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Lochana Palayangoda

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Lochana Palayangoda, PhD

Lochana Palayangoda, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • DSC 235 / 402.554.3437

email:
lpalayangoda@unomaha.edu
area of focus:
  • Engineering applications of machine learning and statistics, Lifetime data modelling, Highly accurate asymptotic approximations

Additional Information

Education

Ph.D., Statistical Science, Southern Methodist University, 2020
M.S.,  Statistics,Sam Houston State University, 2016
B.S.,  Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, 2008

Research Interests

Engineering applications of machine learning and statistics
Lifetime data modelling
Highly accurate asymptotic approximations
Synthetic Data Generation Techniques
Sports statistics

Selected Publications

  1. Lochana K. Palayangoda, Hon Keung Tony Ng, Semiparametric and nonparametric evaluation of first-passage distribution of bivariate degradation processes, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, (2021)
  2. Lochana K. Palayangoda, Hon Keung Tony Ng, Evaluation of Mean-Time-To- Failure Based on Nonlinear Degradation Data with Applications, IISE Transactions (2021).
  3. Palayangoda L.K., Ng H.K.T. (2021) Nonparametric Approximation Methods for the First-Passage Time Distribution for Degradation Data Measured with Unequal Time Intervals. In: Ghosh I., Balakrishnan N., Ng H.K.T. (eds) Advances in Statistics - Theory and Applications. Emerging Topics in Statistics and Biostatistics. Springer, Cham.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62900-7_19
  4. Palayangoda,LK, Ng, HKT, Butler, RW. Improved techniques for parametric and nonparametric evaluations of the first‐passage time for degradation processes. Appl Stochastic Models Bus Ind. 2020; 36: 730– 753. https://doi.org/10.1002/asmb.2528

Additional Information

Education

Ph.D., Statistical Science, Southern Methodist University, 2020
M.S.,  Statistics,Sam Houston State University, 2016
B.S.,  Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, 2008

Research Interests

Engineering applications of machine learning and statistics
Lifetime data modelling
Highly accurate asymptotic approximations
Synthetic Data Generation Techniques
Sports statistics

Selected Publications

  1. Lochana K. Palayangoda, Hon Keung Tony Ng, Semiparametric and nonparametric evaluation of first-passage distribution of bivariate degradation processes, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, (2021)
  2. Lochana K. Palayangoda, Hon Keung Tony Ng, Evaluation of Mean-Time-To- Failure Based on Nonlinear Degradation Data with Applications, IISE Transactions (2021).
  3. Palayangoda L.K., Ng H.K.T. (2021) Nonparametric Approximation Methods for the First-Passage Time Distribution for Degradation Data Measured with Unequal Time Intervals. In: Ghosh I., Balakrishnan N., Ng H.K.T. (eds) Advances in Statistics - Theory and Applications. Emerging Topics in Statistics and Biostatistics. Springer, Cham.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62900-7_19
  4. Palayangoda,LK, Ng, HKT, Butler, RW. Improved techniques for parametric and nonparametric evaluations of the first‐passage time for degradation processes. Appl Stochastic Models Bus Ind. 2020; 36: 730– 753. https://doi.org/10.1002/asmb.2528

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Education Research Interests Selected Publications

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