Akim Adekpedjou,
PhD
Assistant
Professor of Statistics
Department
of Mathematics & Statistics
Missouri
University of Science & Technology
(Formerly
University of Missouri-Rolla)
Rolla,
MO 65409-USA
Office:
214 Rolla Building
Phone:
(573) 341-4649
E-Mail:
akima@mst.edu
Education
- Ph.D.,
Statistics, University
of South Carolina, 2007
- M.S.,
Financial Mathematics,
University of Michigan, Ann-Arbor, 2002
- M.A.,
Applied Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann-Arbor, 2001
- M.S.,
Applied Mathematics, University of Dakar, Dakar-Senegal (West Africa),
1998
- B.S.,
Pure Mathematics, University of Niamey, Niamey-Niger (West Africa), 1996
Research Interests
- Recurrent
Events
- Parametric
and Nonparametric Methods in Survival Analysis
- Applied
Stochastic Processes
- Actuarial
Science
- Reliability
Theory
Curriculum
Vitae pdf
Publications
- Adekpedjou, A., Quiton, J., and Wen, X. (2013).
Semiparametric inference with correlated recurrence time data. Statistical Methodology, 10(1), 1-13.
- Adekpedjou, A., Stocker, R., and De Mel, W.
(2013). A Class of Inference Procedures for Validating the Generalized Koziol-Green Model with Recurrent Events, Computational
Statistics and Data Analysis, 62, 83-92
- Adekpedjou, A. and Pena, E. (2012) Semiparametric
Estimation with Recurrent Event data under Informative
Monitoring. Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 24(3),
733-752
- Adekpedjou, A. and Zamba K. D. (2012). A Chi-squared goodness
of fit test for recurrent event data. Journal of Statistical Theory and
Applications, 11(2), 97-113.
- Adekpedjou, A., Zamba, K. D., and Yang, M. (2012).
Exponential gap-time estimation with correlated recurrent event models:
application to neural firing data. South African Journal of Statistics,
46, 155-184
- Stocker,
R. S. IV and Adekpedjou, A. (2011). Optimal goodness of fit tests for recurrent event
data. Lifetime Data Analysis, 17(3),
409-432.
- Zamba,
K. D. and Adekpedjou, A. (2011). Parameter estimation for correlated recurrent
events under informative monitoring. Statistical
Methodology, 8(3), 273-290.
- Awuah-Offei,
K. and Adekpedjou, A. (2011) Application of Life Cycle Assessment in the
Mining Industry, International
Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 16(1), 82-89
- Adekpedjou,
A., Pena, E., and Quiton, J. (2010). Estimation and efficiency with
recurrent event data under informative monitoring. Journal of
Statistical Planning and Inference, 140(3), 597-615.
- Wen, X., Setodji, M. C., and Adekpedjou, A
(2009). A minimum discrepancy approach to multivariate dimension reduction
via K-means inverse regression. Statistics and Its Interface,
2(4), 503-511.
- Adekpedjou,
A., Quiton, J., and Pena, E. (2008) . Some
aspects pertaining to recurrent event modeling and analysis. Advances
in Mathematical Modeling for Reliability. IOS Press, Amsterdam. 193-207.
- Adekpedjou,
A. and Pena, E. (2008) Nonparametric Estimation with Recurrent Event data
under Informative Monitoring. Proceedings of the 2007 Joint Statistical
Meetings (JSM), Salt Lake City, UT
Manuscripts Under
Revision
- Assessment
of Visual Field Change by Using Diffusion-Injection Models (with Zamba, KD; Johnson CA; and Wall, M)
- Semiparametric
Estimation with a Flexible Cox-type
Model with Recurrent Events (with R. Stocker)
- Generalized
Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test based on Random Cells With Recurrent
Events (with De Mel, W. and Zamba, K.D)
Manuscripts under Preparation
·
Smooth Goodness
of Fits for The Baseline under an Imperfect Repair Model with Recurrent Failure
·
Estimation with
Survey Data
Teaching
Past courses:
- Stat
215: Engineering statistics (Undergraduate, Text used: Probability and Statistics
for engineering and the sciences by Jay Devore), Five offerings
- Stat
217: Intro Probability and Statistics (Undergraduate, Text used:
Probability and statistical inference by Hogg and Tanis) Four offerings
- Stat
343: Probability and Statistics (Graduate, Text used: Probability
and mathematical statistics by Bain and Engelhardt)
Fall 2008, Spring 2011
- Stat
344: Mathematical Statistics (Graduate, same Text as Stat 343) Spring
2009, Spring 2013
- Stat
355: Statistical Model in Actuarial Science (Graduate, Text used: Loss
model: from data to decision by Klugman et al.)
Fall 2009
- Stat
356: Statistical Models for Life Contingencies (Graduate, Text used:
Actuarial mathematics by Bowers et al.) Spring 2010, Spring 2012
- Stat
401: Survival Analysis (Graduate, Text used: Statistical models based on
counting processes by Andersen et al.) Spring 2008, Fall 2010
- Stat 441:
Stochastic Processes (Graduate, Text used: Introduction to probability
models by Sheldom Ross), Four offerings
- Stat
457: Advanced Mathematical Statistics I (Graduate, Text used: Theory of
point estimation by Lehman and Casella) Fall 11
- Stat
458: Advanced Mathematical Statistics II (Graduate, Text: Testing
Statistical Hypothesis, by Lehmann and Romano) Spring 12
- Stat
470: Reliability Theory (Graduate, Text: System Reliability Theory and
Applications, by Rausand and Hoyland)
Fall 2012
Fall 2013 Courses:
- Stat
457: Advanced Mathematical Statistics
- Stat
355: Statistical Models for Actuarial Sciences
Last updated January 18, 2013