S. D. Silvey

5.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
38 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

S. D. Silvey is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Statistics and Probability and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, S. D. Silvey has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 8 papers in Statistics and Probability and 7 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in S. D. Silvey's work include Optimal Experimental Design Methods (9 papers), Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (7 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (6 papers). S. D. Silvey is often cited by papers focused on Optimal Experimental Design Methods (9 papers), Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (7 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (6 papers). S. D. Silvey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. S. D. Silvey's co-authors include Syed Mustafa Ali, J. Aitchison, S. Zacks, Robert V. Hogg, Elliot A. Tanis, Corwin L. Atwood, D. M. Titterington, Ian Ford, J. N. Darroch and B. Torsney and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Biometrika and Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology).

In The Last Decade

S. D. Silvey

37 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A General Class of Coefficients of Divergence of One Distribution from Another

1966 721 citations Syed Mustafa Ali, S. D. Silvey Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) profile →
The Theory of Statistical Inference

1973 403 citations S. D. Silvey, S. Zacks International Statistical Review profile →
Optimal Design

1980 377 citations S. D. Silvey CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
Statistical Inference

1976 357 citations S. D. Silvey profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. D. Silvey United Kingdom	19	1.5k	1.0k	678	532	515	38	3.9k
Franklin A. Graybill United States	26	2.0k 1.3×	911 0.9×	719 1.1×	292 0.5×	626 1.2×	99	5.8k
C. Radhakrishna Rao United States	22	1.7k 1.1×	534 0.5×	658 1.0×	464 0.9×	310 0.6×	57	5.8k
Michel Loève Canada	9	1.3k 0.8×	935 0.9×	850 1.3×	518 1.0×	759 1.5×	12	5.3k
Herman Rubin United States	23	1.0k 0.7×	822 0.8×	568 0.8×	234 0.4×	360 0.7×	75	3.3k
C. Radhakrishna Rao United States	38	3.2k 2.1×	1.0k 1.0×	932 1.4×	533 1.0×	613 1.2×	162	7.3k
H. O. Hartley United States	32	1.9k 1.2×	702 0.7×	715 1.1×	199 0.4×	422 0.8×	93	5.4k
David A. Harville United States	28	2.6k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	889 1.3×	360 0.7×	454 0.9×	90	7.2k
Robert V. Hogg United States	39	2.4k 1.5×	734 0.7×	832 1.2×	140 0.3×	801 1.6×	124	6.3k
Bennett L. Fox United States	25	576 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	567 0.8×	704 1.3×	574 1.1×	69	4.1k
Roger L. Berger United States	23	2.7k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	955 1.4×	213 0.4×	810 1.6×	65	6.7k

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Atwood, Corwin L. & S. D. Silvey. (1981). Optimal Design: An Introduction to the Theory for Parameter Estimation.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 76(376). 1012–1012. 110 indexed citations

Silvey, S. D.. (1980). Optimal Design. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 377 indexed citations breakdown →

Silvey, S. D., D. R. Cox, & D. V. Hinkley. (1979). Problems and Solutions in Theoretical Statistics.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 142(2). 260–260.

Silvey, S. D.. (1978). Optimal Design Measures with Singular Information Matrices. Biometrika. 65(3). 553–553. 1 indexed citations

Silvey, S. D., et al.. (1978). An algorithm for optimal designs on a design space. Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods. 7(14). 1379–1389. 73 indexed citations

Silvey, S. D., et al.. (1978). Probability and Statistics.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 141(2). 263–263. 4 indexed citations

Silvey, S. D. & D. M. Titterington. (1974). A Lagrangian approach to optimal design. Biometrika. 61(2). 299–302. 12 indexed citations

Silvey, S. D. & J. Durbin. (1974). Distribution Theory for Tests Based on the Sample Distribution Function.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 137(3). 433–433. 12 indexed citations

Silvey, S. D. & S. Zacks. (1973). The Theory of Statistical Inference. International Statistical Review. 41(2). 298–298. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

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Silvey, S. D. & Daniel E. Bailey. (1972). Probability and Statistics: Models for Research.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 135(2). 279–279. 25 indexed citations

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Silvey, S. D., et al.. (1970). Optimal regression designs with previous observations. Biometrika. 57(3). 551–566. 37 indexed citations

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Silvey, S. D., S. S. Wilks, & T. W. Anderson. (1969). Collected Papers. Contributions to Mathematical Statistics.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 132(1). 105–105. 5 indexed citations

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Silvey, S. D.. (1969). Multicollinearity and Imprecise Estimation. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology). 31(3). 539–552. 158 indexed citations

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Ali, Syed Mustafa & S. D. Silvey. (1965). A Further Result on the Relevance of the Dispersion of a Radon–Nikodym Derivative to the Problem of Measuring Association. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology). 27(1). 108–110. 1 indexed citations

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Ali, Syed Mustafa & S. D. Silvey. (1965). Association between Random Variables and the Dispersion of a Radon–Nikodym Derivative. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology). 27(1). 100–107. 11 indexed citations

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Silvey, S. D.. (1960). J.G. Kemeny and J . L. Snell, Finite Markov Chains (D. van Nostrand Co. Ltd., London, 1960), 210 pp., 37s.6d.. Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 12(1). 61–62. 2 indexed citations

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Aitchison, J. & S. D. Silvey. (1960). Maximum-Likelihood Estimation Procedures and Associated Tests of Significance. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology). 22(1). 154–171. 88 indexed citations

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Silvey, S. D.. (1959). The Lagrangian Multiplier Test. The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 30(2). 389–407. 289 indexed citations

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Silvey, S. D.. (1959). T. W. Anderson, Introduction to Multivariate Statistical Analysis, (John Wiley & Sons), 374 pp., £5.. Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 11(3). 192–193. 1 indexed citations

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Silvey, S. D.. (1953). The Equivalence of Asymptotic Distributions under Randomisation and Normal Theories. Proceedings of the Glasgow Mathematical Association. 1(3). 139–147. 3 indexed citations

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