Covering CUSUMs from an application-oriented viewpoint, while also providing the essential theoretical underpinning, this is an accessible guide for anyone with a basic statistical training. The text is aimed at quality practitioners, teachers and students of quality methodologies, and people interested in analysis of time-ordered data. Further support is available from a Web site containing CUSUM software and data sets.

Covering CUSUMs from an application-oriented viewpoint, while also providing the essential theoretical underpinning, this is an accessible guide for anyone with a basic statistical training. The text is aimed at quality practitioners, teachers and students of quality methodologies, and people interested in analysis of time-ordered data. Further support is available from a Web site containing CUSUM software and data sets.

With the realization that many clues and hints preceded the September 11 terrorist attacks, statisticians became an important part of the global war on terror. This book surveys emerging research at the intersection of national security and statistical sciences. In it, a diverse group of talented researchers address such topics as Syndromic Surveillance; Modeling and Simulation; Biometric Authentication; and Game Theory. The book includes general reviews of quantitative approaches to counterterrorism, for decision makers with policy backgrounds, as well as technical treatments of statistical issues that will appeal to quantitative researchers.

In 1981, Robert arrived at Orton Dormitory at Washington State University. With his final days of Inglemoor High School behind him, the coed dorm awaited. Read about Robert's ineptness with the women of WSU. Experience the antics and adventures that made 4th floor Orton the place to be. A funny and unique look at the bonding of a group of freshmen assigned to the same dorm floor. Stories originally found in 'Growing Up Olwell' have been given a book of their own with new annotations.