Contributed papers

Tomizawa, S. : Analogy between generalized palindromic symmetry and quasi-odds symmetry models for square contingency tables with ordered categories 1

Invited Papers

Tsutsui, T. : The existing state of forecast of paddy rice production 11

Yamagata, Y. : Remote sensing of agricultural damage 23

Shiyomi, M. : Citrus pest population prediction by multiple regression and systems model 35

Contributed Papers

Shin, J. K., Tarumi, T. and Tanaka, Y. : Sensitivity analysis in principal component regression 57

Teranishi, T., Matsubara, Y. and Goto, M. : On the influence of censoring on inference of median survival time 69

Matsumiya, Y. and Matsuishi, T. : Estimation of population paramenters by optimizing catch effort allocation 85

Okamoto, N. : A new index for the synthetic evaluation of cancer control 91

Sato, T. : A risk ratio estimator consistent in both sparse-data and large-strata limiting models 99

Tango, T., Kuribayashi, K. and Kano, N. : Identification problems on the estimation of incubation period of AIDS 105

Ukai, Y. and Miwa, T. : Models for the distributions of the number and position of chiasmata on a chromosome 119

Kanefuji, K. and Sumiya, T. : Growth analysis of human height 129

Masuyama, M. : Proper age in the logistic model of growth and the linearized dentition plot 141

Miyaoka, E. : On parameter estimation in mixed Poisson process models 143