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Kamel Rekab

Kamel Rekab
Professor of Statistics
Science and Engineering

Contact Info
rekabk@umkc.edu
Manheim 307D
Kamel Rekab website
Statistics, Biostatistics, Probability Theory

About

Dr. Kamel Rekab joined UMKC as a full Professor in Statistics in 2005, after working at Florida Tech for 17 years. He served as the department Chair from 2005 to 2007. In 2005-2006, he served as the Vice President of the American Statistical Association (Kansas-Western Missouri) and in 2006-2007, he served as President.

Research Interests

Statistical software testing and reliability, network security, biostatistics, statistics in advanced manufacturing, statistical quality improvement, design of industrial experiments, sequential analysis, mathematical statistics, probability theory

Academic Credentials

M.S., Statistics, Stanford University (1984)
Ph.D., Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1988)

Google Citations

Selected Publications

  • Asymptotic efficiency in sequential designs for estimating product of k means in the exponential family case, with X. Song., Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 4(1), (2017)
  • The identification of menstrual blood in forensic samples by logistic regression modelling of miRNA expression, with J. Ballantyne, et al.  ELECTROPHORESIS, 35(21-22), (2014)
  • A Multistage sequential test allocation for software reliability estimation, with H. Thompson, and W. Wu, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 63(2), (2013)
  • Effect of stroke location on the laryngeal cough reflex and pneumonia risk, with Addington et al., Journal of Cough, 1(4), (2005)
  • Sleep apnea avoidance pillow effects on obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and snoring, with N. Zuberi and H. V. Nguyen, Journal of Sleep and Breathing, 8(4),  (2004)
  • Prediction of software failures through logistic regression, with A. Salem and J. Whittaker, J. of Information and Software Technology, 46(12), (2004)
  • An asymptotic second-order lower bound for the Bayes risk of a sequential procedure, with M. Tahir, Sequential Analysis, 25(3), (2004)
  • The effect of tartaric acid-induced cough on pulmonary function in normal and asthmatic humans, with W.R. Addington et al., American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 82(5), (2003)
  • Asymptotically negative regret in sequential point estimation, with M. Tahir, J. of Nonparametric Statistic 13(2), (2000)
  • A Markov chain model for predicting the reliability of multi-build software, with J. Whittaker and M. Thomason, J. of Information and Software Technology 42(12), (2000)
  • A sampling scheme for estimating the reliability of a series system, IEEE Trans.  Reliability 42(2), (1993)
  • Integrated circuit design for manufacturing through statistical simulation, with T. Sanders, D. Means and F.M. Rotella, IEEE Trans. On Semiconductor Manufacturing 5(4), (1992)
  • Asymptotic efficiency in sequential designs for estimation in the exponential family case, Sequential Analysis 9(4), (1990)
  • Asymptotic efficiency in sequential designs for estimation, Sequential Analysis 8(3), (1989)