Refereed Publications (s. Maghsoodloo)
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Optimal Asymmetric Tolerance Design (with M-H Caleb Li), IIE Transactions, to
appear.
Control Structure Diagram: Overview and Evaluation (with J. H. Cross and T. D.
Hendrix), Journal of Empirical Software Engineering, no.5, 1998.
Quality Loss Functions and Performance Measures for a Mixed Bivariate
Response, International Journal of Benchmarking for Quality Management and
Technology, Vol. 4, No.2, 1997.
Optimization of Mechanical Assembly Tolerances Incorporating Taguchi's
Quality Loss Function (with B. W. Cheng), Journal of Manufacturing Systems,
Vol. 14, No.4, 1995.
Computing Probability Integrals for a Bivariate Normal Distribution (with C.L.
Huang), Interstat, September 1995; http:/Stat.vt.edu/Interstat.htm
A Reliability and Cost Analysis of an Automatic Prototype Generator Test
Paradigm (with D.B. Brown and C-J. Lin) IEEE Transactions on Reliability,
41(4), 1992
A Method for Approximating Semivariance in Project Portfolio Analysis (with CL Chen and C. S. Park), The Engineering Economist, Vol. 37, No.1,Fall 1991, pp.
33-59.
A Cost Model for Determining the Optimal Number of Software Test Cases (with
D.B. Brown and W. Deason), IEEE Transactions, 15(2), 1990.
The Exact Relationship of Taguchi's S/N Ratio to His Quality Loss Function,
Journal of Quality Technology, 22(1), 1990.
A simple Method for Obtaining Resolution IV Designs Using Taguchi's
Orthogonal Arrays (with K. E. Bullington and J. N. Hool), Journal of Quality
Technology, Vol. 22, No. 4, October 1990, pp.260-264.
The Safety Impact of the 65 MPH Speed Limit in Alabama (with D. B. Brown
and M.E. McArdle), The Journal of Safety Research, Vol. 21, No.4, Winter 1990.
A Quantification of the Impact of Restraining System of Passenger Safety (with
D. B. Brown and Y-I Shieh), Journal of Safety Research, Vol. 2, No.2, 1989,
pp.115-128.
Impact of the Revision of DUI Legislation in Alabama (with D. B. Brown and A.
P. Greathouse), American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Vol.14, No.1,
1988, pp.97-108.
Inspection Error Effects on Performance Measures of a Multi-Stage Sampling
Plan, IIE Transactions, Vol. 19, No.3, September 1987.
Impact of Drunk Driving Legislation in the State of Alabama (with D. B. Brown),
The Transportation Research Board, TR Record 1047, 1985.
The Effects of Inspection Error on Double Sampling Plans by Attributes (with B.
K. Bush), Journal of Quality Technology, Vol.17, No.1, January 1985.
On the Relationship of General Designs and Moments of Estimators in Simple
Linear Regression (with J. N. Hool), IIE Transactions, Vol.16, No.2, June 1984.
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The Public Good Relative to Right Turn on Red in South Carolina and Alabama
(with E. Clark and D. B. Brown), The Transportation Research Board, TR Record
926, 1983.
On the Relationship of Sample Size and Moments of Estimators in Simple Linear
Regression (with J. N. Hool), AIIE Transactions, Vol.15, No.2, June 1983.
On Fourth Moment Limits Required to achieve 0.01 Accuracy of Normal
Approximation of Symmetrical Linear Combinations (with J. N. Hool), The
Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, Vol. 54, No.1, January 1983.
On Normal Approximation of Simple Linear Combinations (with J. N. Hool), The
Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, Vol. 52, No.4, October 1981.
The Continuity Correction for Chi-Squared for 2x2 Tables, Journal of Statistical
Computations and Simulation, Vol. 14, No. 1, C.III, 1981, pp. 45-51.
A Study of Alcohol Involvement in Young Driver Accidents with the Lowering of
the Legal Age of Drinking in Alabama (with D. B. Brown), Journal of Accident
Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 13, No.4, 1981, pp.319-322.
Analysis of Selective Highway Patrol Enforcement Strategy Effects on Rural
Alabama Traffic Speeds (with J. N. Hool and D. B. Brown), National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, July 1980, No. 300-77-003-401-096.
Normal Approximation to Linear Combinations of Independently Distributed
Random Variables (with J. N. Hool), AIIE Transactions, Vol. 12, No.1, June
1980, pp.140-144.
On Response Surface Methodology and its Computer Assisted System of
Teaching (with J. N. Hool), The American Statistician, Vol. 30, No. 3, August
1976.
Estimates of the Quantiles of Kendall's Partial Rank Correlation Coefficient,
Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Vol. 14, 1975, pp. 155-164.
Eccentricities for Which Ellipsoidal Probabilities Are good Approximation to
Spherical Probabilities, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Vol.
3,1975, pp. 369-378.
A Monte-Carlo Investigation of a Frequency Function Related to Rank
Correlation, Computing 8, 1-12, Springer-Verlag 1971.