Yichuan Zhao
Assistant Professor
Office: 726 COE
Office phone 404.413.6446
Email: matyiz [at]langate.gsu.edu
Personal webpage
Education
B.S. Mathematics, Peking University , 1987
M.S. Applied Mathematics, Peking University, 1991
M.S. Stochastics & Operations Research, University of Utrecht, 1997
Ph.D. Statistics, Florida State University, 2002
Research/Teaching
The current research focuses on Survival Analysis, Empirical Likelihood Methods and Its Application, Nonparametric Statistics, Bioinformatics, Monte Carlo Methods, and Statistical Modeling for Fuzzy Systems.
Teaching interests include Survival Analysis, Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods, Advanced Methods in Biostatistics, Biostatistics, Regression Analysis etc.
Selected Publications
Y. Zhao and Y. Huang, Test-based interval estimation under the accelerated failure time model, Communications in Statistics---Simulation and Computation, 2006, in press.
Y. Zhao and W. Jian, Analysis of longitudinal data in the case-control studies via empirical likelihood, Communications in Statistics---Simulation and Computation, 2006, in press.
N. Glenn and Y. Zhao, Weighted Empirical Likelihood Estimates and Their Robustness Properties, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 2006, in press.
Y. Qiu, H. Yang, Y.Q. Zhang and Y. Zhao, Polynomial regression interval-valued fuzzy systems, accepted by Soft Computing, 2006.
Y. Zhao and G. Qin, Inference for a linear functional of cumulative hazard functions via empirical likelihood , Communications in Statistics---Theory and Methods, accepted, 2006.
G. Qin and Y. Zhao, Empirical likelihood inference for the mean residual life under random censorship, Statistics and Probability Letters, accepted, 2006.
Y. Zhao and G. Qin, Inference for the mean residual life function via empirical likelihood, Communications in Statistics---Theory and Methods, 35, 1025-1036, 2006.
I.W. McKeague and Y. Zhao, Width-scaled confidence bands for survival functions, Statistics and Probability Letters, 76, 327-339, 2006.
I. W. McKeague and Y. Zhao, Comparing distribution functions via empirical likelihood, International Journal of Biostatistics, volume 1, article 5, 2005.
Y. Zhao, Regression analysis for long-term survival rate via empirical likelihood, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 17, 995-1007, 2005.
Y. Zhao and Z. Xu, Inference for the mixed discrete and continuous Cox regression model via empirical likelihood, Advances and Applications in Statistics, 5, 145-157, 2005.
Y. Zhao and Z. Xu, Empirical likelihood Inference for the additive-multiplicative hazard model, Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, 16, 105-112, 2005.
Y. Qiu, Y.Q. Zhang and Y. Zhao, Statistical interval-valued fuzzy systems via linear regression, Proc. of IEEE-GrC 2005, pp. 229-232, Beijing, July 25-27, 2005.
Y. Zhao and Y.S. Hsu, Semiparametric analysis for additive risk model via empirical likelihood, Communications in Statistics--Simulation and Computation, 34, 135-143, 2005.
Y.Q. Chen and Y. Zhao, A note on empirical likelihood inference of residual life regression, working paper, University of California, Berkeley, 2004.
I.W. McKeague and Y. Zhao, Simultaneous inference for ratios of survival functions via empirical likelihood, Statistics and Probability Letters, 60, 405-415, 2002.