Selected Publications and Reports

1966 G.S. Watson, E. Caspari and W.K. Smith. The Influence of Cytoplasmic Pollen Sterility on Gene Exchange Between Populations Genetics 10: 741-746.

1966 G.S. Watson, W.K. Smith and C.A. Thomas, Jr. Recombination of a Pool of DNA Fragments with Complementary Single-Chain Ends. Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology, Academic Press: 338-342.

1967 W.K. Smith and G.S. Watson. Diffusion Out of a Triangle. Journal of Applied Probability 4: 479-488.

1971 W.K. Smith. Stochastic Models for an Enzyme Reaction in an Open Linear System. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 33: 83-96.

1972 W.K. Smith. The Infinitely Many Server Queue with Semi-Markovian Arrivals and Customer Dependent Exponential Service Times. Operations Research 20: 907-912.

1973 W.K. Smith. Shot Noise Generated by a Semi-Markov Process. Journal of Applied Probability 10: 685-690.

1973 S.C. Smeach and W.K. Smith. A Comparison of Stochastic and Deterministic Models for Cell Membrane Transport. Journal of Theoretical Biology 42: 157-167.

1976 P.T. McElroy and W.K. Smith. Clustering of Volume Reverberation Spectra: An Application of Correspondence Analysis. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 68: 1243-1256.

1976 J.F. Grassle and W.K. Smith. A Similarity Measure Sensitive to the Contribution of Rare Species and Its Use in Investigation of Marine Benthic Communities. Oecologia 25: 13-22.

1977 W. K. Smith and J.F. Grassle. A Diversity Index and Its Sampling Properties. Biometrics 33: 283-292.

1977 D. Wall, B. Dale, G.P. Lohmann and W.K. Smith. The Environmental and Climatic Distribution of Dinoflagellate Cysts in Modern Marine Sediments from Regions in the North and South Atlantic Oceans and Adjacent Seas. Marine Micropaleontology 2: 121-200.

1977 I.P. Williams, V.R. Gibson and W.K. Smith. Horizontal Distribution of Pumped Zooplankton During a Controlled Ecosystem Pollution Experiment: Implications for Sampling Strategy in Large Volume Enclosed Water Columns. Marine Science Communications 3: 239-253.

1978 W.K. Smith. Design of Environmental Surveys: A Time Series Approach. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science 6: 217-244.

1979 J.F. Grassle, H.L. Sanders and W.K. Smith. Faunal Changes with Depth in the Deep-Sea Benthos. Ambio Special Report, No. 6: 47-50.

1979 W.K. Smith, D.W. Kravitz and J.F. Grassle. Confidence Intervals with Similarity Measuring using a Two Sample Jackknife. In Multivariate Methods in Ecological Work, edited by L. Orloci, C.R. Rao and W.M. Stiteler. International Statistical Ecology Program: 253-262.

1979 W.K. Smith, D.W. Kravitz and J.F. Grassle. Measures of Diversity with Unbiased Estimators. In Ecological Diversity in Theory and Practice, edited by J.F. Grassle, G.P. Patil, W.K. Smith and C. Taillie. International Statistical Ecology Program: 177-191.

1979 W.K. Smith. An Oil Spill Sampling Strategy. In Sampling Biological Populations, edited by R.M. Cormack, G.P. Patil and D.S. Robson. International Statistical Ecology Program: 355-363.

1979 W.K. Smith, V.R. Gibson, L.S. Brown-Leger and J.F. Grassle. Diversity as an Indicator of Pollution: Cautionary Results from Microcosm Experiments. In Ecological Diversity in Theory and Practice, edited by J.F. Grassle, G.P. Patil, W.K. Smith and C. Taillie. International Statistical Ecology Program: 269-277.

1980 W.K. Smith. Survey Design in the Marine Environment: Three Examples. In Advanced Concepts in Ocean Measurement for Marine Biology, edited by F.P. Deemer, F.J. Vernberg and D.Z. Merkes. Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science, Number 10. University of South Carolina Press: 505-520.

1980 R.E. Payne and W.K. Smith. Spectra of Frequency Counting Digitization Errors. Deep-Sea Research 72A: 583-589.

1982 H. Schouten, C.R. Denham and W.K. Smith. On the Quality of Sea Floor Spreading, Magnetic Anomaly Sources and Related Processes. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 70: 245-249.

1982 M.P. Sissenwine, B.E. Brown, J.E. Palmer, R.J. Essig and W.K. Smith. An Empirical Examination of Population Interactions for Fishery Resources off the Northeastern U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 82-94.

1982 Y.J.F. Desaubies and W.K. Smith. Statistics of Richardson Number and of Instability in Ocean Waves. Journal of Physical Oceanography 12: 1245-1259.

1982 W.K. Smith, V.R. Gibson and J.F. Grassle. Replication in Controlled Marine Systems: Presenting the Evidence. In Marine Mesocosms, edited by G.D. Grice and M.R. Reeve. Springer Verlag: 217-225.

1983 W.K. Smith. Inequalities for Bivariate Distributions with X<Y and Marginals Given. Communications in Statistics, Theory and Methods 12: 1371-1379.

1984 W.K. Smith. Design of Efficient Environmental Surveys Over Time. In Statistics in the Environmental Sciences, edited by S. Gertz and L. London, American Society of Testing and Materials: Philadelphia: 90-97.

1984 W.K. Smith. Book review for Spatial and Temporal Analysis in Ecology. (G.P. Patil, R.M. Cormack, J.K. Ord, Eds.) and Compartmental Analysis of Ecosystems (G.P. Patil, J. Matis, B.C. Patten and G.C. White, Eds.). Journal of the American Statistical Association 79: 476-477.

1985 W.K. Smith. A Framework for Evaluating Community Measures of Marine Pollution. In Concepts in Marine Pollution Measurements, edited by Harris H. White. Maryland Sea Grant Publication, University of Maryland, College Park: 4-202.

1985 J. Barnard, W. Myers, J. Pearce, F. Ramsey, M. Sissenwine and W.K. Smith. Surveys for Monitoring Changes and Trends in Renewable Resources: Forests and Marine Fisheries. The American Statistician 39: 363-373.

1985 G.P. Patil, W.L. Liggett, F. Ramsey and W.K. Smith. Aquatic Research Review Report. The American Statistician 39: 254-258.

1985 David C. Appleby, W.K. Smith. Combined Reversible/Irreversible Hydrocolloid Impression System: Comparative Analysis. The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 54: 627-632.

1986 S. Sarkar and W.K. Smith. Probability Inequalities for Ordered MTP2 Random Variables. Sankhya 48: 119-135.

1986 Carl Bowin, E. Scherr and W.K. Smith. Depth Estimates from Ratios of Gravity, Geoid and Gravity Gradient Anomalies. Geophysics 51: 123-136.

1988 C. A. Menzie, J. Cura, R. Gillmor, B. Magnell, G. Muriani, T. Bartholomew, W. Gardner, and W. K. Smith. The optimum mix of pollution-monitoring platforms: Deep Water Dump Site-106 case study. Oceanic Processes in Marine Pollution 3. M. A. Champ and P. K. Park ed.

1988 Mark M. Black and W.K. Smith. Regional Differentiation of the Neuronal Cytoskeleton with an Appendix: Diffusion of Proteins in the Neuron and Cell Body- Mathematical Approximations and Computer Simulations. In Intrinsic Determinant of Neuronal Form and Function, edited by R.J. Lasek and M.M. Black. Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York: 463-483.

1989 Theresa O. Scholl, M. L. Hediger, P Vasilenko, W.K. Smith, I G. Ances, R. W. Salmon. Effects of Early maternal maturation on fetal growth. Annals of Human Biology 16: 335-345.

1989 W. K. Smith. ANOVA Like Similarity Analysis Using Expected Species Shared. Biometrics 45: 873-881.

1989 W. K. Smith. Maximum Likelihood Estimator For Totally Positive Probability Tables: A Method for Smoothing Two-Way tables. The Journal of Statistical Computation 33: 65-73.

1991 Solow, A. R. and W.K. Smith. Detecting Clusters in a Heterogeneous Community Sampled by Quadrates. Biometrics 47: 311-318.

1991 W. K. Smith and Krishnendu Gosh. A Continuous Repeated Measurements Model: the Experimental Design Problem with Fixed Time Constraints. Communications in Statistics, 20: 361-372.

1992 Scholl, T.O. Hediger, M.L., Huang, J.P. Johnston, F.E. Smith, W.K. Ances, I.G. Young Maternal Age and Parity: Influences on Pregnancy Outcome. Annals of Epidemiology 2: 565-575.

1992 W.K. Smith. An EM algorithm for estimating Log Linear Models with Additional Marginal Constraints. Computing Science and Statistics: Proceedings of the 22-nd Symposium on the Interface, Springer-Verlag, N.Y: 529-533.

1993 Damaraju V. Lakshmi and W.K. Smith. Comparing Proportions in the Presence of False Positive and False Negative Instrument Sorting Errors. Biometrics 49: 639-641.

1993 Gonick, Larry and W.K. Smith. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics. HarperCollins, N.Y.

1993 W.K. Smith and Larry Gonick. The Mean, the Median and the Mundane: Exploiting Everyday Images for Statistical Insight. Proceedings of The American Statistical Association, Section on Statistical Education, 1993: 175-179.

1994 Smith, W.K. and Parnes, Milton. Mean Streets: the Median of a Size Biased Sample and the Population Mean. The American Statistician, 48: 106-110.

1995 T.O. Scholl, M.L. Hediger, J.I. Schall, I.G. Ances and W.K. Smith. Gestational Weight Gain, Pregnancy Outcome and Postpartum Weight Retention. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 86:423-427.

1995 Andrew Solow, W. K. Smith and C. Recchia. A Conditional Test of Independence Between Markov Chains. Biometrical Journal 8: 973-977.

1997 W. K. Smith and Andrew Solow. An Exact McNemar Test for Paired Binary Markov Chains. Biometrics, 52: 1063-10:70..

1997 W.K. Smith, Andrew R. Solow and Peter Preston. An Estimator of Species Overlap Using a Modified Beta-Binomial Model. Biometrics 52: 1472-1477.

1997 Petropoulos, V.C. , Kousvelari, E and Smith, W. K. Comparison of Retention and Release periods for Implant Overdenture Attachments. The Internation Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants,12: 176-185.

1997 Scholl, T.O., M.L. Hediger, Bendich, A, Schall, Joan I., W. K Smith and Kruger, P. M. Use of Multivitmain-Mineral Prenatal Supplements, influence on the Outcome of Pregnancy. American Journal of Epidemiology, 146: 134-141.

1997 Andrew. R. Solow and W. K. Smith. On fossil preservation and the stratigraphic ranges of taxa. Paleobiology, 23, 271-277.

1997 W. K. Smith, Andrew R. Solow and Peter Preston. A Bayes Approach to the Species Overlap Problem. Proceedings of the Section on Bayesian Statistics: 101-104.

1998 W. K. Smith. "Mean" . Entry in Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, vol. 3, Peter Armitage and Theodore Colton, editors. Pages 2487-2588. John Wiley, Chichester, England.

1998 W. K. Smith. "Frequency Distribtuions" . Entry in Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, vol. 2, Peter Armitage and Theodore Colton, editors. Pages 1589-1590. John Wiley, Chichester, England.

1998 Clara S. Chu, W. K. Smith and Andrew R. Solow. Estimating Hidden Species Area Relationships. ASA Proceedings in Statistics and the Environment 125-129.

1998 W .K. Smith, Andrew Beet and Andrew R. Solow. Testing for Shifts in the Vertical Distribution of Plankton Using a Robust Kolmogorov-Smirnov-like Statistic. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, 3:, 421-429.

1999 Alaknanda J. Preston and W. K. Smith. Stochastic Models for Optimal Medical Screening Intervals: Results For Mixed Disease Models. ASA Proceedings in Pharmaceutical Statistics, 261-264.

2000   W. K.  Smith, Andrew R. Solow and Clara Chu.   Sample Size, Species Coverage and Spatial Heterogeneity, ASA Proceedings in Statistics and the Environment.

2000   Andrew R. Solow and W.K. Smith     Testing for a mass extinction without selecting taxa,  Paleobiology, 26 : 647-650

2000  Smith, W. K. , Solow, A. R. and Chu , Clara.  An index of the contribution of spatial heterogeneity to the species accumulation curve.  Ecology 81,  3233-3236

2000   Scholl T.O.,  Stein T. P. and  Smith, W. K.  Leptin and maternal growth during adolescent pregnancy.  American  Journal of  Clinical  Nutrition,  72: 1542-1547.

2001  Moore, Dirk  F. , Park C. K. and W.K. Smith.  .Exploring extra-binomial variation in teratology data using continuous mixtures., Biometrics, 490-494. 

2002  Scholl TO, Chen X., Gaughan C., Smith W. K.  Influence of maternal glucose level on ethnic differences in birth weight and pregnancy outcome. American Journal Of Epidemiology, 156: 498-506.

2002 Amit, Ohad and W.K.  Smith. Estimation of optimal treatment policies from clinical data, ASA Proceedings in Pharmaceutical Statistics

2002 Preston ,  Alaknanda J.  and W.K. Smith.  Disease screening designs: Sensitivity and screening frequency, ASA Proceedings in Pharmaceutical Statistics.

2002  Smith, W.K. ,  Ying Zhang and Andrew Solow.  Species Discovery:  is sample diversity informative. ASA Proceedings in Statistics and the Environment.

2002 Petropoulos V. C. , Smith W. K.   Maximum dislodging forces of implant overdenture stud attachments. International Journal Of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, 17: 526-535.

2003 Smith, W. K.  Andrew Solow.   Projection pursuit for k-dimensional Instabilities or data holes.   ASA Proceedings in the Physical Sciences.

2004 Smith, W.K. ,  Ying Zhang and Andrew Solow.  Cluster sampling designs for species exploration and discovery.  ASA proceedings in Statistics and the Environment.

2004  Li Li, Chow, Shein-Chung, Smith, W. K. Cross-Validation For Linear Model With Unequal Variances In Genomic Analysis, Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics,  14: 723-739.

2004 David T. Mage, Allen, Ruth; Gondy, Gautham; Smith, W. K.;  Barr,  Dana B;  and Larry L. Needham.  Etimating Pesticide Dose from Urinary Pesticide Concentration Data by Creatinine Correction in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-III). Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology. 14: 457-465.

2005 Andrew Solow and Smith, W.K. On estimating the number of species from the discovery record, Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 272 285-287.

2005 Andrew Solow and Smith, W.K.  How surprising is a new record.  The American Statistician, 2005,  59, 153-155.