New theoretical developments in statistical quality control. New approaches to quality, the design and comparison of control charts, Markov chain representations of control charts, continuous sampling plans, and the theory of acceptance sampling. May be repeated for credit. Approval of the department. Lectures cover statistical modeling techniques for population dynamics, spatial patterns, classification and ordination of communities, species abundance relations, community diversity and ecosystem stability.
Laboratories cover principles of simulation of ecological systems.
Same as BIOL 575. Special Topics in Applied Statistics. Approval of department. Special Topics in Mathematical Statistics. Approval of department.