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Publications to 2002

2002

• Smyth GK (2002). An efficient algorithm for REML in heteroscedastic regression. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 11, 836-847. [PDF] (Published December 2002)
• Podlich HM, Faddy MJ, Smyth GK (2002). A general approach to modelling and analysis of species abundance data with extra zeros. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 7, 324-334. [PDF] (Published September 2002)
• Smyth GK, Jørgensen B (2002). Fitting Tweedie's compound Poisson model to insurance claims data: dispersion modelling. ASTIN Bulletin 32, 143-157. [PDF] (Published June 2002)
• Smyth GK (2002). Print-order normalization of cDNA microarrays. Technical Report, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne. [html] (March 2002)
• Smyth GK, Podlich HM (2002). An improved saddlepoint approximation based on the negative binomial distribution for the general birth process. Computational Statistics 17, 17-28. [PDF] (Published March 2002)
• Smyth GK (2002). Optimization. In: Encyclopedia of Environmetrics, A. H. El-Shaarawi and W. W. Piegorsch (eds.), Wiley, Chichester, Volume 3, pages 1481-1487. [DOI] [PDF] (15 January 2002)
• Smyth GK (2002). Nonlinear Regression. In: Encyclopedia of Environmetrics, A. H. El-Shaarawi and W. W. Piegorsch (eds.), Wiley, Chichester, Volume 3, pages 1405-1411. [DOI] [PDF] (15 January 2002)

2001

• Smyth GK, Huele F, Verbyla AP (2001). Exact and approximate REML for heteroscedastic regression. Statistical Modelling 1, 161-175. (PDF) (Published 1 October 2001)
• Smyth GK, Cox M, Moss A (2001). Censored regression trend analyses for ambient water quality data. In Statistical Modelling: Proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Odense, July 2–6, 2001, B. Jørgensen (eds.). International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Odense, pp. 363-370. (PDF, Postscript)
• Dunn PK, Smyth GK (2001). Tweedie family densities: methods of evaluation. In Statistical Modelling: Proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Odense, July 2–6, 2001, B. Jørgensen (eds.). International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Odense, pp. 155-162. (PDF)

2000

• Smyth GK, Hawkins DM (2000). Robust frequency estimation using elemental sets. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 9, 196-214. (Abstract - PDF)
• Smyth GK (2000). Employing symmetry constraints for improved frequency estimation by eigenanalysis methods. Technometrics 42, 277-289. (Abstract - PDF)
• Smyth GK, Podlich HM (2000). Score tests for Poisson variation against general alternatives. Computing Science and Statistics, 32, 97-103. (PDF)
• Smyth GK, Eccleston J (2000). Statistical inferences from the environmental protection agency ambient water data. Consulting Report June 2000, Centre for Statistics, University of Queensland, 139 pages.
• Basford KE, Federer WT, DeLacy IH, Smyth GK (2000). The mixed model formulation for multi-environmental trials (extract of paper). The 20th International Biometric Society Conference: Volume 1 Proceedings, International Biometric Society, San Francisco, page 158.
• Smyth GK (2000). Review of “Exponential Family Nonlinear Models” by Bo-Cheng Wei. Austral. J. Statist. 42, 501-503. [html]

1999

• Podlich HM, Faddy MJ, Smyth GK (1999). Likelihood computations for extended Poisson process models. InterStat September, Article #1. [Preprint PDF] (Published 1 September 1999)
• Smyth GK, Jørgensen B (1999). Fitting Tweedie's Compound Poisson Model to Insurance Claims Data: Dispersion Modelling. In Proceedings of the 52nd Session of the International Statistical Institute, Helsinki, Finland, August 10-18, 1999, Contributed Paper Meeting 68: Statistics and insurance. 2 pages. [PDF] (Published 10 August 1999)
• Smyth GK, Verbyla AP (1999). Double generalized linear models: approximate REML and diagnostics. In Statistical Modelling: Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Graz, Austria, July 19-23, 1999, H. Friedl, A. Berghold, G. Kauermann (eds.), Technical University, Graz, Austria, pages 66-80. [PDF] (Published 19 July 1999)
• Dixon W, Smyth GK, Chiswell B (1999). Comparative evaluation of river sampling programs. Water 99 Joint Congress: 25th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, 2nd International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research: Handbook and Proceedings, 6-8 July 1999, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia, The Institute of Engineers, Australia, Barton ACT, pages 437-440.
• Smyth GK, Verbyla AP (1999). Adjusted likelihood methods for modelling dispersion in generalized linear models. Environmetrics 10(6), 695-709. DOI [Abstract] [PDF] (Published 7 Dec 1999)
• Dixon W, Smyth GK, Chiswell B (1999). Optimized selection of river sampling sites. Water Research 33 (4), 971-987.

1998

• Smyth GK (1998). Polynomial approximation. In: Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, P. Armitage and T. Colton (eds.), Wiley, London, pp. 3425-3429. (Preprint PDF)
• Smyth GK (1998). Optimization and nonlinear equations. In: Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, P. Armitage and T. Colton (eds.), Wiley, London, pp. 3174-3180. (PDF, Postscript)
• Smyth GK (1998). Numerical integration. In: Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, P. Armitage and T. Colton (eds.), Wiley, London, pp. 3088-3095. (PDF)
• Smyth GK (1998). Numerical analysis. In: Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, P. Armitage and T. Colton (eds.), Wiley, London, pp. 3083-3088. (PDF, Postscript)
• Maindonald JH, Smyth GK (1998). Matrix computations. In: Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, P. Armitage and T. Colton (eds.), Wiley, London, pp. 2474-2481.

1997

• Smyth GK, Hawkins DM (1997). Robust frequency estimation using elemental sets. Computing Science and Statistics, 28, 659-662.
• Smyth GK (1997). The matrix exponential. Centre for Statistics Research Report, University of Queensland, 17 March 1997, 2 pages. [PDF] [Postscript]

1996

• Mackisack MS, Smyth GK (1996). Using QTAC information to predict first year UQ results. Centre for Statistics Research Report, University of Queensland, 16 August 1996.
• Smyth GK (1996). Regression modelling of quantity data with exact zeroes. Proceedings of the Second Australia-Japan Workshop on Stochastic Models in Engineering, Technology and Management. Technology Management Centre, University of Queensland, 572-580. [Preprint PDF]
• Smyth GK (1996). Partitioned algorithms for maximum likelihood and other nonlinear estimation. Statistics and Computing, 6(3), 201-216. [DOI] [Preprint PDF]
  Best Paper Prize for the first decade of the journal 1991-2000.
• Dunn PK, Smyth GK (1996). Randomized quantile residuals. J. Comput. Graph. Statist., 5, 236-244. (Abstract - PDF - Software)
• Schrady DA, Smyth GK, Vassian RB (1996). Predicting ship fuel consumption: update. Naval Postgraduate School Technical Report NPS-OR-96-007, Monterey, CA.
• Dixon W, Smyth GK, Chiswell B (1996) Topologically optimum monitoring of rivers by approximation algorithms. Presented at the International Symposium on Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Sydney, July 14-18 1996.
• Smyth GK (1996). A semester in the life of an Australian academic. STATS: the Magazine for Students of Statistics, 15 (Winter), 7-11. [Preprint PDF]
• Smyth GK, Verbyla AP (1996). A conditional approach to residual maximum likelihood estimation in generalized linear models. J. Roy. Statist. Soc. B, 58, 565-572. (Abstract - Preprint PDF)

1995

• Smyth GK (1995). How to beat the chess computer. Article distributed with Infinity Magazine, Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, Brisbane. (PDF) 7/1995
• Dunn PK, Smyth GK (1995). Randomized quantile residuals. 1995 Proceedings of the Statistical Computing Section, American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA, 81-84.
• Chakraborty S, Smyth GK (1995). A stochastic model for the effect of weather conditions on anthracnose growth in Stylosanthes scabra. J. Phytopathology, 143, 495-499.
• Osborne MR, Smyth GK (1995). A modified Prony algorithm for exponential function fitting. SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 16, 119-138. [PDF] [Postscript]

1994

• Smyth GK (1994). REML in generalized linear models: a conditional approach. Computing Science and Statistics 26, 130–134. (PDF)
• Smyth GK (1994). A note on modelling cross correlations: hyperbolic secant regression. Biometrika 81(2), 396–402. [DOI] [Preprint PDF]
• Mackisack MS, Osborne MR, Smyth GK (1994). A modified Prony algorithm for estimating sinusoidal frequencies. J. Statist. Comput. Simul. 49, 111–124. (Preprint PDF)

1993

• Mackisack MS, Smyth GK (1993). Acuity through discolored lenses. Optometry and Vision Science 70, 692–693.

1992

• Smyth GK (1992). Review of Roy, R. K. “A Primer on the Taguchi Method”. Austral. J. Statist. 34, 341–343.
• Kahn M, Mackisack MS, Osborne MR, Smyth GK (1992). On the consistency of Prony's method and related algorithms. J. Comput. Graph. Statist. 1, 329–349. (PDF)
• Nielsen LK, Smyth GK, Greenfield PF (1992). Accuracy of the endpoint assay for virus titration. Cytotechnology 8, 231–236.
• Smyth GK, Chakraborty S, Clarke R, Pettitt AN (1992). A stochastic model for anthracnose growth in Stylosanthes scabra. Phytopathology 82, 1267–1272.

1991

• Nielsen LK, Smyth GK, Greenfield PF (1991). Hemacytomer cell count distributions: implications of non-Poisson behavior. Biotechnology Progress 7, 560–563. (Published Nov 1991)
• Chakraborty S, Smyth GK, Pettitt AN, Clarke RG (1991). 1991 APS Annual Meeting, Abstract No. 534: Application of stochastic Markov chain to model spatial and temporal progress of anthracnose. Phytopathology 81, 1204.
• Mackisack MS, Smyth GK (1991). Review of “Primer of Applied Regression and Analysis of Variance” by S.A. Glantz and B.K. Slinker. Austral. J. Statist. 33, 420–421.
• Smyth GK (1991). Review of “Analysis of Messy Data Vol 2” by G.A. Milliken and D.E. Johnson. Austral. Comput. J. 23, 35.
• Smyth GK (1991). Experiences in training students in statistical consulting and data analysis. Proc. Third International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Vol. 2, International Statistical Institute, Voorburg, pp. 446–450 (refereed). (Full Text)
• Smyth GK (1991). Computing and computers in statistics courses — introduction. Proc. Third International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Vol. 2, International Statistical Institute, Voorburg, pp. 144–146.
• Smyth GK (1991). Exponential dispersion models and the Gauss-Newton algorithm. Austral. J. Statist. 33(1), 57–64. [DOI] [Preprint PDF] (Published 1 March 1991)
• Osborne MR, Smyth GK (1991). A modified Prony algorithm for fitting functions defined by difference equations. SIAM J. Sci. Statist. Comput. 12, 362–382. [PDF]

1990

• Sibley JW, Smyth GK, Williams DJ (1990). Suction-moisture content calibration of filter papers from different boxes. Geotechnical Testing J. 13(3), 257-262. [DOI] (Published 1 September 1990)
• Smyth GK, Knuimann MW, Thornett ML, Kiiveri H (1990). Using the EM algorithm to predict first year university performance. Australian Journal of Education 34(2), 204-224. [DOI] (Published 1 August 1990)

1989

• Smyth GK (1989). Review of "The inverse Gaussian distribution" by R.S. Chhikara and J.L. Folks. Australian Computer Journal 22(1), 23-24. (Published 1 February 1989)
• Smyth GK (1989). Generalized linear models with varying dispersion. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society B 51(1), 47-60. [DOI] [JSTOR] [Software] (Published 1 February 1989)

1988

• Berk RA, Smyth GK, Sherman LW (1988). When random assignment fails: some lessons from the Minneapolis Spouse Abuse Experiment. J. Quantitative Criminology 4, 209-223. [DOI] (Published 1 September 1988)
• Wyrwoll K-H, Smyth GK (1988). On using the log-hyperbolic distribution to describe the textural characteristics of eolian sediments-Reply. J. Sed. Petrol. 58, 161-162. (Published 1 January 1988)

1987

• Smyth GK (1987). Curvature and convergence. Proceedings of the Statistical Computing Section. American Statistical Association, Virginia, 278-283. [PDF]
• Berk RA, Smyth GK, Sherman LW (1987). When random assignment fails: some lessons from the Minneapolis Spouse Abuse Experiment. Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods. American Statistical Association, Virginia, pp. 57-63. [Conference Program]

1986

• Hart RM, Keast D, Smyth GK (1986). Metabolic stability of Phytophthora Cinnamomi rands in Western Australia. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 32(10), 820-822. (Published 1 October 1986)
• Osborne MR, Smyth GK (1986). An algorithm for exponential fitting revisited. Journal of Applied Probability 23(A), 419-430. (Published 1 December 1986)
• Smyth GK (1986). Modelling the dispersion in generalized linear models. Proceedings of the Statistical Computing Section. American Statistical Association, Washington, 158-159. (Published 1 December 1986)

1985

• Wyrwoll K-H, Smyth GK (1985). On using the log-hyperbolic distribution to describe the textural characteristics of eolian sediments. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 55(4), 471-478. [PDF] (Published 1 July 1985)
• Smyth GK (1985). Coupled and separable iterations in nonlinear estimation. PhD Thesis, Australian National University, Canberra. (Submitted September 1985, Awarded 15 May 1986)

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