Gordon Research Conference

Statistics in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

New Hampton School, New Hampton, New Hampshire, N. H.

August 2-6, 1982

Chairman: Toby J. Mitchell, Union Carbide Corporation

Vice-chairman: John A. Cornell, University of Florida

Monday, August 2

Morning

Interaction

David R. Cox, Imperial College of Science and Technology

Moderator: George E. P. Box, University of Wisconsin

Evening

Some Applications of Principal Components Analysis to Structure Activity Correlations

Richard D. Kramer, Smith, Kline and French Laboratories

Moderator: William J. Dunn, University of Illinois Medical Center

Tuesday, August 3

Morning

Estimation of Population Pharmacokinetic Parameters from Routine Patient data for Clinical Drug Dosage Optimization

Stuart L. Beal and Lewis B. Sheiner, University of California, San Francisco

Moderator: Carol M. Newton, University of California, Los Angeles

Evening

Robust Estimation of Variance Components, with Industrial Applications

William H. Fellner, E.I. duPont de Nemours and Co.

Moderator: Robert G. Easterling, Sandia National Laboratories

Wednesday, August 4

Morning

Bounded Influence and Graphical Diagnostics for Dirty Data and Flawed Models

Roy E. Welsch, Mass. Institute of Technology

Moderator: Gary C. McDonald, General Motors Research Laboratories

Evening

Kinetic Modelling with Multiple Responses

Warren E. Stewart, University of Wisconsin

Moderator: John W. Gorman, Amoco Oil Company

Thursday, August 5

Morning

A Branch and Bound Algorithm for the Choice of Experimental Designs in Chemical Engineering

William J. Welch, British Telecom

Moderator: Alonzo Church, General Tire and Rubber Company

Evening

Computer Aided Design and Analysis of Integrated Chemical Process: A New Area for Statistical Analysis

Gary E. Blau, Carnegie-Mellon University

Moderator: David W. Bacon, Queen’s University

Friday, August 6

Morning

Interactive Color Graphics – A Tool for Exploratory Data Analysis

Wesley L. Nicholson, Battelle-Northwest Laboratory

Moderator: Jane F. Gentleman, University of Waterloo

Conference Portrait