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Nien-fan Zhang

This is a list of some of the past publications of N. Zhang

More recent publications and a mechanism to search a database containing many of the most recent publications of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can be accessed here.

N. Dodder, S. Tai, L. T. Sniegoski, N. Zhang, M. J. Welch (2007) 
Certification of Creatine in a Human Serum Reference Material by GC-MS and LC-MS
Clinical Chemistry, 53(9), 1694-1699.

B. Toman, A. Hornikova, C. R. Hagwood, H. Liu, N. Zhang, E. Garboczi, J. Bullard (2006) 
Uncertainty Analysis for Virtual Cement Measurement
Proceedings of the section of Physical and Engineering Science of American Statistical Association, 147 - 149

N. Zhang (2006) 
Calculation of the uncertainty of the mean of autocorrelated measurements
Metrologia 43, S276-S281

N. Zhang (2006) 
The batched moving averages of measurement data and their applications in data treatment
Measurement, 39, 864-875.

A. Hornikova, N. Zhang (2005) 
An Application of Combining Results from Multiple Methods - Statistical Evaluation of Uncertainty for NIST SRM 1508a
NCSL International Conference 2005

N. Zhang, P. Winkel (2004) 
Statistical Process Control on Biochemical and Hematological Quality Control Data
Proceedings of Section on Quality and Productivity of Americal Statistical Society, 2197-2200

H. Liu, C. R. Hagwood, N. Zhang (2004) 
Comparisons of Bayesian approaches to combining results from multiple methods
Proceedings of the 2004 Measurement Science Conference

N. Zhang (2002) 
Estimation of Process Variance in Using SPC Charts for a Stationary Process
Proceedings of Section of Physical and Engineering Sciences of American Statistical Society, 3951-3954.

M. Theofanos, R. Micheals, S. Orandi, B. Stanton, N. Zhang (2008) 
How the subject can improve fingerprint image quality
Journal of Electronic Imaging, 011007-1 - 011007-10

M. Theofanos, S. Orandi, R. Micheals, B. Stanton, N. Zhang (2006) 
Effects of scanner height on fingerprint capture
NISTIR 7382

A. Hornikova, B. Toman, C. R. Hagwood, H. Liu, N. Zhang, E. Garboczi, J. Bullard (2006) 
Sensitivity Analysis of VCCTL Measurements to Various Input Quantities
Proceedings of the Section of Physical and Engineering Science of American Statistical Association, 1732 - 1734

N. Zhang (2006) 
Estimating the variance of the Graybill-Deal estimator of a common mean
Proceedings of the Section of Physical and Engineering Science of American Statistical Association, 1788 - 1793

M. B. Satterfield, L. T. Sniegoski, K. E. Sharpless, M. J. Welch, A. Hornikova, N. Zhang, C. M. Pfeiffer, Z. Fazili, M. Zhang, B. C. Nelson (2006) 
Development of a new standard reference material: SRM 1955 (homocysteine and folate in human serum)
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 385, No. 3, pp. 612-622

A. Hornikova, N. Zhang (2006) 
The Relation between the En Values Including Covariance and the 'Exclusive' Statistic
Metrologia 43, L1-L2

N. Zhang, W. E. Strawderman, H. Liu, N. Sedransk (2006) 
Statistical analysis for multiple artifact problem in key comparisons with linear trends
Metrologia, 43, 21-26

A. Hornikova, N. Zhang, M. J. Welch, S. Tai (2006) 
An application of combining results from multiple methods-statistical evaluation of uncertainty for NIST SRM 1508a
Metrologia, 43, 205-212

N. Zhang (2006) 
The uncertainty associated with the weighted mean of measurement data
Metrologia, 43, 195-204

N. Zhang, A. E. Vladar, M. T. Postek, R. D. Larrabee (2005) 
Spectral density-based statistical measures for image sharpness
Metrologia, 42, 351-359

P. Winkel, N. Zhang (2005) 
The effect of uncertainty components such as recalibration on the performance of quality control charts
Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, 65, 707-720

N. Zhang, H. Liu, N. Sedransk, W. E. Strawderman (2004) 
Uncertainty Analysis of Interlaboratory Studies with Linear Trends
Proceedings of ASPE 2004 Summer Topic Meeting - Uncertainty Analysis in Measurement and Design, 100-105

N. Zhang, P. Winkel (2004) 
Serial Correlation of Quality Control Data on the Use of Proper Control Charts
Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, 64, 195-204

N. Zhang, H. Liu, N. Sedransk, W. E. Strawderman (2004) 
Statistical Analysis of Key Comparisons with Linear Trends
Metrologia, 41, 231-237

N. Oldham, T. Nelson, N. Zhang, H. Liu (2003) 
CCEM-K5 Comparison of 50/60 Hz Power
Metrologia, 40, Technical Supplement, 01003

N. Zhang, N. Sedransk, D. G. Jarrett (2003) 
Statistical Uncertainty Analysis of CCEM-K2 Comparisons of Resistance Standards
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 52(2), 491-494.

N. Zhang, A. E. Vladar, M. T. Postek, B. Larrabee (2003) 
A Kurtosis-based Statistical Measure for Two-dimensional Processes and Its Application to Image Sharpness
Proceedings of Section of Physical and Engineering Sciences of American Statistical Society, 4730-4736

H. Liu, N. Zhang (2002) 
Performance Evaluation of Approaches to Combining Results from Multiple Methods
Proceedings of the American Statistical Society, 2127-2132

R. N. Kacker, N. Zhang (2002) 
Online Control Using Integrated Moving Average Model for Manufacturing Errors
International Journal of Production Research, 40(16), 4121-4136

N. Zhang (2001) 
Statistical Process Monitoring for Autocorrelated Data
Advances in Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas - Selected Papers from the SCRA 2001-FIM VIII, Wollongong Conference, 383-394

N. Zhang (2001) 
Combining Process Capability Indices from a Sequence of Indepent Samples
International Journal of Production Research , 39(13), 2769-2781

N. Zhang (2001) 
What the Generalized Moving Averages Can Do for the Process Monitoring
Proceedings of Section of Physical and Engineering Sciences of American Statistical Society, 730-735

H. Liu, N. Zhang (2001) 
Bayesian Approach to Combining Results from Multiple Methods
Proceedings of the Section of Bayesian Statistical Science of American Statistical Society

A. E. Vladar, M. T. Postek, N. Zhang, R. D. Larrabee, S. N. Jones (2001) 
Reference Material 8091: New Scanning Electron Microscope Sharpness Standard
Proceedings SPIE, 4344, 827-834

W. F. Guthrie, G. F. Banks, K. Eberhardt, L. Gill, M. Levenson, H. Liu, M. Vangel, J. H. Yen, N. Zhang (2000)
An Approach to Combining Results From Multiple Methods Motivated by the ISO GUM Approach
Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Volume 105, pp 571-579.

N. Zhang, M. T. Postek, R. D. Larrabee, A. E. Vladar (2000) 
Multivariate Kurtosis for Measuring Image Sharpness
Proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling: New Trend in Statistical Modelling, 529-532

M. T. Postek, A. E. Vladar, N. Zhang, R. D. Larrabee (2000) 
Potentials of On-line Scanning Electron Microscope Performance Analysis Using NIST Reference Material 8091
Proceedings of SPIE, 3998, 28-37

N. Zhang (2000) 
Statistical Control Charts for Monitoring the Mean of a Stationary Process
Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 66, 249-258

D. Banks, P. D. Over, N. Zhang (1999) 
Blind Men and Elephants: Six Approaches to TREC Data
Information Retrieval, 1, 7-34

N. Zhang (1999) 
Statistical Control for Autocorrelated Data
Proceedings of EUROPT Series: Process and Equipment Control in Microelectric Manufacturing, 3742, 65-70

N. Zhang, M. T. Postek, R. D. Larrabee, A. E. Vladar, W. J. Keery, S. N. Jones (1999) 
Image Sharpness Measurement in Scanning Electron Microscope - Part III
Scanning, 21, 246-252

R. N. Kacker, N. Zhang (1998) 
Engineering Economics Approach to On-line Control of Automotive Product Characteristics
31 ISATA Proceedings, 535-542

N. Zhang (1998) 
Comparisons of Control Charts for Autocorrelated Data
Proceedings of the Section' on Quality and Productivity of American Statistical Association, 8-12

N. Zhang (1998) 
Estimating Process Capability Indices for Autocorrelated Data
Journal of Applied Statistics, 25(4), 559-574

N. Zhang (1998) 
A Statistical Control Chart for Stationary Process Data
Technometrics, 40(1), 24-38

N. Zhang (1997) 
Autocorrelation Analysis of Some Linear Transfer Function Models and Its Applications in the Dynamic process Systems
Lectures in Applied Mathematics, American Mathematical Society, 33, 385-399

N. Zhang, M. T. Postek, R. D. Larrabee, A. E. Vladar, W. J. Keery, S. N. Jones (1997) 
A Statistical Measure for the Sharpness of SEM Images
Proceedings SPIE, 2050, 375-386

N. Zhang (1997) 
Detection Capability of Residual Control Chart for Stationary Process Data
Journal of Applied Statistics, 24(4), 475-492

N. Zhang (1997) 
Combining Process Capability Indices
Proceedings of the Section on Quality and Productivity of American Statistical Association, 84-89

N. Zhang, M. T. Postek, R. D. Larrabee (1997) 
Statistical Models for Estimating the Measurement of Pitch in Metrology Instrument
Metrologia, 34, 467-477

N. Zhang (1996) 
Estimating Process Capability Indices for Autocorrelated Processes
Proceedings of the Section on Quality and Productivity of American Statistical Society, 49-54

N. Zhang, M. T. Postek, R. D. Larrabee, L. Carroll, W. J. Keery (1996) 
A New Algorithm for the Measurement of Pitch in Metrology Instruments
Proceedings SPIE, 2725, 147-158

R. N. Kacker, N. Zhang, C. R. Hagwood (1996) 
Real-Time Control of a Measurement Process
Metrologia, 33, 433-445

N. Zhang (1995) 
Detection Capability of Detection Capability of Residual Control Chart for Stationary Process Data
Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 1416-1417

N. Zhang, J. P. Pollard (1994) 
Analysis of Autocorrelations in Dynamic Processes
Technometrics, 36, 354-368

N. Zhang (1992) 
Book review for "Forecasting and Time Series Analysis" by Montgomery, D. C. and et al.
Technometrics, 34, 98-99

N. Zhang (1990) 
Group Delay, Partial Group delay and Index-lag relationship for Multidimensional Processes
Communication In Statistics - Theory and Methods, 19(9), 3137 - 3145

N. Zhang, G. A. Stenback, D. M. Wardrop (1990) 
Interval Estimation of Process Capability Index
Communications In Statistics - Theory and Methods, 19(12), 4455- 4470

N. Zhang, R. V. Foutz (1989) 
Estimating Partial Group Delay
Biometrika, 76, 57-63

H. L. Gray, N. Zhang, W. A. Woodward (1989) 
On Generalized Fractional Processes
Journal of Time Series Analysis, 10, 233-257

N. Zhang, R. V. Foutz (1988) 
A Higher-order Random Parameter Process for Modeling and Forecasting Time Series
Communications In Statistics - Theory and Methods, 17, 485-498

H. L. Gray, N. Zhang (1988) 
On a New Definition of the Fractional Difference
Mathematics of Computation, 182, 513-529

N. Zhang, R. V. Foutz (1987) 
Partial Group Delay and Time Lagged Relationship among Multiple Time Series
Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 16, 2139-2144

H. L. Gray, N. Zhang (1987) 
On a Class of Non-stationary Processes
Journal of Time Series Analysis, 9, 133-154

D. A. Guyton, N. Zhang, R. V. Foutz (1986) 
A Random Parameter Process for Modeling and Forecasting Time Series,
Journal of Time Series Analysis, 7, 105-115

Z. B. Fang, J. P. Li, L. S. Wei, N. Zhang (1983) 
The Rates of Convergence of Empirical Bayes Estimation for a Class of Uniform Distribution Families
Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, 6(4), 476-484

D. L. Tong, N. Zhang (1982) 
Solutions to the Problems of 'Introduction to the Theory of Statistics' by A. M. Mood and F. A. Graybill
Journal of Statistical Methods in Research, Supplemental Volume 2

Created September 8, 2010, Updated August 25, 2016