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Bo Henry Lindqvist

Professor in Statistics at theDepartment ofMathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science andTechnology, Trondheim.

Contact information

E-mail address:
bo@math.ntnu.no
Phone:
+47-735-93532 (office)
+47-735-93520 (department)
+47-72 84 92 26 (private)
Fax:
+47-735-93524
Mailing address (for Norwegians):
Institutt for matematiske fag
NTNU-Gl?shaugen
7491 Trondheim
Mailing address (for others):
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
N-7491 Trondheim
NORWAY

Main research interests

  • General statistical inference
  • Stochastic modelling and Markov processes
  • Reliability theory and survival analysis

Some recent research publications

Books

  • Gámiz, M.L., Kulasekera, K.B., Limnios, N., Lindqvist, B.H.: Applied Nonparametric Statistics in Reliability. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering, 2011.
  • Lindqvist, B.H., Doksum, K.A. (editors):Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Reliability. World Scientific Series on Quality, Reliability and Engineering Statistics - Vol. 7, 2003.

    Articles

    • Monte Carlo conditioning on a sufficient statistic. Biometrika 92, 451-464, 2005 (Co-author:Gunnar Taraldsen).
    • Estimating the Proportion of True Null Hypotheses, with Application toDNA Microarray Data. Journal of Royal Statistical Society Ser. B 67, 555-572, 2005 (Co-authors: Mette Langaas and Egil Ferkingstad).
    • Estimating mean sojourn time and screening test sensitivity in breast cancer mammography screening; new results. Journal of Medical Screening, 2005, Vol 12, nr 4, 172-178. (Co-authors: Harald Weedon-Fekjaer (first author), Lars Vatten, Odd Aalen, Steinar Tretli).-->
    • On the Statistical Modeling and Analysis of Repairable Systems. Statistical Science 2006, Vol. 21, No. 4, 532-551.
    • Modelling of dependence between critical failure and preventive maintenance: The repair alert model. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 136(5), 1701-1717 (2006). (Co-authors: Baard Stove and Helge Langseth.)
    • Competing risks for repairable systems: A data study. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 136(5), 1687-1700 (2006). (Co-author: Helge Langseth.)
    • Competing Risks. In: Encyclopedia of Statistics in Quality and Reliability, Ruggeri, F., Kenett, R. and Faltin, F. W. (eds). JohnWiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK, pp 335-341, 2007. Extendedversion.
    • A nonparametric monotone maximum likelihood estimator of time trend for repairable systems data. Reliability Engineering and System Safety 92 (2007) 575–584 Special issue on Stochastic Processes in Reliability. (Co-author: Knut Heggland).
    • Conditional Monte Carlo Based on Sufficient Statistics with Applications. In: Advances in statistical modeling and inference. Essays in Honor of Kjell A. Doksum. Editor: Vijay Nair. pp. 545-562, 2007. (Co-author:Gunnar Taraldsen).
    • Maintenance ofrepairable systems. Chapter 10 in Complex System Maintenance Handbook, edited by K.A.H. Kobbacy and D.N.P. Murthy. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering, 2008, pp 235-261.
    • Breast cancer tumor growth estimated through mammography screening data. Breast Cancer Research, 2008, 10:R41. (Co-authors: Harald Weedon-Fekjaer (first author), Odd Olai Aalen, Lars Johan Vatten, Steinar Tretli).
    • Estimating mean sojourn time and screening sensitivity using questionnaire dataon time since previous screening. Journal of Medical Screening, 2008, vol 15, 83-90.(Co-authors: Harald Weedon-Fekjaer (first author), Odd Olai Aalen, Lars Johan Vatten, Steinar Tretli).
    • Growth rates in epidemic models: Application to a model for HIV/AIDS progression. Statistics in Medicine,2008, vol 27, 4817-4834. (Co-authors: Jon Michael Gran (first author), Linn Wasmuth, Ellen J. Amundsen, Odd O. Aalen).
    • Competing risks in repairable systems. In Advances in Mathematical Modeling for Reliability Edited byT. Bedford, J. Quigley, L. Walls, B. Alkali, A. Daneshkhah and G.Hardman. IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2008, pp. 80-87.
    • Modeling of Dependent Competing Risks byFirst Passage Times of Wiener Processes. IIE Transactions, 2009, vol 41, 72-80. (Co-author: Guro Skogsrud).
    • Improper priors are not improper. The American Statistician, 2010, vol 64(2), 154-158 (Co-author: Gunnar Taraldsen).
    • Nonparametric estimation of time trend for repairable systems data. In: Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Reliability. Applications to Medicine, Finance, and Quality Control. (Eds. Balakrishnan, N., Nikulin, M. and Rykov, V). Birkhauser, Boston, 2010, pp. 277-288.
    • Monte Carlo Exact Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 2011, vol 27(3), 329-341. DOI: 10.1002/asmb.841 (Co-author: Bjarte Rannestad).

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