Explores constructing confidence regions, inverting hypothesis tests, and the pivotal method, emphasizing the importance of likelihood methods in statistical inference.
Explores fracture mechanics, crack growth, and the weakest link theory, emphasizing the statistical distribution of crack sizes and the significance of the largest crack in material failure.
Explores the application of probability and statistics in hydrologic design, covering topics such as return period, risk assessment, and empirical data analysis.
Explores the Stein Phenomenon, showcasing the benefits of bias in high-dimensional statistics and the superiority of the James-Stein Estimator over the Maximum Likelihood Estimator.