Professor Tim Robinson

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Professor of Statistics

Contact Information

(307) 766-2497tjrobin@uwyo.edu

Ross Hall 335

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Education

B.S. James Madison University 1989; Math/Psychology
M.S. Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1994; Statistics
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1997; Statistics

 

Research Interests

Data Science, Hierarchical Modeling, Response Surface Methods, Statistics Education and Applications in Ecology, Medicine and the Environment.

Authored Grants:

  1. Robinson, T.J. (2016-2020) “Statistical Support for Inventory and Monitoring”, $150,114, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  2. Robinson, T.J. (2012-2022) "Building Science Capacity to Implement Strategic Habitat Conservation While Addressing Climate Change: Evaluating Sampling Protocols", $65,000, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  3. Robinson, T.J. (2016) “Statistical Support for Analysis of Air Quality Data”, $3,000, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.
  4. Robinson, T.J. and Grandjean, B. (2011-2013) "Statistical Support for Environmental Monitoring in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park", $12,830, U.S. National Park Service.
  5. Robinson, T.J. (2010-2014) "Using Mixed Models for Analyzing Audiograms from Patients in a Chemotherapy Study”, $25,000, Audiology Program, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
  6. Robinson, T.J. (2011-2012) “Developing graphical presentations of high dimension design applications in energy research”, $40,000 graduate stipend + Tuition (2 years), School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming.

 

Statistical Methodology Publications Since 2010:

  1. Ardakani, M.K., Das, D., Wulff, S.S., Robinson, T.J. (2010) “Estimation in Second-Order
    Models with Errors in the Factor Levels”, Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods,
    Vol. 40, 1573-1590.
  2. Robinson, T.J. and Anderson-Cook, C.M. (2011), “A Closer Look at D-Optimality for Screening
    Designs”, Quality Engineering, Vol. 23, 1-13.
  3. Das, D., Robinson, T.J., Wulff, S.S., Myers, W.R. (2011) “Optimal Screening Designs for
    Robust Parameter Design”, Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications, Vol. 10, 279-304.
  4. Kim, H.D., Wulff, S.S., Robinson, T.J. (2011) “Bandwidth Selection for Model Robust Regression”, Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications, Vol. 10, 323-346.
  5. Lu, L., Anderson-Cook C.M., and Robinson T.J. (2011) “Optimization of Designed Experiments Based on Multiple Criteria Utilizing Pareto Frontier”, Technometrics, Vol. 53, 353-365.
  6. Lu, L., Anderson-Cook C.M., and Robinson T.J. (2012) “A case study to demonstrate a Pareto frontier for selecting a best response surface design while simultaneously optimizing multiple criteria”, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, Vol. 28, pp. 206-221.
  7. Robinson, T. J. (2012). “Discussion of ''Optimum design of experiments for statistical inference'' by Gilmour and Trinca”, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C Applied Statistics, Vol. 61, pp. 390-391.
  8. Robinson T.J., Pintar A., Anderson-Cook C.M. and Hamada M.S. (2012) “A Bayesian Approach to the Analysis of Split-Plot Combined and Product Arrays and Optimization in Robust Parameter Design”, Journal of Quality Technology, Vol. 44, pp.304-320.
  9. Olsen, G.M., Robinson, T.J., and Anderson-Sprecher, R. (2013) “Methods for Estimating the Upper 90th Percentile of Target Location Errors in Munitions Testing”, International Test and Evaluation Journal, Vol. 34, pp. 65-74.
  10. Lu, L., Robinson, T.J., and Anderson-Cook C.M. (2014) “Using a Pareto Frontier for Selecting an Optimal Split-Plot Design in a Mixture-Process Application”, Quality Engineering, Vol. 26, pp.424-439.
  11. Wulff, S.S. and Robinson, T.J. (2014), “What is the Probability you are a Bayesian?”, Journal of Statistics Education, Vol. 22, pp. 1-22.
  12. Cao, Y., Smucker, B.J., and Robinson, T.J. (2015) “On Using the Hypervolume Indicator to Compare Pareto Fronts: Applications to Multi-Criteria Optimal Experimental Design”, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Vol. 160, pp. 60-74.
  13. Cao, Y., Smucker, B.J., and Robinson, T.J. (2016) “A Hybrid Elitist Pareto-Based Coordinate Exchange Algorithm for Constructing Multi-Criteria Optimal Experimental Designs”, Statistics and Computing, Vol. 2, pp. 1-15.
  14. Avery, M., Orndorff, M., Robinson, T.J., and Freeman, L. (2016) “Regularization for Continuously Observed Ordinal Response Variables with Piecewise-Constant Functional Covariates”, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Vol. 32, pp. 2033-2042.
  15. Cao, Y., Wulff, S.S., and Robinson, T.J. (2017) “DP Optimality in Terms of Multiple Criteria and its Application to the Split-Plot Design”, Journal of Quality Technology, Vol. 49, pp. 27-45.
  16. Yin, T., Wulff, S.S., Pierre, J.W., and Robinson, T.J. (2018), “Data Mining Application for the Western U.S. Power Grid”, Quality Engineering, in press.

Interdisciplinary Publications since 2010:

  1. Atkinson, R.L., Toone, C.D., Robinson, T.J., Harmon, D.L., and Ludden, P.A. (2010) “Effects of ruminal protein degradability and frequency of supplementation on nitrogen retention, apparent digestibility, and nutrient flux across visceral tissues in lambs fed low-quality forage”, Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 88, pp. 727-736.
  2. Hua, Y., Robinson, T.J., Cao, Y., Shi, G.P., Ren, J., and Nair, S. (2014), “Cathepsin K knockout alleviates aging-induced cardiac dysfunction”, Aging Cell, pp. 1-9.
  3. Smith, D.R. and Robinson, T.J. (2015), “Horseshoe Crab Spawning Activity in Delaware Bay, USA, After Harvest Reduction: A Mixed Model Analysis”, Estuaries and Coasts, Vol. 38, pp. 2345-2354.
  4. Carleton, S.A., Martinez Del Rio, C., and Robinson, T.J. (2015), “Feather Isotope Analysis Reveals Differential Patterns of Habitat and Resource Use in Populations of White-Winged Doves”, Journal of Wildlife Management, Vol. 79, pp. 948-956.
  5. Kauffman, M., Peck, D., Scurlock, B., Logan, J., Robinson, T., Cook, W., Boroff, K., and Schumaker, B. (2016), “Risk assessment and management of brucellosis in the southern greater Yellowstone area: A citizen-science based risk model for bovine brucellosis transmission from elk to cattle”, Journal of Preventative Veterinary Medicine, Vol. 132, pp. 88-97.

 

Works In Progress:

Myers R.H., Myers W.R., and Robinson T.J. (2010) "A Structural Approach to Design Optimality in Robust Parameter Design"

Pintar, A., Robinson T.J., Anderson-Cook C.M. and Hamada M.S. (2010) "A Bayesian Approach to the Analysis of Split-Plot Product Arrays and Optimization in Robust Parameter Design".

Kim, H.D., Robinson, T.J., Wulff, S.S. (2010) "Bandwidth Selection for Model Robust Regression".

Das, D., Robinson, T.J., Wulff, S.S., Myers, W.R. (2010) "Optimal Screening Designs for Robust Parameter Design".

Lu, L, Anderson-Cook C.M., and Robinson T.J. (2010) "Optimization of Designed Experiments Based on Multiple Criteria Utilizing Pareto Frontier".