simulation 43, 45-53.
• Lathrop R, Lillesand TM, Yandell BS (1991) Testing the utility of simple multi-date Thematic Mapper calibration algorithms for monitoring turbid inland waters. International J of Remote Sensing 12, 2045-2063.
• Chrisman NR, Yandell BS (1988) Effects of point error on area calculations: a statistical model. Surveying & Mapping 48, 241-246.
• Cox D, Koh E, Wahba G, Yandell BS (1988) Testing the (parametric) null model hypothesis in (semiparametric) partial and generalized spline models. Annals of Statistics 16 , 113-119.
• Horváth L, Yandell BS (1988) Asymptotics of conditional empirical processes. J of Multivariate Analysis 26 , 184-206.
• Yandell BS (1988) Block diagonal smoothing splines. Statistics & Probability Letters 6 , 331-334.
• Yandell BS (1988) Algorithms for multidimensional semiparametric GLM's. Communications in Statistics B17 , 295-312.
• Yandell BS , Hogg D (1988) Modeling insect natality using splines. Biometrics 44 , 385-395.
• Bates DM, Lindstrom MJ, Wahba G, Yandell BS (1987) GCVPACK Routines for Generalized Cross Validation. Communications in Statistics B16 , Algorithms Section, 263-297.
• O'Sullivan F, Yandell BS Raynor WJ, Jr (1986) Automatic smoothing of regression functions in generalized linear models. J of the American Statistical Assocication 81 , 96-103.
• Taam W, Yandell BS (1986) Small sample power of Moran's I statistics for AR and MA models. J of Statistical Computing & Simulation 26, 127-129.
• Bjerve S, Doksum KA, Yandell BS (1985) Uniform confidence bounds for nonparametric regression. Scandinavian J of Statistics 12, 159-169.
• Nicot P, Rouse DI, Yandell BS (1984) Comparison of statistical methods for studying spatial patterns of soilborne plant pathogens in the field. Phytopathology 74, 1399-1402.

Survival Analysis

• Zou F, Yandell BS , Fine JP (2007) Semiparametric and nonparametric gene mapping. In Advances in Statistical Modeling and Inference: Essays in honor of Kjell A. Doksum. Ed. by V Nair. World Scientific, pp. 387-404.
• Fine JP, Zou F, Yandell BS (2004) Nonparametric estimation of mixture distributions with known mixture proportions. Biostatistics 5 : 501-513.
• Yandell BS , Horváth L (1988) Bootstrapped multi-dimensional product limit process. Australian J of Statistics 30 , 342-358.
• Yandell BS (1987) Convergence rates for the bootstrapped product limit process. Annals of Statistics 15 , 1155-1173.
• Barabás B, Csörgo M, Horváth L, Yandell BS (1986) Bootstrapped confidence bands for percentile lifetime. Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics 38A , Tokyo, 429-438.
• Yandell BS (1983) Nonparametric inference for rates with censored survival data. Annals of Statistics 11 , 1119-1135.
• Yandell BS (1982) Non-identifiability of lethality in the survival experiment with serial sacrifice. Mathematical Bioscience 62 , 1-6.