About this journal

The Theory and Methods series intends to publish papers that make theoretical and methodological advances in Probability and Statistics. New applications of statistical and probabilistic methods will also be considered for publication. In addition, special issues dedicated to a specific topic of current interest will also be published in this series periodically, providing an exhaustive and up-to-date review of that topic to the readership.

Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and if found suitable for further consideration, will be peer-reviewed by independent and anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via the Submission Portal.

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The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) and utilizes Similarity Check via CrossRef for all journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/.
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Editor-in-Chief

N. BALAKRISHNAN
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada

Senior Editors

WILLIAM R. SCHUCANY - Southern Methodist University, Texas
ANANT M. KSHIRSAGAR - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
JAMES E. GENTLE - George Mason University, Virginia

Founding Editor

DONALD B. OWEN (Volumes 1–20)

Former Editor

WILLIAM B. SMITH (Volumes 21–29)

Associate Editors

JAFAR AHMADI - Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
HONGSHIK AHN - State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York
EBRAHIM AMINI-SERESHT - Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran
NIRIAN MARTIN APAOLAZA - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
BARRY C. ARNOLD - University of California, Riverside, California
N. BALAKRISHNA - Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India
ISMIHAN BAYRAMOGLU - Izmir Univeristy of Economics, Turkey
ANDRIETTE BEKKER - University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
FELIX BELZUNCE - Universidad de Murcia, Spain
NEDRET BILLOR - Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
ATANU BISWAS - Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
SWATI BISWAS - University of Texas at Dallas, USA
LAURENT BORDES - Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Pau, France
CHRYS CARONI - National Technical University of Athens, Greece
PHILIPPE CASTAGLIOLA - Université de Nantes
SUBHA CHAKRABORTI - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
PING-SHING CHAN - Chinese University of Hong Kong
PANKAJ KUMAR CHOUDHARY - University of Texas at Dallas, Texas
TASOS CHRISTOFIDES - University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
FRANK COOLEN - Durham University, Durham, UK
ERHARD CRAMER - Instiut fur Statistik und Wirtschaftsmathematik, Aachen, Germany
LIRONG CUI - Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
ANNA DEMBINSKA - Warsaw Technical University, Poland
EMILIO GÓMEZ DÉNIZ - University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
TSAI-HUNG FAN - National Central University, Taiwan
HONGBIN FANG - Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
KATARZYNA FILIPIAK - Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
W. HOLMES FINCH - Ball State University, USA
DAVID GILES - University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
VALERIE GIRARDIN - Université Caen Normandie, France
GRACIELA GONZALEZ FARIAS - CIMAT (Research Center in Mathematics), Guanajuato, Mexico
JIANHUA GUO - Northeast Normal University, China
SUDHIR C. GUPTA - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
NIL KAMAL HAZRA - Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India
LI-SHAN HUANG - National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
JUERG HUESLER - University of Bern, Switzerland
ALAN HUTSON - University of Buffalo, New York
UDO KAMPS - RWTH, Aachen University, Germany
REZAUL KARIM - University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
DIMITRIS KARLIS - Athens University of Economics, Greece
MARIA KATERI - University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece
B. M. GOLAM KIBRIA - Florida International University, Miami, Florida
CELESTIN C. KOKONENDJI - Universite de Franche-Comte, Besancon, France
CHRISTOS KOUKOUVINOS - National Technical University of Athens, Greece
MARKOS KOUTRAS - University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece
TOMASZ KOZUBOWSKI - University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
K. KRISHNAMOORTHY - University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana
CLAUDE LEFEVRE - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
GANG LI - GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
TAO LI - Shanghai University of Finance of Economics, China
NIKOLAOS LIMNIOS - Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Compiègne, France
CHIEN-TAI LIN - Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan
MAN HO LING - The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
MIN-QIAN LIU - Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China
YANYAN LIU - Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
FRANCISCO LOUZADA - ICMC-USP, Sao Carlos, Brazil
KRISTOFER MANSSON - Jonkoping University, Sweden
CHRISTINE E. McLAREN - University of California, Irvine, California
SOPHIE MERCIER - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France
MOUNIR MESBAH - Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
JIE MI - Florida International University, Miami, Florida
FOTIOS S. MILIENOS - University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
NEERAJ MISRA - India Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
NITIS MUKHOPADHYAY - University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
HIDEKI NAGATSUKA - Chuo University, Japan
ASOK NANDA - Indian Institution of Science Education and Research–Kolkata, Mohanpur, India
ALEKSANDAR NASTIC - University of Niš, Serbia
TAPAN NAYAK - George Washington University, Washington, DC
R. B. NELSEN - Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
MARKUS NEUHAEUSER - University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
H. K. TONY NG - Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
J. P. NOLAN - American University, Washington, DC
OMER OZTURK - The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
SUVRA PAL - University of Texas at Arlington, Texas
MARIA DEL CARMEN PARDO - Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
SANGUN PARK - Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
CHRISTIAN PAROISSIN - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France
SIMO PUNTANEN - University of Tampere, Finland
N. RAO CHAGANTY - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
MIROSLAV RISTIC - University of Nis, Serbia
TOMASZ RYCHLIK - Polish Academy of Sciences, Torun, Poland
LUIGI SALMASO - University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy
ALLAN SAMPSON - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
JOSE MARIA SARABIA - CUNEF Universidad, Madrid, Spain
ANANDA SEN - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
GABRIELE SOFFRITTI - University of Bologna, Italy
DARCY STEEG MORRIS - US Census Bureau, Alexandria, Virginia
ALEXEI STEPANOV - Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia
ALFONSO SUAREZ-LLORENS - Universidad de Cadiz
LIANSHENG LARRY TANG - George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
MAN-LAI TANG - Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
RAM TRIPATHI - University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
CHEN-AN TSAI - China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
ALAN WAN - City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
XIKUI WANG - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
XUEJUN WANG - Anhui University, China
SAM WEERAHANDI - Pfizer, USA
WING-KEUNG (ALAN) WONG - Asia University, Taiwan
MAOCHAO XU - Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
SARMA YADAVALLI - University of Pretoria, South Africa
CHUANCUN YIN - Qufu Normal University, China
BO ZHANG - Renmin University, China
PENG ZHAO - Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
XINGQUI ZHAO - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
XIAOJUN ZHU - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Social Media Editor

ERNEST FOKOUÉ - School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York