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Department of applied statistics and operations research
 
College of Business Administration
 

Arthur Yeh
Department Chair and Professor
Applied Statistics and Operations Research
Bowling Green State University
Office: 344A Business Administration Building
Phone: (419) 372-8386
e-mail:  byeh@bgsu.edu 

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Statistics, Rutgers University, (New Brunswick, New Jersey), May 1993.
  • M.S. in Statistics, Rutgers University, (New Brunswick, New Jersey), May 1989.
  • B.S. in Mathematics, National Tsing-Hua University, (Taiwan), June 1985.

Academic Positions

  • Professor, Department of Applied Statistics and Operations Research, Bowling Green State University, (Bowling Green, Ohio), August 1993 - present.
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, Rutgers University , (New Brunswick, New Jersey), September 1989 - May 1993.
  • Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Rutgers University , (New Brunswick, New Jersey), Summer 1991.
  • Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Rutgers University , (New Brunswick, New Jersey), Summer 1990.

1. Teaching Experience

A.Undergraduate Courses

  • STAT 211 Honors Elementary Statistical Methods I (Fall 1996)
  • STAT 211 Elementary Statistical Methods I (3 years)
  • STAT 212 Elementary Statistical Methods II (5 years)

B.Undergraduate/Graduate Courses

  • STAT 402/502 Regression Analysis (4 years)
  • STAT 406/506 Sample Design (5 years)
  • STAT 414/514 Statistical Quality Control (5 years)
  • STAT 416/516 Time Series Analysis (3 years)

C. Graduate Courses

  • STAT 601 Statistics for Managerial Decisions (3 years)
  • STAT 601X Statistics for Managerial Decisions  (6 years)
  • STAT 680 Statistical Computing (2 years)

D. Independent Studies

  • STAT 686 Research in Statistics, Ms. Miao Cai, Ms. Fang Xiang, and Ms. Lu Li, (Summer, 2005, Fall 2005 and Spring 2006)
  • STAT 686 Research in Statistics, Ms. Yun Li and Mr. Chai-Jen Ding, (Summer 2004)
  • STAT 686 Research in Statistics, Ms. Yun Li, (Fall 2003 and Spring 2004)
  • STAT 686 Internship in Statistics with Consolidated Biscuit Company, Mr. Paul Hurd (Fall 2002)
  • STAT 686 Internship in Statistics with Consolidated Biscuit Company, Mr. Eric Song (Summer 2002)
  • STAT 687 Research in Statistics, Mr. Qi Shen (Fall 2002)
  • STAT 687 Research in Statistics, Mr. Mark Sembower (Fall 2001 and Spring 2002)
  • STAT 687 Research in Statistics, Ms. Honghong Zhou (Fall 1998, Spring 1999 and Summer 1999)
  • STAT 687 Research in Statistics, Mr. C. Venkataramani, Ms. Honghong Zhou, (Summer 1998) 
  • STAT 687 Research in Statistics, Mr. C. Venkataramani, (Summer 1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998)
  • STAT 687 Research in Statistics, Mr. Suman Bhattacharya, (Spring 1997)
  • STAT 687 Statistical Project in Survey Sampling, Mr. C. Venkataramani,  Mr. E. Hetherington, and Ms. A. Shama,  (Spring 1997) 
  • STAT 687 Statistical Computing, Mr. Pabak Mukhopadhyay, (Summer 1996)
  • STAT 687 Statistical Computing, Mr. Mario Colangelo, (Summer 1996)
  • STAT 687 Statistical Teaching, Mr. Matt Murbach, (Spring 1996)        
  •  STAT 687 Statistical Computing, Mr. Xiaogang Cao, (Spring 1996)

E. Membership on Thesis Committees

  • Ms. Lisa Renauld, MSAS, 1997, (Thesis Advisor).  
  • Mr. Amir Izadi, Master of Industrial Technology, 1994.    

2. Research Interests

  • Bootstrap Methodology
  • Statistical Quality Control
  • Robust Statistics
  • Data Depth and Multivariate Inference
  • Statistical Computing
  • Optimal Experimental Designs
  • Run-to-Run Engineering Process Control

3. Research Projects and Grants

1. Grant proposal submitted to National Science Foundation, November 2006.
2. Grant from the National Science Council of the Republic of China to pay for my visiting position during Faculty Improvement Leave, May 2000.
3. CBA Summer Research Grant, April 2000.
4. Proposal submitted to National Science Foundation, November 1998 (not funded).
5. Proposal submitted to Alumni Summer Research Fellowship, February 1997 (not funded).
6. CBA Summer Research Grant (with G. Montepiedra and D. Myers), April 1996.
7. Speed Grant (with G. Montepiedra), December 1995.
8. Faculty Development Grant (with G. Montepiedra), November 1995.
9. Speed Grant, April 1995.
10. Proposal submitted to National Science Foundation, November 1994 (not funded).
11. FRC Basic Grant, July 1994.
12. Proposal submitted to Research Challenge Program (1993/1995), February 1994 (not funded).

4. Publications

    1. Journal Articles

  • Yeh, A.B., McGrath, R.N., Sembower, M.A. and Shen, Q., (2007) "EWMA Control Charts for Monitoring High-Yield Processes Based on Non-transformed Observations" to appear in International Journal for Production Research.
  • Lin, D.K.-J. and Yeh, A.B., (2007) "Multivariate Control Charts for Dispersion" to appear in Encyclopedia of Statistics in Quality and Reliability.
  • Huwang, L., Yeh, A.B. and Wu, C.-W., (2006) "Monitoring Multivariate Processing Variability for Individual Observations," to appear in Journal of Quality Technology.
  • Yeh, A.B., Lin, D.K.-J. and McGrath, R.N., (2006) "Multivariate Control Charts for Monitoring Covariance Matrix: A Review," Journal of Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, 3, 415-436.
  • McGrath, R.N. and Yeh, A.B., (2006) "Response to 'A Class of Two-Sample Dispersion Test: Testing Through Counting' by G. Doros and A. Chiang", The American Statistician, 60, 209-210.
  • Yeh, A.B., (2005) "A Modern Introduction to Probability and Statistics" (by F.M. Dekking, C. Kraaikamp, H.P. Lopuhaä and L.E. Meester), Book Reviews, to appear in Technometrics in 2006.
  • Yeh, A.B., (2005) "Image Processing and Jump Regression Analysis" (by P. Qiu), Book Reviews, IIE Transactions in Quality and Reliability Engineering, to appear in 2006.
  • Yeh, A.B., (2005) "Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics for Engineers" (by T.T. Song), Book Reviews, Technometrics, 47, 239-241.
  • Yeh, A.B., Huwang, L. and Wu, C.-W., (2005) "A Multivariate EWMA Control Chart fo Monitoring Process Variability with Individual Observations," IIE Transactions in Quality and Reliability Engineering, 37, 1023-1035.
  • McGrath, R.N. and Yeh, A.B., (2004) "The Simplest Two Sample Dispersion Test: Count Five," The American Statistician, 59, 47-53.
  • Yeh, A.B., Huwang, L. and Wu, Y.-F., (2004) "A Likelihood Ratio Based EWMA Control Chart for Monitoring Variability of Multivariate Normal Processes," IIE Transactions in Quality and Reliability Engineering, 36, 865-879.
  • Montepiedra, G. and Yeh, A.B., (2004) "Two-Stage Designs for Identification and Estimation of Polynomial Models," Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 46, 531-546.
  • Yeh, A.B., Lin, D.K.-J., and Venkataramani, C., (2004) "Unified CUSUM Control Charts for Monitoring Process Mean and Variability," Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, 1, 65-85.
  • Tseng, S.-T., Yeh, A.B., Tsung, F. and Chan, Y.-Y. (2003), "A Study of Variable EWMA Controller," IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, 16, 633-643.
  • Yeh, A.B., Lin, D.K.-J., Zhou, H. and Venkataramani, C. (2003), "A Multivariate Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Process Variability, " Journal of Applied Statistics, 30, 507-536.
  • Yeh, A.B. and Lin, D.K.-J., (2002) "The Box-Chart: A New Variables Control Chart," Journal of Chinese Statistical Association, 40, 147-166 (in Chinese).
  • Yeh, A.B. and Lin, D.K.-J., (2002) "A New Variables Control Chart for Simultaneously Monitoring Multivariate Process Mean and Variability," International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 9, 41-59.
  • Yeh, A.B. and Chen, H., (2001) "A Non-Parametric Multivariate Process Capability Index," International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 21-218-224.
  • Raghunathan, S. and Yeh, A.B., (2001) "Beyond EDI: Impact of Continuous Replenishment Program (CRP) between a Manufacturer and its Retailers," Information Systems Research, 12, 406-419.
  • Myers, D. and Yeh, A.B., (2000) "Viewpoint: Generating Random Variables for a Simulation Model," Journal of Operational Research Society , 51, 887-888.
  • Myers, D. and Yeh, A.B., (1999) "Generating Correlated Random Variables for a Simulation Model," Journal of Operational Research Society, 50, 183-186.
  • Montepiedra, G. and Yeh, A.B. (1998), "A Two-Stage Design for the Construction of D-Optimal Experimental Designs," Communications in Statistics: Simulations and Computation, 27, 2, 377-402.
  • Montepiedra, G., Myers, D. and Yeh, A. B. (1988) "The Application of Genetic Algorithms to the Construction of Exact D-optimal Designs," accepted for publication by Journal of Applied Statistics, 25, 6, 817-826.
  • Yeh, A. B. and Bhattacharya, S. (1998), "A Robust Process Capability Index," Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 27, 2, 565-589.
  • Montepiedra, G. and Yeh, A. B. (1998), "Two-Stage Designs for Model Discrimination and Parameter Estimation," MODA5-Advances in Model-Oriented Data Analysis and Experimental Designs (Eds. Atkinson, A. C., Pronzato, L. and Wynn, H. P.), Springer-Verlag, 195-203
  • Yeh, A.B. (1998), "A Bootstrap Procedure in Linear Regression with Nonstationary Errors," The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 26, 1 , 149-160.
  • Yeh, A.B. and Singh, K., "Balanced Confidence Regions Based on Tukey's Depth and the Bootstrap," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 59 539-652.
  • Yeh, A.B. (1996), "Bootstrap Percentile Confidence Bands Based on the Concept of Curve Depth," Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 25, 4, 905-922.

    2. Research in Progress

  • Carson, P.K. and Yeh, A.B., "The Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Charts for Analytical Chemists."
  • Yeh, A.B. and McGrath, R.N., "Monitoring Multivariate Normal Covariance Matrix Using EWMA Control Charts Based on Sample Covariance Matrices."
  • McGrath, R.N., Yeh, A.B. and Yu, Z., "Estimating Transmitted Variance in Deterministic Computer Experiments."
  • Yeh, A.B. and McGrath, R.N., "The Statistical Control Charts for Monitoring Sequentially Correlated Binomial Processes."

5. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

1. Refereed Papers

  • Monitoring Multivariate Process Variability for Individual Observations, 2006 Fall Technical Conference, Columbus, Ohio, October 2006 (invited).
  • Multivariate EWMA Control Charts ofr Monitoring Process Variability under Multivariate Normality, School of Statistics, University of Minnesota, October 2005 (invited).
  • A Multivariate EWMA Control Chart for Monitoring Process Variability with Individual Observations, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, July 2004 (invited).
  • A Study of Variable EWMA Controller, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, July 2004 (invited).
  • Monitoring Multivariate Process Variability with Individual Observations, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, July 2004 (invited).
  • A Likelihood Based EWMA Control Chart for Monitoring Multivariate Process Variability, National Chiao Tung University, Hisn Chu, Taiwan, July 2004 (invited).
  • On Monitoring the Multivariate Process Variability, the 10th Southern Taiwan Statistical Conference, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, June 2001 (invited).
  • A Mutivariate Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Process Variability, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, June 2001 (invited).
  • A Mutivariate Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Process Variability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, April 2001 (invited).
  • A Mutivariate Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Process Variability, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, November 2000 (invited).
  • A Mutivariate Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Process Variability, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, November 2000 (invited).
  • A Mutivariate Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Process Variability, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, October 2000 (invited).
  • A Mutivariate Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Process Variability, National Central University, Taiwan, October 2000 (invited).
  • The Box-Chart: A New Variables Control Chart, 1999 ICSA Applied Symposium, Georgetown University, June 1999 (invited).
  • Balanced Confidence Regions Based on Tukey's Depth and the Bootstrap, Interface '99, Chicago, June 1999 (invited).
  • The Box-Chart: A New Variables Control Chart for Univariate and Multivariate Processes, 1998 ASQ Fall Technical Conference, Corning, New York, October 1998.
  • The Box-Chart: A New Variables Control Chart for Univariate and Multivariate Processes, 1998 Joint Statistical Meeting, Dallas, Texas, August 1998 (special contributed talk).
  • Two-Stage Designs for Model Discrimination and Parameter Estimation, MODA5, Marseille, France, June 1998 (invited).
  • Balanced Confidence Regions Based on Tukey's Depth and the Bootstrap, Rutgers Bootstrap Conference, Rutgers University, May 1998 (invited).
  • Hypothesis Testing for Agreement Between Two Dependent Groups of Judges, 1997 OCAPA Symposium, University of Akron, May 1997.

    • 2. Non-refereed Papers

  • Monitoring Multivariate Process Variability for Individual Observations, 2007 Joint Statistical Conference, Seattle, Washington, August 2006.
  • A Likelihood Ratio Based EWMA Control Chart for Monitoring Variability of Multivariate Processes, 2003 Joint Statistical Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 2003.
  • A Multivariate EWMA Control Chart for Monitoring Process Variability with Individual Observations, 2003 Hawaii International Conference in Statistics, June 2003.
  • Optimal Variable EWMA Controller, 2002 Spring Research Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2002.
  • The Box-Chart: A New Variable Control Chart for Univariate and Multivariate Processes, 1998 ASA Joint Statistical Meeting, Dallas, Texas, August 1998.
  • The Application of Genetic Algorithm to the Construction of Exact D-Optimal Designs, the 6th Southern Taiwan Statistical Conference, National Cheng-Kong University, Tainan, Taiwan, July 1997.
  • A Two-Stage Strategy for the Construction of D-Optimal Experimental Designs, IMS Asian and Pacific Regional Meeting, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, July 1997.
  • Bootstrap Percentile Confidence Bands Based on the Concept of Curve Depth, 1995 American Statistical Association Joint Statistical Meeting, Orlando, Florida, August 1995.
  • Balanced Confidence Regions Based on Tukey's Depth and the Bootstrap, ICSA 1995, Applied Statistics Symposium, Rutgers University, (New Brunswick, New Jersey), April 1995.
  • Balanced Confidence Regions Based on Tukey's Depth and the Bootstrap, American Statistical Association Northwest Ohio Chapter, Bowling Green State University, April 1995.
  • Bootstrap Confidence Regions Based on Data Depth, 1992 American Statistical Association Joint Statistical Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1992.

6. Administrative Positions

  • Interim Department Chair, January 2007 - present.
  • Graduate Coordinator, Department of Applied Statistics and Operations Research, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, May 1998 - present.
  • STAT 211 Coordinator, Department of Applied Statistics and Operations Research , (Bowling Green, Ohio), Bowling Green, OH, August 1994 - May 1996.

7. Membership in Professional Organizations

  • American Society for Quality Control
  • American Statistical Association
  • Institute of Mathematical Statistics
  • International Chinese Statistical Association
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