PUBLICATIONS and EDITORSHIPS

Filia Vonta
Department of Mathematics
School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences
National Technical University of Athens

• Makris, K. and Vonta, I. (2021) Presentation of coupling analysis techniques of maximum and mininum values between N sets of data using Matrix [mu]^[MKN], IJMEMS, vol. 6, No. 4, 1127-1136.

• Makris, K., Vonta, I. and Karagrigoriou, A. (2021). On similarity measures for stochastic and statistical modeling, Mathematics, vol. 9(8), 840.

• Makris, K., Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta, I. (2021). On dimensionless dissimilarity measures for time series, In Computational Intelligence based Time Series Analysis , River Publisher, (to appear)

• Makris, K., Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta, I. (2021). On divergence and dissimilarity measures for multiple time series, In Applied Modelling Techniques and Data Analysis, Dimotilakis, I. et al. (eds), p. 249-259, iSTE, Wiley, UK.

• Karagrigoriou, A., Papasotiriou, G. and Vonta, I. (2021). Goodness of fit exponentiality test against light and heavy tail alternatives, In Statistical Modeling of Reliability Structures and Industrial Processes, Triantafyllou, I. and Ram, M. (eds), CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, (to appear)

• Huber, C., Solev, V. and Vonta, F. (2020) On censored and truncated data in survival analysis and reliability models, In Stochastic Models in Reliability Engineering, L. R. Cui, I. Frenkel and A. Lisnianski (eds), p. 199-212, CRC-Taylor and Francis.

• Vonta, F. (2020) Goodness of fit tests based on divergence measures for frailty models, In Statistical Topics and Stochastic Models for Dependent Data, Applications in Reliability, Survival Analysis and Related Fields, V. S. Barbu and N. Vergne (eds), p. 235-251, iSTE-Wiley.

• Huber-Carol, C., Gross, S. and Vonta, I. (2019) Risk analysis: Survival data analysis versus Machine Learning, Application to Alzheimer Prediction, Comptes Rendus Mecanique de l'Academie des Sciences, vol. 347, 817-830.

• Karagrigoriou, A., Makrides, A. and Vonta, I. (2019) On a Control Chart for the Gini Index with Simulations, Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation, vol. 48, No. 4, 1121–1137.

• Kioutsoukoustas, S., Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta, I. (2019) Reliability measures and indices for amusement park rides, In Reliability Engineering: Theory and Applications, I. Vonta and M. Ram (eds), p. 121-141, CRC-Taylor and Francis

• Slud, E., Vonta, F. and Kagan, A. (2018) Combining estimators of a common parameter across samples, Statistical Theory and Related Fields, vol. 2, Issue 2, p. 158-171.

• Rantou K. E., Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta, I. (2017) On imputation methods in univariate time series, Mathematics in Engineering, Science and Aerospace, Vol. 8 (2), 239-251.

• Stefanou, I., Karagrigoriou, A., Vonta, I. (2017). Reliability and Quality Control of Automated Diagnostic Analyzers, In Advances in Reliability and System Engineering, Management and Industrial Engineering, M. Ram and P. Davim (eds.), p. 189-211, Springer.

• Androulakis, E., Koukouvinos, C. and Vonta, F. (2016) Tuning parameter estimation in penalized frailty models, Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation, vol. 45, No 5, 1538–1553.

• Androulakis, E., Koukouvinos, C. and Vonta, F. (2016) A new method for the analysis of supersaturated designs with discrete data, Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation, vol. 45, issue 6, 1971-1990.

• Vonta, F., Koukouvinos, C. and Androulakis, E. (2015) On the asymptotic properties of the penalized likelihood estimators in shared frailty models, In Statistical, Stochastic and Data Analysis Methods and Applications, Karagrigoriou, A. Oliveira, T. and Skiadas, C. editors, ISAST: International Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology. p. 129-142.

• Androulakis, E., Koukouvinos, C. and Vonta, F. (2014) Tuning parameter selection in penalized generalized linear models for discrete data, Statistica Neerlandica, vol. 68, No. 4, 276-292.

• Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta, F. (2014) Wealth and portfolios of the elderly: evidence and econometric analysis based on the Cyprus survey of consumer finances, Biometrie und Medizinische Informatik, Greifswalder Seminarbeichte, Aachen: Shaker Verlag, Vol. 23, 167-190.

• Vonta, F. and Karagrigoriou, A. (2014) Goodness of fit tests via φ-measures of divergence for censored data, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 84, Issue 5, 946-963.

• Androulakis, E., Koukouvinos, C. and Vonta, F. (2014). Penalized likelihood methodology and frailty models, In Statistical Models and Methods for Reliability and Survival Analysis, Couallier, V., Gerville-Reache, L., Huber, C., Limnios N. and Mesbah, M. eds, Hermes-Wiley, p. 45-60.

• Makrides, A., Karagrigoriou, A., and Vonta, F. (2014). Entropy type goodness of fit tests for heavy-tailed distributions, In Statistical Models and Methods for Reliability and Survival Analysis, Couallier, V., Gerville-Reache, L., Huber, C., Limnios N. and Mesbah, M. eds, Hermes-Wiley, 33-44.

• Vonta, F. and Karagrigoriou, A. (2013). Statistical inference for heavy-tailed distributions in reliability systems, In Applied Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis. Probabilistic Models and Statistical Inference, Frenkel, I. et. al eds, Wiley & Sons, New York, 273- 289.

• Dardiotis, E., Panayiotou, E., Feldman, M., Hadjisavvas,A., Malas, S., Vonta. I., Hadjigeorgiou, G., Kyriakou, K. and Kyriakides, T. (2013) Intraperitoneal melatonin is not neuroprotective in the G93ASOD1 transgenic mouse model of familial ALS and may exacerbate neurodegeneration, Neuroscience Letters, 548, 170-175.

• Vonta. F. (2012) Goodness of fit tests for past lifetimes, Mathematics in Engineering, Science and Aerospace, 3, No. 4, 393-403.

• Androulakis, E., Koukouvinos, C. and Vonta, F. (2012) On the uniform frailty model with penalized likelihood and clustered data, Journal of Reliability and Statistical Studies, 5, 97-106.

• Androulakis, E., Koukouvinos, C. and Vonta, F. (2012) Estimation and variable selection via the penalized frailty model, Statistics in Medicine, 31, No 20, 2223-2239.

• Vonta, F. (2012). Frailty or Transformation models in Biostatistics and Reliability, In Recent Advances in System Reliability: Signatures, Multi-state Systems and Statistical Inference, Lisnianski, A. and Frenkel, I. (eds), Springer, London, 237 - 251.

• Vonta, F., Mattheou, K. and Karagrigoriou, A. (2012) On properties of the (φ,α)-power divergence family with applications to goodness of fit tests, Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, 14, Issue 2, 335-356.

• Dardiotis, E., Papathanasiou, E., Vonta, I., Hadjigeorgiou, G., Zamba-Papanicolaou, E. and Kyriakides, T. (2011) A correlated study of quantitative EMG and biopsy findings in 31 patients with myopathies, Acta Myologica, 1, 37-41.

• Lee, S., Vonta, F. and Karagrigoriou, A. (2011) A maximum entropy type test of fit, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 55, No 9, 2635-2643.

• Karagrigoriou, A., Mattheou, K. and Vonta, F. (2011). On asymptotic properties of AIC variants with applications, Open Journal of Statistics, 1, Issue 2, 105-109.

• Vonta, F. and Karagrigoriou, A. (2010). Information measures in biostatistics and reliability, In Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Reliability Applications to Medicine, Finance, and Quality Control, Balakrishnan, N., Nikulin, M. and Rykov, V. (eds), Birkhauser, Boston,  401-413.

• Vonta, F., and Huber, C. (2010). On the estimation of structural parameters in frailty models for interval censored and truncated data, Computer Modelling and New Technologies, 14, No. 4, 40-49.

• Androulakis, E., Koukouvinos, C., Mylona, K. and Vonta, F. (2010), A real survival analysis application via variable selection methods for Cox´s proportional hazards model, Journal of Applied Statistics, 37, No 8, 1399-1406.

• Huber, C., and Vonta, F. (2009)  A semiparametric model for interval censored and truncated data, Journal of Mathematical Sciences, Springer, 163, issue3, 283 - 289. Under the same title, in Russian, Asymptotic Statistics and Its Application to Reliability and Survival Analysis, Zap. Nauch. Sem. S-Petersburg. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov (POMI) 363, 139-150, 184.

• Vonta, F. and Karagrigoriou, A. (2010) Generalized measures of divergence in survival analysis and reliability, Journal of Applied Probability, 47(1), 216-234.

• Vonta, F., Mattheou, K., Karagrigoriou, A. and Neophytou, P. (2009) On the incidence of HPV-infection in Cypriot male population: A multivariate statistical analysis, Biometrie und Medizinische Informatik, Greifswalder Seminarberichte, Shaker Verlag Publ., Germany, Vol. 15, 113-122.

• Dardiotis, E., Koutsou, P., Zamba-Papanicolaou, E., Vonta, I., Hadjivassiliou, M., Hadjigeorgiou, G., Cariolou, M., Christodoulou, K. and Kyriakides, T.  (2009). Complement C1Q polymorphisms modulate onset in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy TTR Val30Met, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 284, Issue 1-2, 158-162.

• Huber-Carol, C., Solev, V., and Vonta, F. (2009). Interval censored and truncated data: rate of convergence of NPMLE of the density, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 139, Issue 5, 1734-1749.

• Dardiotis, E., Koutsou, P., Zamba Papanicolaou, E., Vonta, I., Kladi, A., Vassilopoulos, D., Hadjigeorgiou, G., Christodoulou, K. and Kyriakides, T.  (2009). Epidemiological, clinical and genetic study of Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy in Cyprus, Amyloid, 16(1), 32-37.

• Huber-Carol, C. and Vonta, F. (2008). Inference in transformation models for arbitrarily censored and truncated data, In Mathematical Methods for Survival Analysis, Reliability and Quality of Life, C. Huber, N. Limnios, M. Mesbah, M. Nikulin eds., ISTE & J. Wiley, London,  49-60.

•  Koukouvinos, C., Mylona, K. and Vonta, F. (2008). A Comparative Study of Variable Selection Procedures Applied in High Dimensional Medical Problems, Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, 3, No. 2, 195-209.

• Huber, C., Solev, V. N. and Vonta, F. (2007). Maximum likelihood estimators:  nonparametric approach, Journal of Mathematical Sciences, Springer, US, 147, No. 4, 6975-6979. Under the same title in Russian Zap. Nauch. Sem. S-Petersburg. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov (POMI), 341, Veroyatn. i Stat. II, 220-228, 233-234.

• Vonta F. and  Karagrigoriou, A.  (2007). Variable selection strategies in survival models with multiple imputations, Lifetime Data Analysis, 13, Issue 3,  295-315.

• Vonta, F. and Artemiou, A. (2007). Hypothesis Testing in Frailty Models for Arbitrarily Censored and Truncated Data, Comm. in Dependability and Quality Manag., 10 (1), 110-121.

• Huber-Carol, C., Solev, V., and Vonta, F. (2006). Estimation of density for arbitrarily censored and truncated data. In Probability, Statistics and Modelling in Public Health, Nikulin, M. S., Commenges, D., and Huber-Carol, C. eds., Springer (Kluwer Acad. Publ.), New York,  246-265.

• Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta F. (2006). On distributional changes of financial characteristics in Cyprus: What does the survey of consumer finances say?, Financial Theory and Practice, 30, Issue 4,  381-403. In Croatian: O promjenama distribucije financijskih obilježja na Cipru: što govori anketa o financijama potrošača? Financial Theory and Practice, Vol. 30 (4),  383-405.

• Slud, E. V. and Vonta, F. (2005). Efficient semiparametric estimators via modified profile likelihood, J. Statist. Plann. and Infer., 129, 339-367.

• Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta F. (2005). On efficient AR spectral estimation for long-range predictions, Commun. In Statist., 34, Issue 7,  1587-1603.

• Vonta, F. (2005). Efficient estimation in regression frailty or transformation models based on an algorithm, Austral. and New Zeal. J. of Statist., 47 (4),   503-514.

• Christodoulou, C., Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta, F. (2004). An inference curve-based ranking technique for univariate observations with biomedical applications. In COMPSTAT, Proc. in Computat. Statist., J. Antoch ed., Physica-Verlag,  807-814.

• Vonta, F. and Carol-Huber, C. (2004). Semiparametric transformation models for arbitrarily censored and truncated data. In Parametric and Semiparametric Models with Applications to Reliability, Survival Analysis, and Quality of Life, Nikulin, M. S., Balakrishnan, N., Mesbah, M., Limnios, N. eds., Birkhauser, Boston,  167 - 176.

• Huber-Carol, C. and Vonta, F. (2004). Frailty models for arbitrarily censored and truncated data, Lifetime Data Analysis, 10, Issue 4,  369-388.

• Slud, E. V. and Vonta, F. (2004). Consistency of  the NPML Estimator in the Right-Censored Transformation Model. Scand. J. Statist., 31, No 1,  21-41.

• Vonta, F., Karagrigoriou, A., Adamou, A., Zouvani, I., and Kyriacou, K. (2000). Statistical modelling and prognostic analysis in primary breast carcinoma. In Math. Comput. Sci. Eng., World Sci. Eng. Soc. Press,   181-186.

• Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta, F. (1999). Asymptotically efficient order selection of a nonzero mean AR process for h-step prediction. Sankhya  A, 61, No. 3,  381-397.

• Vonta, F. (1996). Efficient estimation in a nonproportional hazards model in survival analysis, Scand. J. Statist., 23, No 1,   49-61.

• Vonta, F. (1995). Efficient estimation in a nonproportional hazards model. In Lifetime Data: Models in Reliability and Survival Analysis (N. P. Jewell, A. C. Kimber, M. - L. T. Lee, G. A. Whitmore eds.), Kluwer Acad. Publ., Netherlands,  347-351.

BOOKS

• Vonta, I. and Ram M. (2018). Reliability Engineering: Theory and Applications, Taylor and Francis, Book Series entitled «Advanced Research in Reliability and System Assurance Engineering», CRC-Taylor and Francis. 220 pages, ISBN-13 978-0-8153-5517-5, eISBN 9780815355175.

• Vonta, F., Nikulin, M., Limnios, N. and Huber-Carol, C. (2008). Statistical Models and Methods for Biomedical and Technical Systems, Springer (Birkhauser), Boston, 550 pages, ISBN 978-0-8176-4464-2, eISBN 978-0-8176-4619-6.

JOURNALS

• Vonta, F and Lekkas, D. (2015). (guest editors) Mathematical Models and Methods for Environmental Systems & Related Topics, Mathematics in Engineering, Science and Aerospace, Vol. 6 (4), 100 pages.

• Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta, F. (2012). (guest editors). Theory and Applications of Divergence and Information Measures and Related Topics, Mathematics in Engineering, Science and Aerospace, Vol. 3, N.4, 92 pages.

• Frenkel, I., Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta, F. (2011). (guest editors). Recent advances in Biostatistics, Survival Analysis, Medical Statistics and Related Topics, Mathematics in Engineering, Science and Aerospace, Vol. 2, N.3, 80 pages.

• Koukouvinos, C., Vonta, F and Mylona, K. (2011). (guest editors). Statistical Methods in Biostatistics and Reliability, International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics. Vol. 24 ,SI-11A, 132 pages.

• Vonta, F. and Frenkel, I. (guest editors) (2007). Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, Vol. 10 (1), 121 pages.

PROCEEDINGS

• Vonta, F. (2006). BIOSTAT2006, Proceedings of the International Conference on Statistical Methods for Biomedical and Technical Systems, Kantzilaris Publ., Cyprus, 470 pages, ISBN 9963-644-53-8.