Michael B. Woodroofe

Michael B. Woodroofe

L. J. Savage Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

275 West Hall
Department of Statistics
University of Michigan
1085 South University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107

Phone: (734)-763-3495
Fax: (734)-763-4676
E-Mail: michaelw (at) umich (dot) edu
Website: http://www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/~michaelw


Research Interests

Biased Sampling Models, Central Limit Theory for Markov Chains, Isotonic Inference, Renewal Theory, Sequential Analysis, Applications to Physics and Astronomy


Courses Taught

Statistics 425


Editorial Boards

Sequential Analysis


Professional Societies

Fellow of the International Statistical Institute
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Member of Phi Beta Kappa


Education

B.S. Mathematics, Stanford University, 1962
M.S. Mathematics, University of Oregon, 1964
Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Oregon, 1965


Selected Publications

Law of the iterated logarithm for stationary processes, by Ou Zhao and Michael Woodroofe. To appear in the Annals of Probability.

A Kiefer Wolfowitz comparison theorem for Wicksell's problem, by Xiao Wang and Michael Woodroofe. Ann Statist..

A non-linear renewal theorem with stationary and slowly changng perturbations, by Dong Yun Kim and Michael Woodroofe. I.M.S. Monograph Series, 50, (Jiayang Sun, Anirban Dasgupta, Vince Melfi, and Connie Page, eds.),

Estimating dark matter distributions, by Xiao Wang, Michael Woodroofe, et. al.; Astrophysical Journal, Letter, 626 (2005), 145-158.

Martingale approximations for sums of stationary processes, by Weo Biao Wu and Michael Woodroofe. Ann. Prob. 32 (2004), 1674-1690.

Corrected confidence sets for sequentially designed experiments, II: Examples, by Steve Coad and Michael Woodroofe. Sequential Analysis, 21 (2002), 191-218.

Isotonic regression: another look at the change point problem, by Wei Biao Wu, Michael Woodroofe, and Graciella Mentz. Biometrika, 88 (2001), 793-804.

Central limit theorems for additive functionals of Markov Chains, by Michael Maxwell and Michael Woodroofe. Ann. Prob., 28 (2000), 713-724.

On Degrees of freedom in shape restricted regression, by Mary Meyer and Michael Woodroofe. Ann. Statist., 28 (2000), 1083-1104.

Asymptotic expansions in boundary crossing problems, by Michael Woodroofe and Robert Keener. Ann. Prob., 15 (1987), 102-114.

Estimating a distribution function with truncated data, {\it Ann. Statist.}, {\bf 13} (1985), 163-177. Correction: Ann. Statist., 15, 883.

Asymptotic local minimaxity in sequential estimation. {\it Ann. Statist.}, {\bf 13} (1985), 676-688. Correction: Ann. Statist., 17, 452.

Non-Linear Renewal Theory in Sequential Analysis. S.I.A.M., 1982.

A one-armed bandit problem with a concomitant variable. J. Amer. Statist. Assn., 74 (1979), 799-805.

Maximum likelihood estimation of a translation parameter of a truncated distribution. Ann. Math. Statist., 43 (1972), 113-122.

On choosing a delta-sequence. Ann. Math. Statist., 41 (1970), 1665-1671.