This volume presents an eclectic mix of original research articles in areas covering the
analysis of ordered data stochastic modeling and biostatistics. These areas were featured in a
conference held at the University of Texas at Dallas from March 7 to 9 2014 in honor of
Professor H. N. Nagaraja's 60th birthday and his distinguished contributions to statistics. The
articles were written by leading experts who were invited to contribute to the volume from
among the conference participants. The volume is intended for all researchers with an interest
in order statistics distribution theory analysis of censored data stochastic modeling time
series analysis and statistical methods for the health sciences including statistical
genetics.
