W. J. Zimmer

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

W. J. Zimmer is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, W. J. Zimmer has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Statistics and Probability, 20 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 8 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in W. J. Zimmer's work include Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (18 papers), Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (10 papers) and Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (10 papers). W. J. Zimmer is often cited by papers focused on Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (18 papers), Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (10 papers) and Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (10 papers). W. J. Zimmer collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Taiwan. W. J. Zimmer's co-authors include J. Bert Keats, Fu‐Kwun Wang, Steven A. Yourstone, Anwar Hossain, Harry F. Martz, Roger B. Johnson, Moshe Shaked, Yao Wang, Clifford A. Ball and Ashok K. Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Ecology and Technometrics.

In The Last Decade

W. J. Zimmer

38 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An Introduction to Reliability and Maintainability Engineering

1999 408 citations W. J. Zimmer Journal of Quality Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. J. Zimmer United States	15	626	612	345	158	91	45	1.2k
Renyan Jiang China	20	862 1.4×	724 1.2×	823 2.4×	106 0.7×	109 1.2×	113	1.6k
Gianpaolo Pulcini Italy	21	954 1.5×	757 1.2×	928 2.7×	75 0.5×	110 1.2×	74	1.6k
Ancha Xu China	22	875 1.4×	636 1.0×	723 2.1×	121 0.8×	127 1.4×	65	1.4k
Martin Newby United Kingdom	16	268 0.4×	278 0.5×	386 1.1×	63 0.4×	55 0.6×	47	768
Tzong‐Ru Tsai Taiwan	22	979 1.6×	976 1.6×	534 1.5×	252 1.6×	114 1.3×	106	1.4k
James J. Swain United States	13	472 0.8×	399 0.7×	67 0.2×	291 1.8×	55 0.6×	44	983
Leonard R. Lamberson United States	7	190 0.3×	362 0.6×	394 1.1×	137 0.9×	66 0.7×	14	959
Vasiliy Krivtsov United States	14	188 0.3×	322 0.5×	345 1.0×	57 0.4×	74 0.8×	36	695
G. Srinivasa Rao Tanzania	20	1.2k 1.9×	1.1k 1.9×	403 1.2×	317 2.0×	99 1.1×	131	1.5k
Don‐Lin Mon Taiwan	8	200 0.3×	169 0.3×	157 0.5×	508 3.2×	166 1.8×	8	847

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All Works

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Wang, Yao, et al.. (2005). Tables of Bounds for Distributions with Monotone Log-Odds Rate. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. 34(1). 1–20. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Yao, et al.. (2003). Monotone Log-Odds Rate Distributions in Reliability Analysis. Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods. 32(11). 2227–2244. 19 indexed citations

Keats, J. Bert, et al.. (2001). A comparison of three estimators of the Weibull parameters. Quality and Reliability Engineering International. 17(4). 249–256. 14 indexed citations

Hossain, Anwar M. & W. J. Zimmer. (2000). Comparisons of methods of estimation for a pareto distribution of the first kind. Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods. 29(4). 859–878. 17 indexed citations

Zimmer, W. J.. (1999). An Introduction to Reliability and Maintainability Engineering. Journal of Quality Technology. 31(4). 464–466. 408 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Fu‐Kwun, J. Bert Keats, & W. J. Zimmer. (1996). Maximum likelihood estimation of the Burr XII parameters with censored and uncensored data. Microelectronics Reliability. 36(3). 359–362. 53 indexed citations

Kassicieh, Suleiman K., Steven A. Yourstone, & W. J. Zimmer. (1994). SPC-Pro: AN EXPERT SYSTEM APPROACH FOR VARIABLES CONTROL CHARTS. Quality Engineering. 7(1). 89–104. 1 indexed citations

Martz, Harry F. & W. J. Zimmer. (1992). The Risk of Catastrophic Failure of the Solid Rocket Boosters on the Space Shuttle. The American Statistician. 46(1). 42–47. 11 indexed citations

Martz, Harry F. & W. J. Zimmer. (1991). A nonparametric Bayes empirical Bayes procedure for estimating the percent nonconforming in accepted lots. Quality Engineering. 36(2). 99–102. 1 indexed citations

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Singh, Ashok K., et al.. (1991). Bayes estimation of hazard and acceleration in accelerated testing. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 40(5). 615–621. 12 indexed citations

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Shaked, Moshe, W. J. Zimmer, & Clifford A. Ball. (1979). A Nonparametric Approach to Accelerated Life Testing. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 74(367). 694–694. 15 indexed citations

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Zimmer, W. J., et al.. (1973). Graphs, Tables and Discussion to Aid in the Design and Evaluation of an Acceptance Sampling Procedure Based on Cumulative Sums. Journal of Quality Technology. 5(2). 58–66. 3 indexed citations

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Steck, G.P., W. J. Zimmer, Nozer D. Singpurwalla, et al.. (1972). RELIABILITY TESTING AND RELIABILITY EVALUATION.. 2 indexed citations

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Zimmer, W. J., et al.. (1970). Continuous Sampling Plans Based on Cumulative Sums. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics). 19(3). 222–222. 1 indexed citations

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Zimmer, W. J., et al.. (1970). Tables of Sample Sizes in the Analysis of Variance. Journal of Quality Technology. 2(3). 156–164. 41 indexed citations

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Deely, John, et al.. (1970). On the Usefulness of the Maximum Entropy Principle in the Bayesian Estimation of Reliability. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. R-19(3). 110–115. 7 indexed citations

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Deely, John & W. J. Zimmer. (1969). Shorter Confidence Intervals Using Prior Observations. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 64(325). 378–386. 1 indexed citations

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Zimmer, W. J., et al.. (1968). Quality Control and Reliability. Technometrics. 10(4). 873–873. 1 indexed citations

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Steck, G.P. & W. J. Zimmer. (1968). The Relationship Between Neyman and Bayes Confidence Intervals for the Hypergeometric Parameter. Technometrics. 10(1). 199–203. 3 indexed citations

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Breipohl, A.M., et al.. (1965). A Consideration of the Bayesian Approach in Reliability Evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. R-14(2). 107–113. 20 indexed citations

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