Kalimuthu Krishnamoorthy
Professor

Contact:
Office: 425 Maxim Doucet
Phone: 337-482-5283
E-mail: krishna@louisiana.edu
Home page: http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~kxk4695/

Degrees:
Ph.D. (Statistics) 1985 Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, India
M.Sc. (Statistics) 1978 Madras University, India
B.Sc. (Statistics) 1976 Madras University, India

Statement:
My main research interests are in Meta Analysis, Calibration, Inferences with Incomplete Data, and Multivariate Analysis. I am also interested in statistical computing and developing statistical software using Visual C++.

Selected research publications:

• Two-sample inference for normal mean vectors based on monotone missing data (with Jianqi Yu and M. K. Pannala), To appear in Journal of Multivariate Analysis.
• On selecting tests for equality of two normal mean vectors (with Yanping Xia),To appear in Multivariate Behavioral Research.
• Improved tolerance factors for multivariate normal distributions (with Sumona Mondal), Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation, 35 (2006), 461-478.
• Comparison between two quantiles: The normal and exponential cases (with Huizhen Guo), Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 34 (2005), 243-252.
• On combining correlated estimators of the common mean of a multivariate normal distribution (with Yong Lu), Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 75 (2005), 333-345.
• A multivariate test for similarity of two dissolution profiles (with Hewa Saranadasa), Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 15 (2005), 265-278.
• A simple improved inferential method for some discrete distributions (with Yong Cai), Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 48 (2005), 605-621.
• Assessing occupational exposure via the one-way random effects model with unbalanced data (with Huizhen Guo), Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 128 (2005), 219-229.
• New approximate inferential methods for the reliability parameter in a stress-strength model: The normal case (with Huizhen Guo), Communication in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 33 (2004), 1715-1731.
• An exact method for testing equality of several binomial proportions to a specified standard (with Jessica Thomson and Yong Cai) Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 45 (2004), 697-707.
• Comparison of five tests for the common mean of several normal populations (with Yong Lu), Communication in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 33 (2004), 431-446.
• One-Sided tolerance limits in balanced and unbalanced one-way random models based on generalized confidence limits (with Thomas Mathew), Technometrics, 46 (2004), 44-52.
• Modified Nel and Van der Merwe test for the multivariate Behrens-Fisher problem (with Jianqi Yu), Statistics & Probability Letters, 66 (2004), 161-169.
• A more powerful test for comparing two Poisson means (with Jessica Thomson), Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 119 (2004), 23-35.
• Computing discrete mixtures of continuous distributions: noncentral chisquare, noncentral t and the distribution of the square of the sample multiple correlation coefficient (with Denise Benton), Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 43 (2003), 249-267.
• Inferences on the means of lognormal distributions using generalized p-values and generalized confidence intervals (with Thomas Mathew), Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 115 (2003), 103-121.
• Inferences on the common mean of several normal populations based on the generalized variable method (with Yong Lu), Biometrics, 59 (2003), 237-247.
• Inferences in Multivariate-Univariate Calibration Problems (with Denise Benton and Thomas Mathew), The Statistician (JRSS-D), 52 (2003), 15-39.
• Performance of the parametric bootstrap method in small sample interval estimates (with Denise Benton), Advances and Applications in Statistics, 2 (2002), 269-285.
• Statistical methods for establishing equivalency of a sampling device to the OSHA standard (with Thomas Mathew), American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 63 (2002), 567-571.
• Assessing occupational exposure via the one-way random effects model (with Thomas Mathew), Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, 7, (2002), 440-451.
• Hypothesis testing about proportions in two finite populations (with Jessica Thomson), The American Statistician, 56 (2002), 215-222.
• Combining information for prediction in linear regression (with Brett Moore), Metrika, 56 (2002), 73-81.
• Inferences on normal covariance matrix and generalized variance with incomplete data (with Jian Hao), Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 78 (2001), 62-82.
• Statistical Distributions with Applications and StatCalc Software, e-book, EText.net publisher, Venice, CA. (2001)
• Hypothesis Testing in Calibration (with P. M. Kulkarni and Thomas Mathew), Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 93 (2001), 211-224.
• Comparison of Approximation Methods for Computing Tolerance Factors for a Multivariate Normal Population (with Thomas Mathew), Technometrics, 41 (1999), 234-249.
• Confidence Estimation of a Normal Mean Vector with Incomplete Data (with Maruthy K. Pannala), Canadian Journal of Statistics, 27 (1999), 395-407.
• Some Simple Test Procedures for Normal Mean Vector with Incomplete Data (with Maruthy K. Pannala), Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 50, 531-542.
• Combining independent information in a multivariate calibration problem (with Darren Johnson), Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 61 (1997), 171-186.
• Combining independent studies in a calibration problem (with Darren Johnson), Journal of the American Statistical Association, 91 (1996), 1707-1715.
• Exact confidence intervals for the common mean of several normal populations (with Scott M. Jordan), Biometrics, 52 (1996), 78-87.
• Confidence regions for the common mean vector of several multivariate normal populations (with Scott M. Jordan), Canadian Journal of Statistics, 23 (1995), 283-97.
• Testing equality of several normal means to a specified standard: Four test procedures and their power comparisons (with Arvind K. Shah), Journal of Quality Technology, 27 (1995), 132-38.
• Simultaneous estimation of independent normal mean vectors with unknown covariance matrices (with S. K. Sarkar), Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 47 (1993), 329-38.
• Untruthful answering in repeated randomized response procedures (with Dhamaraju Raghavarao), Canadian Journal of Statistics, 21 (1993), 233-36.
• On a shrinkage estimator of a normal common mean vector, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 40 (1992), 109-14.
• Optimal integration of two or three PPS surveys with common sample size n >1 (with S. K. Mitra), Sankhya Ser.B, 49 (1987) 283-306.