Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663, MS F600
Los Alamos NM 87545
Phone: (505) 667-1843
Fax: (505) 667-4470
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Michael Hamada Los Alamos National Laboratory P.O. Box 1663, MS F600 Los Alamos NM 87545 Phone: (505) 667-1843 Fax: (505) 667-4470 |
RESEARCH AND EXPERTISE
AWARDS
Fellow of the American Statistical Association, 2000
PATENTS
H.F. Martz, M. Hamada, A.J. Koehler and E.C. Berg, Optimizing the Availability of a Buffered Industrial Process US 6,782,295, August 24, 2004.
M. Hamada, H.F. Martz, J.K. Eleswarpu and M.J. Preissler, System Level Analysis and Control of Manufacturing Process Variation US 6,901,308, May 31, 2005.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Lu Lu, C.M. Anderson-Cook, B.S. Otieno, M.S. Hamada, "Metrics, Design and Analysis of Simulation Studies for Evaluating Directional Data Methods," Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications, 10, 115-142 (2011).
Reese, C.S., A.G. Wilson, J. Guo, M.S. Hamada and V. Johnson, "A Bayesian Model for Integrating Multiple Sources of Lifetime Information in System Reliability Assessments,"Journal of Quality Technology, 43, 127-141 (2011).
Ryan, K.R., M.S. Hamada and C.S. Reese, "A Bayesian Hierarchical Power Law Process Model for Supercomputer Reliability,"Journal of Quality Technology, 43, 209-223 (2011).
Burr, T., M.S. Hamada, J. Song and M. Wolinsky, "Special Topics in Pattern Recognition with Aapplications in Nonproliferation,"Perspectives in Pattern Recognition, Fournier, M.D., Ed., Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (2011).
Burr, T., S. Suzuki, J. Howell, C.E. Longo, and M.S. Hamada, "Signal Estimation and Change Detection in Tank Data for Nuclear Safeguards,"Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods in Physics Research, A, 640, 200-221 (2011).
Hamada, M.S., A.V. Huzurbazar, S. Vander Wiel and A.G. Wilson, "Assessing the Risks of Sampling Rates for Surveillance,"Quality Engineering, 23, 242-252 (2011).
Izraelevitz, A,. C.M. Anderson-Cook and M.S. Hamada, "Illustrating the Use of Statistical Experimental Design and Analysis for Multiresponse Prediction and Optimization,"Quality Engineering, 23, 265-277 (2011).
Burr, T., M.S. Hamada T.L. Cremers, B.P. Weaver, J. Howell, S. Croft, S.B. Vardeman, "Measurement Error Models and Variance Estimation in the Presence of Rounding Error Effects,"Accreditation and Quality Assurance, 16:347–359, DOI 10.1007/s00769-011-0791-0 (2011).
Burr, T,. M. Hamada, N. Hengartner, "Impact of Spectral Smoothing on Gamma Radiation Portal Alarm Probabilities,"Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 69, 1436-1446 (2011).
Burr, T,. M.S. Hamada and J. Howell, "Modeling and Simulation for Nuclear Material Accounting and Process Monitoring for Nuclear Safeguards,"International Journal of Research and Reviews in Applied Sciences, 8, 270-282 (2011).
Burr, T., Hamada, M.S., Graves, T.L., and Myers, S., "Augmenting Real Data with Synthetic Data: An Application in Assessing Radio-Isotope Identification Algorithm," Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 25, 899-911 (2009).
Graves, T.L., Anderson-Cook, C.M., and Hamada, M.S., "Reliability Models for Almost-Series and Almost-Parallel Systems," Technometrics, 52, 160-171 (2010).
Hamada, M.S., and Higdon, D.M., "Illustrating the Future Prediction of Performance Based on Computer Code, Physical Experiments, and Critical Performance Parameter Samples," Quality Engineering, 21, 05-415 (2009).
Vardeman, S., Wendelberger, J., Burr, T., Hamada, M.S., Moore, L.M., Jobe, J.M., Morris, M., and Wu, H., "Elementary Statistical Methods and Measurement Error," The American Statistician, 64, 46-51 (2010).
Graves, T.L., and Hamada, M.S., "Assessing System Reliability and Allocating Resources: A Bayesian Approcah that Integrates Multi-Level Data," International Journal of Quality, Statistics, and Reliability, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijqsr/2009/754896.html (2009).
Hamada, C.A., and Hamada, M.S., "All-Subsets Regression Under Effect Heredity Restrictions for Experimental Designs with Complex Aliasing," Quality and Reliability Engineering International 26, 75-81 (2010).
Burr, T., and Hamada, M.S., "Radio-Isotope Identification Algorithms for NaI Gamma Spectra," Algorithms, 2, 339-360 (2009).
Wendelberger, J., Moore, L.M., and Hamada, M.S., "Making Tradeoffs in Designing Scientific Experiments: A Case Study with Multi-level Factors," Quality Engineering, 21, 143-155 (2009).
Burr, T., Hamada, M.S., Graves, T.L., and Myers, S., "Augmenting Real Data with Synthetic Data: an Application in Assessing Radio-isotope Identification Algorithms," to appear in Quality and Reliability Engineering International (2009).
Anderson-Cook, C., Graves, T.L., and Hamada, M.S., "Resource Allocation for Reliability of a Complex System with Aging Components," Quality and Reliability Engineering International 25, 481-494 (2009).
Robinson, T., Anderson-Cook, C., and Hamada, M.S., "Bayesian Analysis of Split-Plot Experiments with Non-Normal Responses for Evaluating Non-Standard Performance Criteria," Technometrics, 51, 56-65 (2009).
Hamada, M.S., Wilson, A.G., Reese, C.S., and Martz, H.F., "Bayesian Reliability," Springer (2008).
Graves, T., Hamada, M.S., Klamman, R.M., Koehler, A. and Martz, H.F., "Using Simultaneous Higher-level and Partial Lower-level Data in Reliability Assessments," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 93, 1273-1279.
Weaver, B.P., and Hamada, M.S., "A Bayesian Approach to the Analysis of Industrial Experiments: an Illustration with Binomial Count Data," Quality Engineering, 20, 269-280 (2008).
Reese, C.S., Deininger, P., Hamada, M.S., and Krabill, R., "Exploring the Statistical Advantages of Nondestructive Evaluation Over Destructive Testing," Journal of Quality Technology, 40, 259-267 (2008).
Steiner, S., Hamada, M., Giddings, B., Kutsyy, V., Mosesova, S., and Salloum, G.M., "A Robust Bubble Solution Via Mixture Experiments," Journal of Statistical Education, 15, 1 (2007). www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v15n1/steiner.html
Graves, T., Hamada, M., Booker, J., Decroix, M., Chilcoat, K., and Bowyer, C., "Estimating a Proportion Using Stratified Data Arising from Both Convenience and Random Samples," Technometrics, 49, 164-171 (2007). Won the 2007 Frank Wilcoxon Prize.
Graves, T., Hamada, M.S., Klamman, R.M., Koehler, A., and Martz, H.F., "A Fully Bayesian Approach for Combining Multi-level Information in Multi-state Fault Tree Quantification," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 92, 1476-1483 (2007).
Anderson-Cook, C., Graves, T., Hamada, M.S., Hengartner, N., Johnson, V., Reese, C.S., and Wilson, A.G., "Bayesian Stockpile Reliability Methodology for Complex Systems with Application to a Munitions Stockpile," Military Operations Research Journal, 12, 25-37 (2007).
Wilson, A.G., Graves, T., Hamada, M.S., and Reese, C.S., "Advances in Data Combination and Collection for System Reliability Assessment," Statistical Science, 21, 514-531 (2006).
Booker, J., Ross, T., Hamada, M.S., Reardon, B., Dolin, R., Faust, C., and Najera, L., "Engineering Index: an Engineering Certification Qualification Metric," Military Operations Research Journal, 11, 27-44 (2006).
Coons, J.E., McKay, M.D., and Hamada, M.S., "A Bayesian Analysis of Compression Set and Stress-Strain Behavior in a Thermally Aged Silicone Foam," Polymer Degradation and Stability, 91, 1824-1836 (2006).
Hamada, M.S., Martz, H.F., Koehler, A., and Berg, E., "Optimizing the Availability of a Buffered Industrial Manufacturing Process," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 91, 1039-1048 (2006).
Graves, T.L., and Hamada, M.S., "Biased Reduced Sampling: Detectability of an Attribute and Estimation of Prevalence," Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 22, 385-392 (2006).
Graves, T.L., and Hamada, M.S., "Bayesian Methods for Assessing System Reliability: Models and Computation," chapter in Modern Statistical and Mathematical Methods in Reliability, World Scientific Publishing Company (2005).
Graves, T.L., and Hamada, M.S., "Making Inferences with Indirect Measurements, Quality Engineering, 17, 555-559 (2005).
Hamada, M.S., "Using Degradation Data to Assess Reliability," Quality Engineering, 17, 615-620 (2005). [data and code]
Hamada, M.S., Martz, H.F., and Steiner, S., "Accounting for Mixing Errors in Analyzing Mixture Experiments," Journal of Quality Technology, 37, 139-148 (2005).
Reese, C.S., Hamada, M.S., and Robinson, D., "Assessing System Reliability by Combining Multilevel Data from Different Test Modalities," Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, 2, 177-188 (2005).
Hamada, M.S., Johnson, V., Moore, L.M., and Wendelberger J., "Bayesian Prediction Intervals and their Relationship with Tolerance Intervals," Technometrics, 46, 452-459 (2004).
Hamada, M.S., Martz, H.F., Reese, C.S., Graves, T., Johnson, V., and Wilson, A.G., "A Fully Bayesian Approach for Combining Multilevel Failure Information in Fault Tree Quantification and Optimal Follow-on Resource Allocation," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 86, 297-305 (2004).
Hamada, M.S., and Sitter, R., "Statistical Research: Some Advice to Beginners," The American Statistician," 58, 93-101, discussion and response, 58, 196-202 (2004).
Reese, C.S., Wilson, A.G., Hamada, M.S., and Martz, H.F., "Integrated Analysis of Computer and Physical Experiments," Technometrics, 46, 153-164 (2004).
Wilson, A., Hamada, M.S., and Xu, M., "A Bayesian Approach for Determining Production Performance and Release Specifications in the Presence of Measurement Error," Journal of Quality Technology, 36, 193-206 (2004).
Hamada, M.S., "On Tolerance Interval Control Limits for Xbar, R and S Charts," Quality Engineering, 15:471-487 (2003). [tables]
Hamada, M.S., "The Advantages of Continuous Measurements Over Pass/Fail Data," Quality Engineering, 15:253-258(2002-03).
Hamada, M.S., Pohl, A., Spiegelman, C., and Wendelberger, J., "A Bayesian Approach to Calibration Intervals and Properly Calibrated Tolerance Intervals," Journal of Quality Technology, 35:194-205(2003).
Johnson, V., Graves, T., Hamada, M., and Reese, C.S., "A Hierarchical Model for Estimating the Reliability of Complex Systems (with discussion)," Bayesian Statistics 7, Oxford University Press, Eds. J.M. Bernardo, M.J. Bayarri, J. Berger, A.P. Dawid, D. Heckerman, A.F.M. Smith, and M. West, 199-213 (2003).
Martz, H.F., and Hamada, M.S., "Uncertainty in Counts and Operating Time in Estimating Poisson Occurrence Rates," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 80, 75-79 (2003).
Nair, V.N., Escobar, L., and Hamada, M.S., "Design and Analysis of Experiments for Reliability Assessment and Improvement," Mathematical Reliability: An Expository Perspective, Kluwer Academic Publishers, R. Soyer, T. Mazzuchi, and N. Sinpurwalla (2003).
Wilson, A.G., Reese, C.S., Hamada, M.S., and Martz H.F., "Integrated Analysis of Computer and Physical Experimental Lifetime Data," Chapter in Mathematical Reliability; An Expository Perspective, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Eds. R. Soyer, T. Mazzuchi, and N. Singpurwalla (2003).
Hamada, M.S., "Bayesian Tolerance Interval Control Limits for Attributes," Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 18, 45-52 (2002).
Chiao, C.H., and Hamada, M.S., "Experiments with Degradation Data for Improving Reliability and for Achieving Robust Reliability," Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 17, 333-344 (2001).
Chiao, C.H., and Hamada, M.S., "Analysis of Experiments with Correlated Multiple Responses," Journal of Quality Technology, 33, 451-465 (2001).
Hamada, M.S., "Coupling Bayesian Inference and Monte Carlo Methods in Error Propagation," Quality Engineering, 14, 293-299 (2001-02).
Hamada, M.S., Martz, H.F., Reese, C.S., and Wilson, A.G., "Finding Near-Optimal Bayesian Experimental Designs via Genetic Algorithms," The American Statistician, 55, 175-181 (2001).
Ye, K., "Unreplicated Factorial Designs," Journal of Quality Technology, 33, 140-152 (2001).
Hamada, M.S., and Weerahandi, S., "Measurement System Assessment Via Generalized Inference," Journal of Quality Technology, 32, 241-253 (2000).
Wu, C.F.J., and Hamada, M.S., "Experiments: Planning, Analysis and Parameter Design Optimization," John Wiley and Sons, Inc., won the John Wiley and Sons 2000 Award in Statistics and Probability for excellence and innovation. (2000). Second edition (2009). More information at http://www.isye.gatech.edu/~jeffwu/book/
Ye, K., and Hamada, M.S., "Critical Values of the Lenth Method for Unreplicated Factorial Designs," Journal of Quality Technology, 32, 57-66 (2000).
Dalal, S., Hamada, M.S., and Wang, T.J., "How to Improve Performance of Software Systems: A Methodology and a Case Study for Tuning Performance," Annals of Software Engineering, 8, 53-84 (1999).
Hamada, M.S., Martz, H.F., Koehler, A., and Berg, E., "Optimizing the Availability of a Buffered Industrial Manufacturing Process," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 91, 1039-1048 (1999).
Hamada, M.S., and Balakrishnan, N., "Analyzing Unreplicated Factorial Experiments: A Review with Some New Proposals (with discussion)," Statistica Sinica, 8, 1-41 (1998).
Hamada, M.S., and Nelder, J.A., "Generalized Linear Models for Quality-Improvement Experiments," Journal of Quality Technology, 29, 292-304 (1997).
Steiner, S., and Hamada, M.S., "Making Mixtures Robust to Noise Factors and Measurement Errors," Journal of Quality Technology, 29, 441-450 (1997).
Chipman, H., Hamada, M.S., and Wu, C.F.J., "A Bayesian Variable Selection Approach for Analyzing Designed Experiments with Complex Aliasing," Technometrics, 39, 372-381 (1997).
Chipman, H., and Hamada, M.S., "A Bayesian Approach for Analyzing Ordinal Data from Industrial Experiments," Technometrics, 38, 1-10 (1996).
Chiao, C.H., and Hamada, M.S., "Using Degradation Data from an Experiment to Achieve Robust Reliability for Light Emitting Diodes," Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 12, 89-94 (1996).
Tseng, S.T., Hamada, M.S., and Chiao, C.H., "Using Degradation Data to Improve Fluorescent Lamp Reliability," Journal of Quality Technology, 27, 363-369 (1995).
Hamada, M.S., and Wu, C.F.J., "Analysis of Censored Data from Fractionated Experiments: A Bayesian Approach," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 90, 467-477 (1995).
Meeker, W.Q., and Hamada, M.S., "Statistical Tools for Aiding the Rapid Development and Evaluation of Highly Reliable Products," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 44, 187-198 (1995).
Hamada, M.S., "Using Statistically Designed Experiments to Improve Reliability and to Achieve Robust Reliability," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 44, 206-215 (1995).
Gentleman, R., Hamada, M.S., Matthews, D.E., and Wilson, A.R., "Statistical Quality Control of HIV-1 ELISA Test Performance," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 89, 1200-1208 (1994).
Hamada, M.S., MacKay, R.J., and Whitney, J.B., "Continuous Process Improvement with Observational Studies," Journal of Quality Technology, 25, 77-84 (1993).
Taam, W., and Hamada, M.S., "Detecting Spatial Effects in Factorial Experiments: An Application in Integrated-Circuit Manufacturing," Technometrics, 35, 149-160 (1993).
Hamada, M.S., and Wu, C.F.J., "Analyzing Designed Experiments with Complex Aliasing," Journal of Quality Technology, 24, 30-37 (1992). Won the 1992 ASQC Brumbaugh Award.
Hamada, M.S., and Wu, C.F.J., "A Critical Look at Accumulation Analysis and Related Methods," (with discussion) Technometrics, 32, 119-162 (1990). Won the 1990 Frank Wilcoxon Prize.