Publications

  1. Xiong, Y., Bingham, D., Braun, W.J., Hu, X.J. On the use of Moran's I statistic with spatio-temporal observations. Accepted by Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, November 2018.
  2. Albert-Green, A., Braun, W.J., Dean, C.B. and Miller, C. A hierarchical point process with application to storm cell modelling. Accepted by Canadian Journal of Statistics, September, 2018.
  3. Wolters, M. and Braun, W.J. A practical implementation of weighted kernel density estimation for handling shape constraints. Accepted by STAT, August, 2018.
  4. Han, L., Braun, W.J. and Loeppky, J. Random coefficient minification models. Statistical Papers, 1--22, 2018
  5. Hall, P.G., Braun, W.J. and Duchesne, T. Empirical Fourier methods for interval censored data. Statistica Sinica, 28 2811--2822, 2018.
  6. Braun, W.J., Hu, X.J. and Kang, X. Data sharpening guided by global constraint in local regression. Statistica Sinica, 28 2733--2748, 2018.
  7. Becker, D., Braun, W.J. and White, B.J.G. Interval-censored unimodal kernel density estimation via data sharpening. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 87 2023--2037, 2017.
  8. Wolters, M.A. and Braun, W.J., Enforcing shape constraints on a probability density estimate using an additive adjustment curve. Communications in Statistics -- Simulation and Computation, 47 672--691, 2017.
  9. Han, L. and Braun, W.J. Visualizing capability and stability on a single chart. Quality Technology and Quantitative Management}, 14 454--477, 2017.
  10. Braun, W.J. and Stafford, J. Multivariate density estimation for interval-censored data with application to a forest fire modelling problem. Environmetrics, 27 345-354, 2016.
  11. Vingilis, E., Bishop, J., He, W., Yue, L., Braun, J, Seeley, J., Forchuk, C., Mitchell, B., Effects of client perceptions of therapeutic alliance, empowerment, attitudes toward medication and insight on functioning. International Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health, 3 54-65, 2015.
  12. Braun, W.J. Visualization of Evidence in Regression Analysis with the QR Decomposition. Computational Statistics, 30 907-927, 2015.
  13. Han, L.S. and Braun, W.J. Block Bootstrap Calibration with Application to the Fire Weather Index. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 44 647-665, 2015.
  14. Albert-Green, A., Braun, W.J., Martell, D.L. and Woolford, D.G. Visualization Tools for Assessing the Markov Property: Sojourn Times in the Ontario Fire Weather Index. Environmetrics, 25 417-430, 2014.
  15. Han, L.S. and Braun, W.J. Dionysus: A Stochastic Fire Growth Scenario Generator. Environmetrics, 25 431-442, 2014.
  16. Wilk, P., Vingilis, E., Bishop, J., He, W., Braun, J., Mitchell, B., Forchuk, C., Seeley, J. Distinctive Trajectory Groups of Mental Health Functioning Among Assertive Community Treatment Clients: An Application of Growth Mixture Modelling Analysis. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 58 670-678, 2013.
  17. Braun, W.J. and Woolford, D.G., Assessing a stochastic fire spread simulator. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 22 1-12, 2013. Supplementary file (formerly known as http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/braun/research/microfires/viscomp.pdf)
  18. Braun, W.J., White, B.G. and Craig, G. R Tricks for Kids. Teaching Statistics, 2013. doi: 10.1111/test.12016
  19. Braun, W.J. Naive Analysis of Variance. Journal of Statistics Education, 20(2), 2012.
  20. Vrbik, I., Deardon, R., Feng, Z., Gardner, A. and Braun, J. Using individual-level models for infection disease spread to model spatio-temporal combustion dynamics. Bayesian Analysis, 7 615-638, 2012.
  21. Woolford, D.G., Bellhouse, D.R., Braun, W.J., Dean, C.B., Martell, D.L., and Sun, J. A Spatio-temporal model for people-caused forest re occurrence in the Romeo Malette Forest, J. Environmental Statistics, 2(1) 2011.
  22. Wan, V., Braun, W.J., Dean, C.B. and Henderson, S. A comparison of classication algorithms for the identication of smoke plumes from satellite images. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 20 131-156, 2011.
  23. Kang, X., Braun, W.J. and Stafford, J.E. Local Regression when the Responses are Interval-Censored. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 81 1247-1279, 2011.
  24. Davies, K. and Braun, W.J. A two-dimensional Markov renewal process. Environmetrics, 22 98-108, 2011.
  25. Zhou, L. and Braun, W.J. Fun with the grid Package. Journal of Statistics Education.
  26. Braun, W.J., Jones, B., Lee, J., Woolford, D.G., and Wotton, B. Forest Fire Risk Assessment in Muskoka, Ontario. Journal of Probability and Statistics doi:10.1155/2010/823018, 2010.
  27. Davies, K.F. and Braun, W.J. Modelling point patterns with the Ivano-Merzbach renewal process. Environmetrics, 21 85-101, 2010.
  28. Liu, X. and Braun, W.J. Investigating mortality uncertainty using the block bootstrap. Journal of Probability and Statistics doi:10.1155/2010/813583, 2010.
  29. Woolford, D.G., Braun, W.J., Dean, C.B. and Martell, D.L. Site-specic seasonal baselines for fire risk in Ontario. Geomatica, 63 355-363, 2009.
  30. Zhou, L., Braun, W.J., Woolford, D.G., and Wotton, B.M. A simulation study of predicting flush date. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 38 1071-1082, 2009.
  31. Barber, J., Bose, C., Bourlioux, A., Braun, J., Brunelle, E., Garcia, T., Hillen, T. and Ong, B. Burning issues with PROMETHEUS–the Canadian wildland fire growth simulation model. To appear in Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly.
  32. Asimit, J.L., Braun, W.J., and Simpson, W.A. On a threshold model for estimating response bias and its application to choice reaction time data. Advances and Applications in Statistics 10 207-218, 2008.
  33. Boychuk D, Braun W, Kulperger R, Krougly Z, Stanford D. A stochastic forest fire growth model. Environmental and Ecological Statistics Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10651-007-0079-z, 2008.
  34. Garcia, T., Braun, W.J., Bryce, R. and Tymstra, C. Smoothing and bootstrapping the PROMETHEUS Fire Spread Model. Environmetrics, 19 836–848, 2008.
  35. Braun, W.J. and Park, D. Estimation of sigma for individuals charts. Journal of Quality Technology 40, 332–344, 2008.
  36. Braun, W.J. and Zhou, L. One-sided tolerance limits via smoothing. Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, 5, 375–391, 2008.
  37. Braun, W.J., Li, W. and Zhao, Y.Q. Some theoretical properties of the geometric and α-series processes. Communications in Statistics–Theory and Methods 37 1483–1496, 2008.
  38. Boychuk, D., Braun, W.J., Kulperger, R.J., Krougly, Z., and Stanford, D. A stochastic model for forest fire growth. INFOR, Special Issue on Forestry 45: 9-16, 2007.
  39. Woolford, D.G. and Braun, W.J. Convergent data sharpening for the identification and tracking of spatial-temporal centers of lightning activity. Environmetrics 18 461–479, 2007.
  40. Kavaliers, M., Choleris, E., Agmo, A. Braun, W.J., Colwell, D.D., Muglia, L.J., Ogawa, S., and Pfaff, D.W. Inadvertent social information and the avoidance of parasitized male mice: A role for oxytocin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 103 4293–4298, 2006.
  41. Braun, W.J., Li, W. and Zhao, Y.Q. Properties of the geometric and related processes. Naval Research Logistics, 52 602–616, 2005.
  42. Asimit, J. and Braun, W.J. Third order point process intensity estimation for reaction time experiment data. Can. J. Statist. 33 243–257, 2005.
  43. Braun, J., Duchesne, T. and Stanford, J.E. Local likelihood density estimation for interval censored data. Can. J. Statist. 33 39–60, 2005.
  44. Braun, W.J. and Huang, L.-S. Kernel spline regression Can. J. Statist. 33 259–278, 2005.
  45. Braun, W.J., Rousson, V., Simpson, W.A. and Prokop, J. Parametric modelling of reaction time experiment data. Biometrics, 59 661-669, 2003.
  46. Braun, W.J. The LR-chart: An Alternative to the MR-chart. Quality Engineering. 16: 87–92, 2003.
  47. Zhao, Y.Q., Li, W. and Braun, W.J., Censoring, factorizations, and spectral analysis for transition matrices with block-repeating entries. Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, 5: 35–58, 2003.
  48. Braun, W.J. and Kulperger, R.J., Re-colouring the Intensity-Based Bootstrap for Point Processes. Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation 32: 475–488, 2003.
  49. Kavaliers, M., Colwell, D.D., Braun, W.J., and Choleris, E., Brief exposure to the odor of a parasitized male alters the subsequent mate odor preferences of female mice. Animal Behaviour. 65: 59–68, 2003.
  50. Braun, W.J. and Kulperger, R.J., Estimating Parameters in a Tumour Growth Interacting Particle System: Continuity of Moments. Pakistan Journal of Statistics, S.E. Ahmed Special Issue, 18:149–164, 2002.
  51. Braun, W.J. and Hall, P. Data sharpening for nonparametric inference subject to constraints. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. 10: 786–806, 2001.
  52. Ahmed, S.E. and Braun, W.J. Testing the homogeneity of tumour growth rates in several models. Stochastic Modelling and Applications. 3: 11–22, 2000.
  53. Simpson, W.A., Braun, W.J., Bargen, C., and Newman, A.J., A new approach to visual simple reaction time using point processes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 26: 1675–1690, 2000
  54. Braun, W.J. and Rousson, V., An autocorrelation criterion for bandwidth selection in nonparametric regression. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 68: 89–101, 2000.
  55. Braun, W.J., Replacing a ‘striped-box’ with the normal approximation. Journal of Statistics Education. v. 8 (electronic, 81K), 2000.
  56. Deng, Y., Braun, W.J., and Zhao, Y.Q.,M/M/1 queueing system with delayed controlled vacation. Operations Research Transactions. 3:17-30, 1999.
  57. Braun, W.J. Run-length distributions for estimated attributes charts. Metrika 50: 121-129, 1999.
  58. Zhao, Y.Q., Braun, W.J. and Li, W., Northwest corner and banded matrix approximations to a Markov chain. Naval Research Logistics 46 187-197, 1999.
  59. Li, W., Braun, W.J. and Zhao, Y.Q., Stochastic scheduling on a repairable machine with Erlang uptime distribution. Advances in Applied Probability 30: 1073-1088, 1998.
  60. Zhao, Y.Q., Li, W. and Braun, W.J., Infinite block-structured transition matrices and their properties. Advances in Applied Probability. 30: 365-384, 1998.
  61. Braun, W.J. and Kulperger, R.J., A bootstrap for point processes. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 60: 129-155, 1998.
  62. Braun, W.J. and Kulperger, R.J., Properties of a Fourier bootstrap method for time series. Communications in Statistics A. 26: 1329-1337, 1997.
  63. Zhao, Y.Q., Li, W. and Braun, W.J., On a decomposition for infinite transition matrices. Queueing Systems. 27:127–130, 1997.
  64. Braun, W.J. An illustration of bootstrapping using video lottery terminal data. Journal of Statistics Education. v. 3 (electronic, 18K), 1995.
  65. Braun, W.J. and Kulperger, R.J. Data analytic implementation of an interacting particle system model for tumor growth. Pakistan Journal of Statistics. 11: 123-136, 1995.
  66. Braun, W.J. and Kulperger, R.J. Differential equations for moments of an interacting particle process on a lattice. Journal of Mathematical Biology v. 31 199–214, 1993.
  67. Braun, W.J. and Kulperger, R.J. Interacting particle systems as cell growth models: Can they be identified? The Western Journal of Graduate Research 3 106-115, 1991.