R E S U M E -
Last 10 years
cd Mathematics Department
1. Name: Boyan N. Dimitrov
2. Academic Rank: Professor of Probability and Statistics
3. Degrees, with fields, institution, and dates:
Degree/Year Field Institution
Dr.of
Math.Sci.
Probab.'n Statist. Faculty of Math.
May
1986 Dissertation: Methods and Comp.
Sciences
for investigations
of Sofia Univ.,
queuing systems
(in
Bulgarian)
Ph.
D.
Physics 'n Math.Sci. Mech-Math. of
June,
1971 Dissertation:Some Appl. the
of the
random summation Univ. Lomonosov,
methods (in Russian)
M.A.
and M.B.
Math. Education, and School of Physics
July,
1966 Probab.'n
Statist. and Mathematics
Thesis: Limit
Theorems Sofia Univ.,
for Infinitesimal Renewal
Processes
(in Bulgarian)
Course work beyond last degree
MATHEMATICA Days, August 10 - 11, 1993,
March 4 - 6, 1996,
UfM,
September 18, 1998,
Cleveland Airport Marriott, Cleveland, Ohio: Survival Analysis Extended to
Recurrent Events Data with Repairable Products, Disease Recurrences and Other
Applications A one day seminar taught by Wayne B. Nelson, PhD., Fellow ASA,
ASQ. Sponsored by The
4. Years on this faculty:
Title
Year of appointment
Professor of
Probability and Statistics
July, 2001.
5. Other related experience:
Responsibility
Location
Dates
Assoc. Prof. of
Statistics
Adjunct Prof. in Math. GMI, Sci. & Math Dept. Oct. 1993-June, 1995.
Visiting Prof. in
Statistics
& Research
Fellow
Prof. of
Probability and Faculty of Mathematics and
January, 1989
Statistics:
Informatics,
Assoc. Prof. of
Probability Faculty of Mathematics and
December, 1976
and Statistics:
Informatics,
Teaching:
Location
Course
Term
in Operations Research II
and Statistics
in Operations Research I
Industrial:
Applied Probability and Statistical Problems elaborated by contracts with
Bulgarian Committee of Standardization, and some Industry enterprises.
Development of National and International Standards in Applied Statistics,
Statistical Methods in Reliability and Quality Control.
Written methodic for practical implementation of the standardized statistical
methods. Algorithmic and computational supervision for these methods.
Work by contracts between Industrial Machine Factories and
6. Principal
publications of last years:
BOOKS.
Dimitrov,
B., and Yanev, N.(2007) Probability and Statistics, Third Edition, Sofia University
"St. Kliment Ohridski" GoodBooks Publishing Co., Bulgaria (in Bulgarian).
Dimitrov,
B., and Yanev, N.(1998) Probability and Statistics, Second Edition, Sofia University
"St. Kliment Ohridski" Publishing Co., Bulgaria (in Bulgarian).
PAPERS.
Dimitrov B., Green D. Jr. and Stanchev P. (2007)
Multidimensional Life Time Equivalence,
Proceedings of the International Workshop "Distributed Computer and
Communication Networks: Theory and Applications,
Moscow, Russia Sept. 10-12, v. 1 , pp. 26-33.
B. Dimitrov (2007)
Lifetime Distributions and Equivalent Ages. Applications in Insurance, Risk, and More,
Proceedings of the Third Brazilian Conference on Statistical Modelling in Insurance and Finance,
March 25 - 30, 2007, Maresias, Brazil, pp. 21 - 40.
B. Dimitrov, G. Hayrapetyan, Z. Khalil, and P. Stanchev (2007)
Aging and Longevity Control of Biological Systems
via Drugs - a Reliability Model.
e-journal: Reliability: Theory & Applications No 2, Vol.2:
http://www.gnedenko-forum.org/Journal/files/022007/eng/article04_2_07_eng.pdf
, June 2007, pp. 10 - 20.
P. Stanchev, D. Green Jr., B. Dimitrov (2006),
Some Issues in the Art Image Database Systems
Journal of Digital Information Systems
Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 227 - 232.
Dimitrov B., Green D. Jr., Rykov V., Stanchev P. (2006)
On the Fair Share of the Reliability of an Entity between its Components,
Maintenance and Reliability, 2 (30), pp. 44-47.
B. Dimitrov, Z. Khalil, and G.
Hayrapetyan (2005) Age Affecting Control in Biological Systems Explains
the Mechanism of Aging and Longevity of Biological Systems IPSI - 2005, Venice, Italy, pp. 1-10. V. Rykov, B. Dimitrov (2005) On Parameter Estimation of
MAP Via Simulation Method, Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Simulation, St. Petersburg 2005, pp. 583
- 590. P. Stanchev, D. Green Jr., B.
Dimitrov (2005), Semantic Notation and Retrieval in Art and
Architecture Image Collections, Third special workshop "Multimedia
semantics, B. Dimitrov, D. Green Jr., P.
Stanchev (2005), Age Affecting Control in Biological Systems, In the ABSTRACTS if the 55th
Session of the International Statistical Institute, Sydney, Australia, 2005,
p.337. P. Stanchev, D. Green Jr., B.
Dimitrov (2005) Semantic Notation and Retrieval in Art and
Architecture Image Collections Journal of Digital Information Management, Vol. 3, No. 4, December
2005, pp. 218-221. P.Stanchev and B.Dimitrov (2004) WWW - based distance
education course "Management Support Systems", Proceedings of the International Conference on
Computing, Communications and Control Technologies, August 14-17, 2004 - Austin,
Texas, USA, Volume 2, pp. 222-226. V. Rykov, B.Dimitrov, D.Green Jr.,
P.Stanchev (2004) Reliability of Complex Hierarchical Fault Tolerance
Systems. In: Abstracts of The 4-th International Conference on Mathematical
Methods in Reliability (MMR-2004), Santa Fe, (USA), 21-25 July,
2004 B.Dimitrov (2004) The Use of IT in Teaching
Mathematics at Kettering University, ITE Proceedings of the
Conference on Information Technology in Education, Editor F. Zlatareva,
September 2004, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, pp. 124 - 131 P.Stanchev, D.Green, Jr,
B.Dimitrov, (2004) MPEG-7: The multimedia content description
interface, International Journal "Information Theories &
Applications" ", v. 11, No. 2, pp. 120-126. p 3802-3815 p
3802-3815
B. Dimitrov, V. Rykov, Z. Krougly (2004)
Periodic Poisson Processes and Almost-lack-of-memory Distributions.
Automation and Remote Control,
v. 65, No 10, pp. 1597-1610. (Translated from the Russian journal same year)
Rykov V., and Dimitrov B. (2004)
On Reliability of Hierarchical Systems with Gradual Failures,
Journal of Mathematical Sciences,
v. 123, No 1, pp. 3802-3815. Article ID: 492650
Dimitrov B., Green D., Jr, Chukova
S., and Khalil Z. (2004) Age Affecting Repairs and Warranty Costs. International conference
"The Model of Durability, Aging and Degradation in Medicine, Biology, and
Technique", V.Rykov, B.Dimitrov, D.Green Jr.,
P.Stanchev, (2004) Reliability Model For Biological Objects, International conference
"The Model of Durability, Aging and Degradation in Medicine, Biology, and
Technique" B.Dimitrov, D.Green, V.Rykov,
P.Stanchev (2003) On Statistical Hypothesis Testing via Simulation
Methods, International
Jour. Information Theories & Applications, vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 408-414.
B.Dimitrov, V.Rykov, Z Krougly and
M. Ghitany (2003) On properties and statistical estimation of ALM
distributions. Proceedings of Stanchev P, Green D, Jr., Dimitrov
B. (2003) High level color similarity retrieval, International Jour.
Information Theories & Applications, vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 363-369.
Dimitrov B., Rykov V., Krougly Z.
and Green D. (2003) Periodic non-stationary arrival process in queueing
networks and their characterization. Proceedings of Workshop
DCCN-2003, June 29-July 5, 2003, Dimitrov B., and Kolev N. (2002) Bernoulli Trials:
Extensions, Related Probability Distributions and Modeling Powers, Mathematics and Education im
Mathematics, Proceedings of 31st Spring Conf. of the UBM, Borovec, April 2002, pp.
15-24. Dimitrov B., Rykov V. and Stanchev
P. (2002) On Multi-State Reliability Systems, 3rd International Conf. on
Mathematical Methods in Reliability, Methodology and Practice, COMMUNICATIONS, NTNU, Trodheim, Norway, pp.
201-204. Rykov V., and Dimitrov B. (2002) On Multi-State Reliability
Systems, Applied
Stochastic Models and Information Processes, Memorial Seminar to the 60th
Birthday of V. Kalashnikov, B.Dimitrov, D.Green Jr., V. Rykov,
P.Stanchev. (2002) On performance evaluation and optimization problems
in queues with resequencing, Advances in Stochastic Modeling, ed. by J. Artalejo and A.
Keishnamoorthy. Notable Publications, 2002, pp. 55-72. Stanchev P., Dimitrov B. and Rykov
V. (2002) Object recognition in the ANIMATION system 5-th IASTED International
Conf. "Computer Graphics and Imaging", CGIM-2002, Aug. 12-14, Dimitrov B., Chukova S., and Vogt
H. (2002) A Class of Symmetric Probability Distributions Similar to the
Double Exponential. Engineering Simulations,, v. 24, No. 5, pp. 25-37. Dimitrov B.,
Chukova S., and Chakravarthy S. (2001) A simple unreliable service
model characterizes exponential distribution. Dimitrov B., Green D, Jr., and
Rykov V. (2001) On the influence of the observablility and
controlability to the optimal control quality, Proceedings of the 5-th
International Conference on Optimization. Techniques and Applications (ICOTA
2001, Editor D. Li), * 128. Dimitrov B., Khalil Z.,
Rykov V. and Ghitany M. (2001) Likelihood Ratio Test for
Almost-Lack-of-Memory Distributions, Technical Report # 1/2001, Dimitrov B., Chukova S., and Khalil
Z. (2001) Warranty Costs: An Age Dependent Failure/Repair Model, SMCS, Research Report 01-20,
Victoria
Univ in Dimitrov B., Chukova S., and
Rumchev V. (2001) Warranty Claims as Marked Point Processes, The Journal of Nonlinear
Analysis: Series A: Theory and Methods, v. 47, pp. 2145 - 2150. Dimitrov B., Khalil Z., and
Christozov D. (2001) Reliability Maintenance Under Age - Proportional
Repairs, ESRL
2001 Towards a Safer World, Ed. E.Zio, M.Demichela, N.Piccinini, Politecnico
di Torino, Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Meeting, v. 2,
pp. 1147-1154. Dimitrov B., and Kolev N. (2000) Beta Transformation.
Beta-type Self-decomposability and Related Characterizations, Brazilian Journal of
Probability and Statistics (RABRAPE) v. 14, pp. 123 - 140. Chukova S., and Dimitrov, B.
(2000) Rate
Models in Environmental Studies, Research Report 2000:1, Division of Quality
Technology & Statistics, Luleo Univ. of Technoogy, SE-971 87, Luleo,
SWEDEN, pp. 1 - 6. Borges W., Dimitrov B., Khalil Z.,
and Kolev N. (2000) System's Performance Under Mixed Minimal and
Imperfect Repair Maintenance Strategies, RT-MAE 2000-6, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ser. 6, pp. 1 - 17. Dimitrov, B., Chukova, S., and
El-Saidi, M. A. (1999) Modeling Uncertainty in Periodic Random Environment:
Applications to Environmental Studies, Environmetrics, Vol. 10, pp. 467 - 485. B.Dimitrov, S.Chukova, and
Z.Khalil (1999) Warranty Cost Analysis of an Age Dependent Failure
Model for Repairable and Non-Repairable Products, Tech. Rep. No.2/99, July
1999
Dept. of Math. and Statistics, Dimitrov B., Chukova S., and
Khalil Z. (1999) Processing Times Modeled by Reliability Systems with
Random Number of Spare Units, European Journal of Engineering Education
(EJEE) on Maintenance, Reliability and Safety, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 279 -
291. Dimitrov B. and Chukova S. (1999) Environmental Modeling in
Driving Periodic Conditions, Applications of Mathematics in Engineering'2, Heron Press, Sofia, pp. 21
- 30. Dimitrov B., Chukova S., and Green
D. (1999) The Bivariate Probability Distributions with Periodic Failure
Rate Via a Hyperbolic Differential Equation, Dynamics of Continuous,
Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Vol. 5, pp. 81 - 92. Dimitrov B. (1998) Quality Evaluation Methods -
A Review, Economics, Quality, Control (EQC Journal and Newsletter for
Quality and Reliability), Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 117 -128. S. Chukova, M. A. El-Saidi, and B.
Dimitrov (1998) Extended Logistic Distribution. Properties and
Possible Applications, in Statistical Data Analysis, Edt. D. Vandev, Bulg. Acad. Sci., and St.
Kl. Ohridski Univ. of Sofia, pp. 10 - 22. Chakravarthy S., Chukova S.,
Dimitrov B. (1998) Analysis of MAP/M/2/K queueing model with infinite resequencing
buffer, Performance
Evaluation, 31, pp. 211 - 228 Dimitrov B. (1998) Uncertainty in periodic
random environment, Applications of Mathematics in Engineering'23, Heron Press, Dimitrov B., M. A. El-Saidi, and
Z. Khalil (1988) Overall Population Growth in Periodic Environment, Environmetrics, Vol. 9, pp. 317 - 328. Dimitrov B., Chukova S., and Green
D. (1997) Probability distributions in periodic random environment and
their applications, SIAM J. Appl. Math. Vol.57, No. 2, pp. 501-517. Dimitrov B., and Green D. (1997) Stochastic optimization
problems under incomplete information on distribution functions, Control and Cybernetics, Vol.26, No. 1, pp. 93 -
110.
7. Scientific and professional societies of which a member: Acted as a Referee for Mathematical Reviews - since
1971. 8. Honors and awards:
March, 2007: Grant FAPESP
No. 2006/60952-1,
September, 2006. Outstanding Researcher Award,
October, 1999. Grant FAPESP No. 1999/08263-1, September, 1999. Outstanding New Researcher Award, Granted proposal for an Applied Mathematics Computer Laboratory at New Faculty Professional Development Grant (NFPDG) 1995, No. 3 -
58501,
Random variables in periodic random environment and applications to probability
modeling, Dept. of Science and Mathematics, GMI Engineering and Management
Inst., August, 1995. Grant MM 60 - 91, March, 1991. Risk theory and applications. National
Bulgarian Science Foundation. 9. Other assigned duties performed during academic year APAP KU Committee, Since 2000; Preparation of a pre-proposal and proposal for an Applied
Mathematics Computer Laboratory, August - September 1996, in collaboration with Joe
Salacuse from SM Dept. Lab started in July 1997. Statistical Curriculum Committee - Chair since 1998. Calculus
Curriculum Working Group. Applied
Mathematics Computer Laboratory Development Committee. 10. Special duties of co-op faculty: FREE STATISTICAL CONSULTING FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND
STAFF at KETTERING UNIVERSITY via the STATISTICS CLINIC, open since Fall 1998. Faculty Supervisor of Thesis Assignment of the
following students (list to be updated): Eric Sligay, Component Pricing Model for
Vehicle Extended Service Contracts (for the GMAC Insurance, Brian Kaufman, Quality Problems in the
Tandem Master Machining Line, (for the Findlex Corp., Daniel Carbaugh, Statistical Analysis of
Variables Involved in Quoting Process for New Projects and Estimation of Process
Costs, (for the Die Cast, Inc., Akron-Peninsula, OH). Graduation date December,
2000. Susan Camp, Development of a Predictive
Life Test for Dynamic, Elastomeric, Oil Seals, (for the Federal-Mogul Corp.;
Sealing Systems), Graduation date December, 2000. Charles Young, How the Vulcanization of
Rubber Compound Affect the Static Rates, Dynamic Rates, and the Fatigue Life of
a Molded Rubber Part (for the Yale-South Haven, Inc.), Graduation date June
1999. Roy Thorcell, Quality and Production Rate
Improvement of the PL2000 Headliner Assembly Line (for the United Technologies
Automotive), Graduation date June 1999. Takesha M. Lyles, Statistical Engineering
Problem Solving Techniques used to Improve Initial Customer Enthusiasm at Buick
City Assembly Center, Graduation date June 1999. Darin William Witkowski, Initiate an automated test
facility (for Case Corporation, Douglas Neal Wright, Automatic Focus Station,
(for Valeo-Sylvania Automotive Lightening), Graduation date December 1998.
Brandi May Oldt, Characterization of office
chair feature usage and structural response to usage loads (for Steelcase Inc.,
Grand Rapids MI), Graduating date December 1998. Amy Lin Richards, Justification for building
a new U.P.S. facility in Wixom, Michigan, with CO-advisor Dr. P. Richard,
Graduation date June 1997. David Thomas, Warranty Analysis of
Statistical Data, with CO-advisor Dr. S. Chukova. Graduation date June, 1997.
Updated Partially July, 2007 Dr. B. Dimitrov.
Chukova, S., and Dimitrov, B. (1996) Warranty
Analysis for Complex Systems. Chapter 22 of Product Warranty Handbook,
Editors Wallace R. Blischke, and D. N. Prabhakar Murthy, Marcel Dekker,
Inc.
Dimitrov,
B., and Karastranova, E.(1993) Statistics for Non-mathematicians,
Southwestern University "Neophit Rilski" Press,
6.a.
Principal presentations before professional societies in last five years (to be
updated):
Referee for the
European J. of Operational Research - since 1993.
Referee for
JAMSA (the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis) - since
1995. Referee
for JSPI (the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference) - since 1997,
Associate
Editor of ECONOMIC, QUALITY, CONTROL - Journal and Newsletter for Quality and
Reliability, Managing Editor: Prof. Dr. Elart von Collani, Inst. fur Angewandte
Mathematik und Statistik, Sanderring 2, D-8700, Wurzburg, GERMANY.
Member of
American Society for Quality Control, Measurement Quality Division.
Member of
American Statistical Association, and of its
Member of the
IFNA (International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts).
Member of The