Ronald Butler
C.F. Frensley Professor of Mathematical Sciences
Contact
Department of Statistical Science
Southern Methodist University
3225 Daniels Avenue (75205)
P O Box 750332 (75275) Dallas TX 75275-0332
214-768-1426, 214-768-4035 fax
rbutler@smu.edu
Education
B.S. (1972, cum laude) College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Major: Applied Mathematics, Minor: Engineering Physics. Sigma, Dean’s List 5 times
Ph.D. (1977) Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Major: Statistics. Academic Honors: Rackham Scholar.
Research
- Survival Analysis
- Special Functions & Complex Variables
- Systems Theory & Stochastic Networks
- Likelihood & Bayesian Inference
- Saddlepoint Methods
- Multivariate Analysis
- Reliability Theory
- Bootstrap and Robustness
- Electrical engineering applications
- Ocean engineering applications
Teaching
- STAT 2331
- STAT 4340
- STAT 6370 — Stochastic Models
Software
- Symmetry Test
- C.I. of trend effect with right censoring
- 2 Sample C.I.
- Roy’s test in MANOVA
- Largest Wishart eigenvalue distribution
- Treatment Effect Confidence Interval with Interval Censoring
- Two Sample Interval Censoring Tests
- P-values for 2-sample tests and tests for trend with right-censoring
- Lauricella