Research Interests

Spatial Statistics

AI-Geostatistics
European Spatial Statisics
Sixth SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences
Environmental Applications
Spatial Data Sets
S-Plus Spatial Stats
DeLorme CyberAtlas

Bayesian Methodology

ASA Bayesian Statistics Section
ISDS, Duke University



Published and Accepted Papers:


Isakson, H. and Ecker, M.D. (2008) "An Analysis of the Impact of Swine CAFOs on the Value of Nearby Houses". Agricultural Economics. (to appear).

Ecker, M.D. and V. De Oliveira (2008) "Bayesian Spatial Modeling of Housing Prices Subject to a Localized Externality". Communications in Statistics. 37. pp 2066-2078.

Ecker, M.D. and Isakson, H. (2005) "A Unified Convex-Concave Model of Urban Land Values". Regional Science and Urban Economics. 35. pp 265-277.

Gelfand, A.E., Ecker, M.D., Knight, J.R. and Sirmans, C.F. (2004) "The Dynamics of Location in Home Prices". Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. 29(2). pp 149-166.

Ecker, M.D. (2003) "Geostatistics: Past, Present and Future". In Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) . Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford ,UK. [http://www.eolss.net]

Ecker, M.D. and Gelfand, A.E., (2003) "Spatial Modeling and Prediction under Stationary Non-Geometric Range Anisotropy". Environmental and Ecological Statistics. 10. pp 165-178.

De Oliveira, V. and Ecker, M.D. (2002) "Bayesian Hot Spot Detection in the Presence of Spatial Trend: Application to Total Nitrogen Concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay". Environmetrics. 13. pp 85-101.

Isakson, H. and Ecker, M.D. (2001) "An Analysis of the Influence of Location in the Market for Undeveloped Urban Fringe Land". Land Economics. 77(1). pp 30-41.

Gelfand, A.E., Ecker, M.D., Christiansen, C., McLaughlin, T. and Soumerai, S. (2000) "Conditional Categorical Response Models with Application to Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction". JRSS-C (Applied Statistics). 49(2). pp 171-186.

Gelfand, A.E., Ravishanker, N. and Ecker, M.D. (2000) "Modeling and Inference for Point-Referenced Binary Spatial Data". In Dey, D., Ghosh, S. and Mallick, B., editors, Generalized Linear Models: A Bayesian Perspective. Marcel Dekker, Inc. pp 381-394.

Ecker, M.D. and Gelfand, A.E., (1999) "Bayesian Modeling and Inference for Geometrically Anisotropic Spatial Data". Mathematical Geology. 31(1). pp 67-83.

Ecker, M.D. and Gelfand, A.E. (1997) "Bayesian Variogram Modeling for an Isotropic Spatial Process". Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics (JABES). 2(4). pp 347-368.

Ecker, M.D. and Heltshe, J.F. (1994) "Geostatistical Estimates of Scallop Abundance" In Lange, N., Ryan, L., Billard, L., Brillinger, D., Conquest, L., and Greenhouse, J., editors, Case Studies in Biometry. New York: John Wiley and Sons. pp 107-124.




Student Directed Manuscripts and Publications:


Kolsrud, B, Funke, B and M.D. Ecker (2008). "Estimating the Weighted Labor Force for the Cedar Valley Laborshed". Technical Report, Department of Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa.

Ecker, M.D. and B. Funke (2007). "Temporal and Geographical Consistency Analyses using Iowa Laborshed Data". Technical Report, Department of Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa.

Ecker, M.D. and B. Funke (2005). "Comparing Urban versus Rural Models for Iowa Laborsheds". Technical Report, Department of Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa.

Ellyson, K. and Ecker, M.D. (2005). "Remote Sensing Calibration of Casey Lake and Silver Lake". American Journal of Undergraduate Research. 4(1). pp 19-25.

Ellyson, K. and Ecker, M.D. (2004). "Statistical Analysis of Phosphorus Levels in West Lake". Technical Report, Department of Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa.

Williams, N. and Ecker, M.D. (2003). "Analysis of Black Hawk County Wetlands: West Land and Railroad Lake". Technical Report, Department of Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa.

Florke, C.R. and Ecker, M.D. (2003). "NBA Draft Lottery Probabilities". American Journal of Undergraduate Research. 2(3). pp 19-29.

Oelmann, A. and Ecker, M.D. (2002). "A Statistical Examination of Sediment Phosphorus from Silver Lake and Lake Casey in 2002". Technical Report, Department of Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa.

Carlson, E. and Ecker, M.D. (2002). "A Statistical Examination of Water Quality in Two Iowa Lakes". American Journal of Undergraduate Research. 1(2). pp 31-45.

Ecker, M.D., Carpenter, M. and Broek, H. (2001) "Estimating the Potential Workforce for Iowa Laborsheds". Technical Report, Department of Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa.
Supporting files: Figure 3 , Table 6

Ecker, M.D. and Janssen, A. (2000) "Statistical Analysis of Water Quality Data from Lake Casey and Silver Lake". Technical Report, Department of Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa.

Ecker, M.D. and Janssen, A. (1999) "Water Quality in Lake Casey and Silver Lake, Iowa; Spatial Modeling and Prediction". Proceedings to the Ninth Annual Iowa Space Grant Conference. pp 1-10.

Ecker, M.D., Carpenter, M. and Quayle, N. (1999) "Statistical Analysis of the 1999 Ft. Dodge/Webster County Laborshed Data". Technical Report, Department of Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa.



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