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Peer-Reviewed Publications
2012
McNicholas, P. D. and Subedi, S. (2012), 'Clustering gene expression time course data using mixtures of multivariate t-distributions', Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 142(5), 1114-1127. [doi]
Feng, Z., Z., Yang, X., Subedi, S. and McNicholas, P. D. (2012), 'The LASSO and sparse least squares regression methods for SNP selection in predicting quantitative traits', IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 9(2), 629-636. [doi]
Browne, R. P., McNicholas, P. D. and Sparling, M. D. (2012), 'Model-based learning using a mixture of mixtures of Gaussian and uniform distributions', IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 34. To appear. [doi]
Andrews, J. L. and McNicholas, P. D. (2012), 'Model-based clustering, classification, and discriminant analysis via mixtures of multivariate t-distributions', Statistics and Computing 22. To appear. [doi]
Steane, M. A., McNicholas, P. D. and Yada, R. (2012), 'Model-based classification via mixtures of multivariate t-factor analyzers'. Communications in Statistics -- Simulation and Computation 41(4), 510-523. [doi]
2011
McNicholas, P. D. (2011), 'On model-based clustering, classication, and discriminant analysis', Journal of the Iranian Statistical Society 10(2), 181-199. [pdf]
Xu, R., McNicholas, P. D., Desmond, A. F. and Darlington, G. A. (2011), 'A first passage time model for long term survivors with competing risks', The International Journal of Biostatistics 7(1), Article 26. [doi]
Andrews, J. L. and McNicholas, P. D. (2011), 'Mixtures of modified t-factor analyzers for model-based clustering, classification, and discriminant analysis', Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 141(4), 1479-1486. [doi]
Ashlock, D., Schonfeld, J. and McNicholas, P. D. (2011), 'Translation tables: A genetic code in a evolutionary algorithm'. In IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), New Orleans, pp. 2685-2692. [doi]
Andrews, J. L. and McNicholas, P. D. (2011), 'Extending mixtures of multivariate t-factor analyzers', Statistics and Computing 21(3), 361-373. [doi]
Andrews, J. L., McNicholas, P. D. and Subedi, S. (2011), 'Model-based classification via mixtures of multivariate t-distributions', Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 55(1), 520-529. [doi]
Balka, J., Desmond, A. F. and McNicholas, P. D. (2011), 'Bayesian and likelihood inference for cure rates based on defective inverse Gaussian regression models', Journal of Applied Statistics 38(1), 127-144. [doi]
2010
McNicholas, P. D. and Murphy, T. B. (2010), 'Model-based clustering of microarray expression data via latent Gaussian mixture models', Bioinformatics 26(21), 2705-2712. [doi] [data]
Shaikh, M., McNicholas, P. D. and Desmond, A. F. (2010), 'A pseudo-EM algorithm for clustering incomplete longitudinal data', The International Journal of Biostatistics 6(1), Article 8. [doi]
McNicholas, P. D. and Murphy, T. B. (2010), 'Model-based clustering of longitudinal data', The Canadian Journal of Statistics 38(1), 153-168. [doi]
McNicholas, P. D. (2010), 'Model-based classification using latent Gaussian mixture models', Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 140(5), 1175-1181. [doi]
McNicholas, P. D., Murphy, T. B., McDaid, A. F. and Frost, D. (2010), 'Serial and parallel implementations of model-based clustering via parsimonious Gaussian mixture models', Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 54(3), 711-723. [doi]
2009
Balka, J., Desmond, A. F. and McNicholas, P. D. (2009), 'Review and implementation of cure models based on first hitting times for Wiener processes', Lifetime Data Analysis 15(2), 147-176. [doi]
McNicholas, P. D. and Zhao, Y. C. (2009), Association rules: An overview, in Y. Zhao, C. Zhang & L. Cao, eds, 'Post-Mining of Association Rules: Techniques for Effective Knowledge Extraction', IGI Global, pp. 1-10.
Fu, Y., Kim, L.-T. and McNicholas, P. D. (2009), 'Changes on enological parameters of white wine packaged in bag-in-box during secondary shelf life'. Journal of Food Science 74(8), C608-C618. [doi]
2008
McNicholas, P. D. and Murphy, T. B. (2008), 'Parsimonious Gaussian mixture models', Statistics and Computing 18(3), 285-296. [doi]
McNicholas, P. D., Murphy, T. B. and O'Regan, M. (2008), 'Standardising the lift of an association rule', Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 52(10), 4712-4721. [doi]
2007
McNicholas, P. D. (2007), 'Association rule analysis of CAO data (with discussion)', Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland 36, 44-83.
Ahmad, K., Rogers, S., McNicholas, P. D. and Collins P. (2007), 'Narrowband UVB and PUVA in the treatment of mycosis fungoides: A retrospective study', Acta Dermato-Venereologica 87(5), 413-417. [doi]

Submitted Papers
Li, M., Castura, J., Browne, R. P., McNicholas, P. D. and Hasted, A., 'Refinement of a statistical framework for a large-scale consumer quality program for retailer branded products'.
McNicholas, P. D., 'On clustering and classification via mixtures of multivariate t-distributions'.
Browne, R. P. and McNicholas, P. D., 'Orthogonal Stiefel manifold optimization for rigen-decomposed covariance parameter estimation in mixture models'.
Vrbik, I. and McNicholas, P. D., 'Analytic calculations for the EM algorithm for multivariate skew-t mixture models'.
Franczak, B. C., Browne, R. P. and McNicholas, P. D., 'Mixtures of shifted asymmetric Laplace distributions'.
Andrews, J. L. and McNicholas, P. D., 'Semi-supervised variable selection for clustering'.
Zulyniak, M. A., Ralston, J. C., Tucker, A. J., MacKay, K. A., Hillyer, L., McNicholas, P. D., Graham, T. E., Robinson, L. E., Duncan, A. M., Ma, D. W. L. and Mutch, D. M., 'Plasma fatty acids are associated with risk factors for insulin resistance in men'.
Liseron-Monfils, C., Ashlock, D. A., McNicholas, P. D., Fauteux, F., Stromvik, M. and Raizada, M. N., 'Promzea: A pipeline for discovery of regulatory motifs in maize and its application to the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway'.
Xia, Y. and McNicholas, P. D., 'The monotone fused LASSO'.
McNicholas, P. D., Murphy, T. B., McDaid, A. F. and Banks, L., 'pgmm: Software for model-based clustering and classification via latent Gaussian mixture models'.
Browne, R. P. and McNicholas, P. D., 'Model-based clustering and classification of data with mixed type'.
Subedi, S. and McNicholas, P. D., 'A variational Bayes approach to classifying gene expression time course data'.

Book Review
McNicholas, P. D. (2009), 'Multivariate and Probabilistic Analyses of Sensory Science Problems', Trends in Food Science and Technology 20, 108-109. [doi]

Recent Technical Reports
McNicholas, P. D., T. B. Murphy, K. R. Jampani, A. F. McDaid, and L. Banks (2011), 'pgmm Version 1.0 for R: Model-based clustering and classification via latent Gaussian mixture models'. Technical Report 2011-320, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph. December 2011. [pdf]

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