Papers Currently Accessible

This file contains copies of papers that are available over the web either in .ps or .pdf format, as noted.

Note: some of the papers below are not the final accepted versions containing the last detailed changes that will appear in journals.
For final versions do see the printed pages when they eventually appear.

2001

s10.ps
Transform estimation of parameters for stage-frequency data
Authors: Jennifer Hoeting and Richard Tweedie
Colorado State University and University of Minnesota
Date: February 2001
Status: submitted for publication
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
metaoverview.ps / metaoverview.pdf
Meta-Analysis: Overview
Author: Richard Tweedie
University of Minnesota
Date: January 2001
Status: Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (to appear)
Format: Uncompressed PostScript

2000

allerton.ps
Perfect sampling and queuing models
Authors: Richard Tweedie and Jem Corcoran
University of Minnesota and University of Colorado
Date: October 2000
Status: To appear in Proc. 38th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
loccon.ps
Locally contracting iterated random functions and stability of Markov chains
Authors: S. Jarner and Richard Tweedie
University of Lancaster and University of Minnesota
Date: August 2000
Status: Accepted subject to revision for J.Appl. Prob.
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
invent.ps / invent.pdf
Perfect Simulation of an Inventory Model for Perishable Products
Author: W.L. Cooper and R.L. Tweedie
University of Minnesota
Date: July 2000
Status: submitted for publication
Format: Uncompressed PostScript or pdf files
iterfunc.ps
Stability properties of Markov chains defined via iterated random functions
Authors: S. Jarner and Richard Tweedie
University of Lancaster and University of Minnesota
Date: July 2000
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
bmj.ps
Empirical assessment of effect of publication bias on meta-analyses
Authors: AJ Sutton, SJ Duval, RL Tweedie KR Abrams and R Jones
University of Leicester University of Minnesota
Date: June 2000
Status: Appeared in BMJ 2000 320 1574-1577
dirichlet.ps
MCMC estimation of the law of the mean of a Dirichlet process
Authors: A. Guglielmi and Richard Tweedie
CNR-IAMI Milan and University of Minnesota
Date: June 2000
Status: Accepted for Bernoulli
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
L2L12.ps
Geometric L2 and L1 convergence are equivalent for reversible Markov chains
Authors: G.O. Roberts and Richard Tweedie
University of Lancaster and University of Minnesota
Date: April 2000
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
Status: Accepted for JAP
mean4.ps
An effective CI for the mean with samples of size 1 and 2
Authors: Melanie Wall, James R Boen and Richard Tweedie
University of Minnesota
Date: March 2000
Status: Accepted for Amer. Statistician
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
indep.ps
Perfect Sampling From Independent Metropolis-Hastings Chains
Authors: Jem Corcoran and Richard Tweedie
University of Georgia and University of Minnesota
Date: January 2000
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
meta2.ps / meta2.pdf
Meta-Analysis
Author: Richard Tweedie
University of Minnesota
Date: January 2000
Status: Encyclopedia of Environmetrics (to appear)
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
ets.ps / ets.pdf
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Author: Richard Tweedie
University of Minnesota
Date: January 2000
Status: Encyclopedia of Environmetrics (to appear)
Format: Uncompressed PostScript

1999

foster.ps
Drift conditions and invariant measures for Markov chains
Author: Richard Tweedie
University of Minnesota
Date: December 1999
Status: Accepted for SPA
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
noncont2.ps
Stationary measures for non-irreducible non-continuous Markov chains with time series applications
Authors: Giovanni Fonseca and Richard Tweedie
University of Padua and University of Minnesota
Date: December 1999
Status: Statistica Sinica (accepted subject to revision)
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
clar.ps
Non-Gaussian conditional linear AR(1) models
Authors: G.K. Grunwald, R.J. Hyndman, L. Tedesco and Richard Tweedie
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Monash University, ANZ Banking Group and Colorado State University
Date: September 1999
Status: ANZ J Statistics 42 (2000) 479-495
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
nullset1.ps / nullset1.pdf
Convergence of Markov Chains from All Starting Points, with Applications to Metropolis-Hastings Algorithms
Author: R.L. Tweedie
University if Minnesota
Date: 10 May 1999
Status: REVISION BEING PREPARED
Format: Uncompressed PostScript or PDF
storage.ps
Rates of convergence of stochastically monotone and continuous time Markov models
Authors: Gareth Roberts and Richard Tweedie
University of Cambridge and University of Minnesota
Date: December 1999
Status: final version appeared in J. Appl. Prob. 37 359-373
Format: Uncompressed PostScript

Papers prior to this date were initially written at Colorado State University

1998

amstat8.ps / amstat8.pdf
Calculating Accuracy Rates from Multiple Assessors with Limited Information
Authors: R.L. Tweedie and K.L. Mengersen
Colorado State University and Queensland University of Technology
Date: 12 November 1998
Status: American Statistician
Format: Uncompressed PostScript or PDF
AustEpi.ps / AustEpi.pdf
Practical estimates of the effect of publication bias in meta-analysis
Authors: Sue Duval and Richard Tweedie,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Colorado State University
Date: 10 November 1998
Status: appeared in Australasian Epidemiologist (1998) 5 14-17
Format: Uncompressed PostScript or PDF
hd-k.ps / hd-k.pdf
Environmental tobacco smoke and ischaemic heart disease: A case study in applying causal criteria
Authors: K.L. Mengersen, M.J. Merrilees and Richard Tweedie,
Queensland University of Technology, University of Auckland and Colorado State University
Date: 12 October 1998
Status: revised version appeared in Int. Arch. Occupational and Environmental Health (1999) 72 Suppl. R1-R40
Format: Uncompressed PostScript or PDF - Note: some readers have had trouble downloading or printing this very long file. If that occurs please contact the first author on k.mengersen@qut.edu.au and she can supply a Word document direct.
hb5.ps / hb5.pdf
Markov Chains: Structure and Applications
Authors: Richard Tweedie,
Colorado State University
Date: 9 October 1998
Status: Handbook of Statistics 19, ed. D.N. Shanbhag and C.R. Rao, Elsevier Amsterdam, 817-851
Format: Uncompressed PostScript or PDF
trim1.ps / trim1.pdf
Trim and Fill: A Simple Funnel Plot Based Method of Testing and Adjusting for Publication Bias in Meta-analysis
Authors: Sue Duval and Richard Tweedie,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Colorado State University
Date: 24 September 1998
Status: revised version appeared in Biometrics (2000) 56 276-284
Format: Uncompressed PostScript or PDF
trim2.ps / trim2.pdf
A Non-parametric "Trim and Fill" Method of Assessing Publication Bias in Meta-analysis
Authors: Sue Duval and Richard Tweedie,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Colorado State University
Date: 16 September 1998
Status: revised version appeared in JASA (2000) 95 89-98
Format: Uncompressed PostScript or PDF
icots3.ps
Roles for Societies in Statistical Education
Authors: Richard Tweedie
Colorado State University
Date: February 1998
Status: Invited Paper at ICOTS-5, Singapore, June 1998; appeared in Statistical Education - Expanding the Network, Proc. 5th ICOTS, Ed L. Pereira-Mendoza, 439-444, ISI Amsterdam
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
REGEN8.ps
Bounds on regeneration times and convergence rates for Markov chains
Authors: Gareth Roberts and Richard Tweedie
University of Cambridge and Colorado State University
Date: January 1998
Status: Stoch. Proc. Applns.
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
del.ps
Perfect Sampling of Harris Recurrent Markov Chains
Authors: Jem Corcoran and Richard Tweedie
Colorado State University
Date: August 2000
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
Status: Final version accepted for Annals of Applied Probability

1997

consult-fin.ps
Consulting: Real Problems, Real Interactions, Real Outcomes
Authors: Richard Tweedie with Resources Appendix by Sue Taylor
Colorado State University
Date: September 1997
Status: Statistical Science (1998) 13 1-3
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
istan2.ps
Assessing Sensitivity to Data Problems in Epidemiological Meta-analyses
Author: Richard Tweedie
Colorado State University
Date: April 1997
Status: Invited paper presented at the ISI Meeting, August 1997; in Bulletin ISI: Proc 51st Session , Tome LVII, Book 3 556-559, ISI Amsterdam
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
horiz.ps
Simulating the invariant measures of Markov chains using backward coupling at regeneration times
Author: S.G. Foss, R.L. Tweedie and J.N. Corcoran
Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk and Colorado State University
Date: July 1997
Status: Prob. Eng. Inf. Sci. (1998) 12 303-320
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
tier5.ps
Adjustment for Publication Bias and Quality Bias in Bayesian Meta-analysis
Author: D.D. Smith, G. H. Givens, and R.L. Tweedie
USFDA and Colorado State University
Status: Technical Report, accepted for publication
Format: 310 K Uncompressed Postscript
neuts5.ps
Perfect Simulation and Backward Coupling
Author: Serguei Foss and Richard Tweedie
Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk, and Colorado State University
Date: July 1997
Status: Stochastic Models 14 187-203
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
mada8.ps
Self-Targeting Candidates for Hastings-Metropolis Algorithms
Author: Osnat Stramer and Richard Tweedie
University of Iowa and Colorado State University
Date: March 1997 [Revised January 1998]
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
diffconv.ps
Geometric and Subgeometric Convergence of Diffusions with Given Stationary Distributions, and Their Discretizations
Author: Osnat Stramer and Richard Tweedie
University of Iowa and Colorado State University
Date: Jan 1997 [Revised November 1997]
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
etspubbias.ps
Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis: A Bayesian Data-Augmentation Approach to Account for Issues Exemplified in the Passive Smoking Debate
Author: Geof H. Givens, D.D. Smith and R.L. Tweedie
Colorado State University
Status: Statistical Science (1997) 12 221-250
Format: 465 K Uncompressed Postscript

1996

taxes.ps
Queueing at the Tax Office
Author: Richard Tweedie and Nell Hall
Colorado State University and NSW Department of Health
Date: Sep 1996
Status: Statistical Science 91998) 13 18-23
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
ar.ps / ar.pdf
Assessing sensitivity to multiple factors in calculating attributable risks
Authors: Sue Taylor and Richard Tweedie
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Colorado State University
Status: Environmetrics 1997;8:351-372
Format: Uncompressed PostScript/Portable Document Format[PDF]
trunc6.ps
Truncation approximations of invariant measures for Markov chains
Author: Richard Tweedie
Colorado State University
Date: Sep 1996/February 1997
Status: J. Appl. Prob. (1998)
Format: Uncompressed PostScript
Finaltau2.ps
Incorporating Variability in Estimates of Heterogeneity in the Random Effects Model in Meta-analysis
Author: B.J. Biggerstaff and R.L. Tweedie
NIST and Colorado State University
Status: Statistics in Medicine (1997) 16 753-758
Format: 237 K Uncompressed Postscript
tau2ciBioM.ps
Confidence Intervals in the One-way Random Effects Model for Meta-analytic Applications
Author: B.J. Biggerstaff
NIST
Format: 341 K Uncompressed Postscript
cerv.ps
Bayesian assessment of publication bias in meta-analyses of cervical cancer and oral contraceptives
Author: Bonnie LaFleur, Sue Taylor, Dave Smith and Richard Tweedie
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Colorado State University
Date: May 1996
Status: Proc. Epidemiology Section 1996 Joint Statistical Meetings 32-37
Format: Uncompressed PostScript

1995

gani-hannan.ps
Explicit Rates of Convergence of Stochastically Ordered Markov Chains
and Their Discrete Approximations
Author: D. J. Scott and R. L. Tweedie
University of Auckland and Colorado State University
Status: In Proc. Athens Conference on Applied Probability and Time Series Analysis: Papers in Honour of J.M. Gani and E.J. Hannan Edd. C.C. Heyde, Yu.V. Prohorov, R. Pyke and S.T. Rachev, Springer-Verlag New York, 176--191
Thanks: Work supported in part by NSF Grants DMS-9205687 and 9504561
Format: Compressed PostScript
mala.ps
Exponential Convergence of Langevin Diffusions and Their Discrete Approximations
Author: G. O. Roberts and R. L. Tweedie
University of Cambridge and Colorado State University
Date: October 3, 1995
Status: Bernoulli 2 (1996) 341-364
Thanks: Work supported in part by NSF Grants DMS-9205687 and 9504561
Format: Compressed PostScript
ctarma.ps
Existence and Stability of Continuous Time Threshold ARMA Processes
Author: O. Stramer, R. L. Tweedie, and P. J. Brockwell
Colorado State University
Date: January 1995
Status: Stat. Sinica 6 (1996) 715--732
Thanks: Work supported in part by NSF Grants DMS-9100392 and 9105745
Format: Compressed PostScript
pols-comm.ps
Comments on "Convergence of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithms" by N. G. Polson
Author: K. L. Mengersen and R. L. Tweedie
Queensland University of Technology and Colorado State University
Date: October 3, 1995
Status: Bayesian Statistics (1995) 5 317-318 Ed. Bernardo, J., Berger, J., Dawid, A.P. and Smith, A.F.M., Oxford University Press, Oxford V
Format: Compressed PostScript
chen.ps
Orthogonal Measures and Absorbing Sets for Markov Chains
Author: Pei-de Chen and R. L. Tweedie
Colorado State University
Date: October 3, 1995
Status: Math Proc Cambridge Math Soc (1997) 121 101-113
Format: Compressed PostScript
rho.ps
Computable Bounds for Geometric Convergence of Markov Chains
Author: Sean P. Meyn and R. L. Tweedie
University of Illinois and Colorado State University
Date: September 27, 1995
Status: Annals of Applied Probability 4 (1994) 981-1012
Format: Compressed PostScript

1994

CTAR1.ps
Continuous Time Threshold AR (1) Processes
Author: O. Stramer, P. J. Brockwell and R. L. Tweedie
Colorado State University
Date: December 1994
Status: Adv. Appl. Prob. 28 (1996) 728-746
Thanks: Work supported in part by NSF Grants DMS-9100392 and 9105745
Format: Compressed PostScript
dmt.ps
Exponential and Uniform Ergodicity of Markov Processes
Author: D. Down, S. P. Meyn, and R. L. Tweedie
University of Illinois and Colorado State University
Date: October 1, 1994
Status: Ann. Prob. 23 (1995) 1671-1691
Thanks: Work supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-9205687
Format: Compressed PostScript
wp.ps
Passive Smoking in the Workplace: Classical and Bayesian Meta-analysis
Author: B. J. Biggerstaff, R. L. Tweedie and K. L. Mengersen
Colorado State University and Queensland University of Technology
Status: Int. Arch. Occupational and Environmental Health 66, (1994) 269--277
Format: Compressed PostScript
whittle.ps
Stability and Instability of Continuous Time Markov Processes
Author: O. Stramer and R. L. Tweedie
Colorado State University
Date: March 1994
Status: Probability, Statistics and Optimization: a Tribute to Peter Whittle ed F.P. Kelly (1994), pp. 173--183, John Wiley and Sons.
Format: Compressed PostScript
9411a.ps
Geometric Convergence and Central Limit Theorems for Multidimensional Hastings and Metropolis Algorithms
Author: G. O. Roberts and R. L. Tweedie
University of Cambridge and Colorado State University
Date: November 1994
Status: Biometrika 83 (1996) 95-110
Thanks: Work supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-9205687
Format: Compressed PostScript
9411b.ps
Rates of convergence of the Hastings and Metropolis algorithms
Author: K. L. Mengersen and R. L. Tweedie
Queensland University of Technology and Colorado State University
Date: November 1994
Status: Ann. Statist. 24 (1996) 101-121 s
Thanks: Work supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-9205687
Format: Compressed PostScript
rho3.ps
Computable bounds for geometric convergence rates of Markov chains
Author: S.P. Meyn and R. L. Tweedie
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and Colorado State University
Date: 1994
Status: Ann. Appl. Prob 4 (1994) 981-1011
Thanks: Work supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-9205687
Format: PostScript
9411c.ps
Bayesian meta-analysis, with application to studies of ETS and lung cancer
Author: R. L. Tweedie, D. J. Scott, B. J. Biggerstaff and K. L. Mengersen
Colorado State University University of Auckland and Queensland University of Technology
Date: November 1994
Status: Proc of International Conference on Lifestyle Factors and Lung Cancer in Humans, Guangzhou, China Lung Cancer 14 Suppl. 1, (1996) S171-S194
Format: Compressed PostScript

1993

contcomp.ps
Topological Conditions Enabling Use of Harris Methods in Discrete and Continuous Time
Author: R. L. Tweedie
Colorado State University
Date: February 1993
Status: Acta Applicandae Math. 34 (1994) 175-188 (1994) 269--277
Format: Compressed PostScript

Full Directory Listing