Publications since 1993

ARNDT, U., BOURGEOIS, P., SCHWEIZER, B. and URFER, W. (1993): Harmful gas exclusion experiments in spruce trees at Edelmannshof. Results of ecophysiological and biochemical investigations. Nuclear Research Center Karlsruhe, European Research Center Project 104, 155-193.

BADER, S., URFER, W., and BAUMBACH, J.I. (2005): Processing ion mobility spectrometry data to characterize group differences in a multiple class comparison. International Journal for Ion Mobility Spectrometry 8, 1-4.

BADER, S., URFER, W., and BAUMBACH, J.I. (2006): Reduction of Ion Mobility Spectrometry Data by Clustering characteristic Peak Structures. International Journal of Chemometrics 20 (3-4), 128-135.

BAUMBACH, J.I., BADER, S., URFER, W., RUZSANYI, V., WESTHOFF, M., LITTERST, P., and FREITAG, L. (2007): Rapid classification of lung diseases by GC coupled ion mobility spctrometry. Journal of Chromatography A (in press).

BECKA, M., BOLT, H.M. and URFER, W. (1993): Statistical evaluation of toxicokinetic data. Environmetrics 4, 131-142.

BECKA, M. and URFER, W. (1994): Aspects of compartmental modeling and statistical analysis in toxicology, in order to characterize and quantify kinetic processes. Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology in Medicine and Biology 25, 265-274.

BECKA, M. and URFER, W. (1996): Statistical aspects of inhalation toxicokinetics. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 3, 51-64.

BEDNORZ, F., REICHSTEIN, M., BROLL, G., HOLTMEIER, F.-K. and URFER, W. (2000): Humus forms in the forest-alpine tundra ecotone at Stillberg (Dischmavalley/Switzerland) spatial heterogeneity and classification, Arctic and Alpine Research 32, 21-29.

BEIER, F., STOCK, S., DEGEN, G.H., and URFER, W. (1997): Adaptive method for the analysis of mutagenicity data. Informatics, biometry, and epidemiology in medicine and biology 28, 142-156.

BOLT, H.M., HEITMANN, P., GIESELER, F., REICH, S.E., URFER, W. and GOLKA, K. (1997): Risk factors for urinary bladder tumors in cancer follow-up patients in North Rhine-Westphalia. In: BORSCH-GALETKE, E. and STRUWE, F. (eds.): Dokumentationsband über die 37. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin e.V.. , Rindt-Druck Fulda, 127-131.

BONGARDT, F., VETTER, I., and URFER, W. (2002): Application of Hidden Markov Models for the Identification of Short Protein Repeats. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 23/2002.

BOURGEOIS, P., MEIER, A. and URFER, W. (1997): Data storage and statistiscal analysis of the results of the PEF-research-teams from the open-top-chamber experiment at Edelmannshof, In: Air pollutant exclusion experiment with spruce trees at Edelmannshof. Physiological and biochemical investigations. Ed.: Karlsruhe Research Center, European Research Center for Air Pollution Control Measures Project 164, 261-278.

BOURGEOIS, P., SILLES, M., and URFER, W. (1995): The database of measurement results of the PEF research groups at Schöllkopf near Freudenstadt and selected analytical methods for the investigation of the data. In: BITTLINGMAIER, L., REINHARDT, W. and SIEFERMANN-HARMS, D. (Eds.): Waldschäden im Schwarzwald. Series Environmental Research in Baden-Württemberg, Ecomed-Verlagsgesellschaft, Landsberg, 401-421.

BRUNNERT, M., FISCHER, P. and URFER, W. (2002): Sequence-Structure Alignment Using a Statistical Analysis of Core Models and Dynamic Programming. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 61/2002.

BRUNNERT, M., KRAHNKE, T. and URFER, W. (2003): Classification of Amino-Acid Sequences Using State-Space Models. In: SCHADER, M., GAUL, W., and VICHI, M. (eds.): Between Data Science and Applied Data Analysis. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg-Berlin, 615-623.

BRUNNERT, M., MÜLLER, O., and URFER, W. (2000): Genetical and statistical aspects of polymerase chain reactions. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 6/2000.

BRUNNERT, M., THIELE, R., MEVISSEN, H.T. and URFER, W. (2002): Statistical Analysis of Sequence-Structure Alignment Scores. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 38/2002.

BUSCH, U., BRECHTEL, H.M. and URFER, W. (1994): Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of Hydrological Parameters in Landuse Planning. In: Barnett, V. and Turkman, K.F. (Eds.): Statistics for the Environment 2: Water Related Issues, 319-344. Wiley, New York.

BUSCH, U., VAUTZ, W., KLOCKOW, D. and URFER, W. (1995): Determination of specific concentration profiles of atmospheric trace constituents in precipitation as a method for estimating the areal input of substances into soil using statistical methods. Environmental Research Plan of the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Environmental Chemicals/Pollutant Effects, Research Report 302 02 006.

EDLER, L., GILBERG, F., PORTIER, C., and URFER, W. (1997): Statistical methods for the evaluation of enzyme induction kinetics in risk assessment. Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology in Medicine and Biology 28, 213-226.

EMRICH, K. and URFER, W. (1999): Estimation of genetic parameters using molecular markers and EM-algorithms. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 48/1999.

EMRICH, K. and URFER, W. (2004): Benefits and complications of maximum likelihood estimation in (composite) interval mapping methods using EM and ECM. Euphytica 137, 155-163.

FUCHS, S., REICH, S., SCHULZ, A., and URFER, W. (1996): Geometric distribution of brood cell infestation by Varroa Jacobsoni Oud. for estimating brood infestation, rate of reproduction and proportion of non-sib matings. Pszczelnicze Zeszyty Naukowe, Rok XL, No. 2, 275-276.

GANNOUN, A., SARACCO, J., URFER, W., and BONNEY, G.E. (2002): Nonparametric Modeling Approach for Discovering Differentially Expressed Genes in Replicated Microarray Experiments. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 41/2002.

GANNOUN, A., SARACCO, J., URFER, W., and BONNEY, G.E. (2004): Nonparametric analysis of replicated microarray experiments. Statistical Modeling 4, 195-209.

GERSS, J., SCHACH, S. and URFER, W. (1999): Statistical analysis of spatial and temporal dynamics of a bacterial layer in an aquatic ecosystem. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 30/1999.

GILBERG, F., EDLER, L. and URFER, W. (1999): Heteroscedastic Nonlinear Regression Models with Random Effects and their Application to EnzymeKinetic Data, Biometrical Journal 41, 543-557.

GOLKA, K., BANDEL, T., RECKWITZ, T., URFER, W., BOLT, H.M., BREMICKER, K.D., NEUGEBAUER, W., and SCHULZE, H. (1999): Occupational risk factors of urinary bladder carcinoma-a case-control study. Urologist A, 38, 358-363.

GOLKA, K., BANDEL, T., REICH, S., URFER, W., and BOLT, H.M. (1998): Urothelial cancer of the bladder in an area of former coal, iron and steal industries in Germany - a case control study. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 4, 79-84.

GOLKA, K., BANDEL, T., URFER, W., and BOLT, H.M. (1995): Occupational risk factors for tumors of the urinary bladder and prostate. Publication series of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Verlag für Neue Wissenschaft, Bremerhaven.

GOLKA, K., BANDEL, T., URFER, W., SCHULZE, H. and BOLT, H.M. (1998): Elevated bladder cancer risk in underground coal miners in the Ruhr area: epidemiological and toxicogenetic data. Occupational Hygiene 4, 443-453.

GOLKA, K., BECKA, M., BOLT, H.M. and URFER, W. (1999): Statistical aspects of toxicokinetics in dynamic systems: an inhalation study of propylene in rats, Central European Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 5, 181-191.

GOLKA, K., SCHLÄFKE, S., DICKHUT, S., REICH, S.E., URFER, W., and BOLT, H.M. (1996): Application of statistical methods to the identification of occupational risks for malignant tumors of the urinary bladder and prostate. Hänsel-Hohenhausen Verlag der Deutschen Hochschulschriften, Egelsbach.

GRIMMENSTEIN, I., ANDRADE, M.A., and URFER, W. (2002): Identification of conserved regions and determination of relationships in protein families by Self-Organizing Maps. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 36/2002.

GRIMMENSTEIN, I.M., QUAST, K. and URFER, W. (2005): Analyzing microarray data with the generative topographic mapping approach. In: WEIHS, C., and GAUL, W. (Eds.): Classification: the Ubiquitous Challenge. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg-Berlin, 338-345.

GRIMMENSTEIN, I.M., and URFER, W. (2004): Analyzing protein data with the generative topographic mapping approach. In: D. BAIER and K.-D. WERNECKE (Eds.): Innovation in Classification, Data Science, and Information Systems. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg-Berlin, 183-191.

GRZEGORCZYK, M. and URFER, W. (2003): Statistical aspects of Bayesian networks used for gene expression data. Research report 2003/5, Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund.

GRZEGORCZYK, M. and URFER, W. (2004): Determination of interacting genes in kidney tissues using Bayesian networks. Research Report 2004/3, Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund.

GUIMARAES, G. and URFER, W. (2002): Self-organizing maps and its applications in sleep apnea research and molecular genetics. In: OPITZ, O. and SCHWAIGER, M. (Eds.): Exploratory data analysis in empirical research. Studies in classification, data analysis and knowledge organization. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 332-345.

HOFFMANN, S., BÜCHLER, R., BIENEFELD, K. and URFER, W. (1996): Genetic effects on varroa infestation within Carnica populations. Proceedings of the Apimondia meeting in Lausanne, Apimondia Verlag.

JUNG, K., GANNOUN, A., SITEK, B., MEYER, H.E., STÜHLER, K. and URFER, W. (2005): Analysis of dynamic protein expression data. REVSTAT - Statistical Journal 3, 99-111.

JUNG, K., GANNOUN, A., SITEK, B., APOSTOLOV, O., SCHRAMM, A., MEYER, H.E., STÜHLER, K., and URFER, W. (2006): Statistical evaluation of methods for the analysis of dynamic protein expression data from a tumor study. REVSTAT - Statistical Journal 4, 67-80.

JUNG, K., QUAST, K., GANNOUN, A., and URFER, W. (2006): A renewed approach to the non parametric analysis of replicated microarray experiments. Biometrical Journal 48, 245-254.

JUNG, K., QUAST, K., and URFER, W. (2004): Software tools for the selection of differentially expressed genes: degenes. Research report 2004/8, Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund.

JUNG, K., SITEK, B., STÜHLER, K., APOSTOLOV, O., SCHRAMM, A., EGGERT, A., URFER, W., and MEYER, H.E. (2004): Statistical analysis of proteome changes upon ligand-activation of Trk-receptors using two-dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis. Research report 9/2004, Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund.

KIRSCHBAUM, N. and URFER, W. (2006): Partial least squares regression analysis of biomolecular interactions using surface plasmon resonance biosensor technology. Research Report 2006/1, Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund.

KÖTTING, J., BONNEY, G.E., and URFER, W. (1998): Disposition models for the analysis of dynamics in forest ecosystems. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 24/1998.

KRAHNKE, T., SCHEFFNER, A. and URFER, W. (1998): Spectral estimation for psycho-physiological data: Estimation lower dimensional representation in frequency space. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 29/1998.

KUTZNER, N., HOFFMANN, I., LINKE, C., THIENEL, T., GRZEGORCZYK, M., URFER, W., MARTIN, D., WINDE, G., TRASKA, T., HOHLBACH, G., MÜLLER, K.-M., KUHNEN, C., and MÜLLER, O. (2005): Non-invasive detection of colorectal tumours by the combined application of molecular diagnosis and the faecal occult blodd test. Cancer Letters 229, 33-41.

MÁRKUS, L., BERKE, O., URFER, W., and KÓVACS, J. (1999): Spatial prediction of the intensity of latent effects governing hydrogeological phenomena. Environmetrics 10, 633-654.

NEUHÄUSER, M., SEIDEL, D., HOLTHORN, L.A., and URFER, W. (2000): Robust trend tests with application to toxicology. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 7, 43-56.

ODAI, R., KÖTTING, J., KWAGYAN, J., BONNEY G.E. and URFER, W. (2002): Correlated Weibull Regression Model for Multivariate Binary Data. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 66/2002.

PODWOJSKI, K., and URFER, W. (2007): A genetic algorithm for classification of protein expression data from mass spectrometry. Research Report 2007/1, Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund.

REICH, S.E., FUCHS, S., SCHULZ, A., and URFER, W. (1994): Counting on varroa - evaluation of varroa infestation of brood cells and practical applications. Die Biene 130, 460-464.

REICH, S.E., FUCHS, S., SCHULZ, A. and URFER, W. (1998): Geometric approximation of the infestation of honey bee brood cells by Varroa jacobsoni Oud. and implications for the estimation of brood infestation, for population models, and for the proportion of non-sibling matings. Journal of Apicultural Research 37, 115-123.

ROLF, S., SPRAVE, J., and URFER, W. (1997): Model identification and parameter estimation of the ARMA models by means of evolutionary algorithms. Proceedings of the IEEE/IAFE 1997 Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering, New York, 237-243.

ROLF, S., SPRAVE, J. and URFER, W. (1997): Statistical parameter estimation as an example for mixed-integer optimization by means of evolutionary algorithms. Proceedings of the third International Conference on Applied Informatics, Eger-Noszvaj, Hungary, 1-6.

SCHMITZ, N. and URFER, W. (1997): State-dependent time series models for heart reate dynamics data and their application to psychophysiology. Informatics, biometry and epidemiology in medicine and biology 28, 169-184.

SELINSKI, S., GOLKA, K., BOLT, H.M., and URFER, W. (2000): Estimation of toxicokinetic parameters in population models for inhalation studies with ethylene. Environmetrics 11, 479-495.

SELINSKI, S., QUINKE, B., GOLKA, K., BOLT, H.M. and URFER, W. (2002): Population toxicokinetics of ethylene: Models and validation of first order assumptions on kinetic processes. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 45/2002.

SIEFERMANN-HARMS, D., BOURGEOIS, P. and URFER, W. (1993): Results and conclusions of coordinated research on montane yellowing of spruce in high altitudes of the Black Forest. Nuclear Research Center Karlsruhe, Project European Research Center 104, 79-126.

SIEFERMANN-HARMS, D., BOURGEOIS, P., and URFER, W. et al. (1995): Results and conclusions of the interdisciplinary study on yellowing of spruce in montane sites of the Black Forest (Freudenstadt-Schöllkopf 1989-91). In: BITTLINGMAIER, L., REINHARDT, W. and SIEFERMANN-HARMS, D. (eds.): Waldschäden im Schwarzwald. Environmental research series in Baden-Württemberg, Ecomed-Verlagsgesellschaft, Landsberg, 1-48.

SOUSA, L., ALTHOFF, T., RAJA, M., KINNE, R.K.H., and URFER, W. (2004): Prediction of nonhelical intramembrane segments in membrane proteins by Bayesian methodology. Research Report 2004/4, Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund.

SOUSA, L., SANTOS, M., TURKMAN, M.A.A., and URFER, W. (2001): Bayesian analysis of protein sequence data. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 48/2001.

SOUSA, L., SANTOS, M., TURKMAN, M.A.A. and URFER, W. (2002): Hidden Markov Models and Neural Networks: Identifying Signal Peptides and Transmembrane Protein Topology. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 27/2002.

SOUSA, L., SANTOS, M., TURKMAN, M.A.A., and URFER, W. (2003): Identifying transmembrane protein topology using hidden Markov models. Proceedings of the X. Annual Meeting of SPE, Porto, 23-31.

STÜHLER, K., PFEIFFER, K., JOPPICH, C., STEPHAN, C., JUNG, K., MÜLLER, M., SCHMIDT, O., VAN HALL, A., HAMACHER, M., URFER, W., MEYER, H.E., and MARCUS. K. (2006): Pilot study of the Human Proteome Project: Applying different 2-DE techniques to monitor proteomic changes during murine brain development. Proteomics 6, 4899-4913.

URFER, W. (1993): Statistical analysis of climatological and ecological factors in forestry - spatial and temporal aspects. In: Barnett, V., Turkman, F. (Eds.): Statistics for the Environment, 335-345, John Wiley and Sons, New York.

URFER, W. (1994): Quantifying the dynamics of change in tree pattern using infrared aerial photography. Proceedings Volume 1: Invited Papers of the XVIIth International Biometric Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, 303-316.

URFER, W. (1995): Applications of statistical methods in environmental research. In: Frohn, J., Gather, U., Stute, W. and Thöni, H. (Eds.): Applied Statistics - Recent Developments. Special issues of the Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv, issue 29, 185-199. Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Göttingen.

URFER, W. (1998): Genotoxicity - evaluation of mutagenicity studies. In: RASCH, D., HERRENDÖRFER, G., BOCK, J., VIKTOR, N., and GUIARD, V. (Eds.): Procedural library: experimental design and evaluation, vol. II, , 611-616.

URFER, W. (2000): Editorial: statistical toxicology and toxicological statistics. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 7, 23-25.

URFER, W. (2001): Statistical tools for extracting information from DNA sequence data. In: KUNERT; J. and TRENKLER, G. (Eds.): Mathematical Statistics with Applications in Biometry: Festschrift in Honour of Siegfried Schach. Eul Verlag, Cologne, 103 - 112.

URFER, W. (2002): Hazardous agents. In: EL-SHAARAWI, A.H., and PIEGORSCH, W.W. (Eds.): Encyclopedia of Environmetrics, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, Vol. 2, 983-987.

URFER, W. and AMARAL TURKMAN, M.A. (2006): 'Proceedings of the Workshop on Statistics in Genomics and Proteomics', Monte Estoril, 5-8 October 2005, International Centre of Mathematics Editions, Vol. 27, Coimbra, Portugal.

URFER, W. and BECKA, M. (1994): Statistical data analysis for identifying kinetic processes. American Statistical Assoc., 1994 Proceedings of the Section on Statistics and the Environment, 14-18.

URFER, W. and BECKA, M. (1996): Exploratory and model based inference in toxicokinetics. In: B.J.T. Morgan (Ed.): Statistics in Toxicology, 198-216. Oxford University Press.

URFER, W. and BERKE, O. (1997): Applications of geostatistics in monitoring systems and forest ecosystem research. Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatistica, Boletim Informativo, 16-20.

URFER, W., BÜCHSENSCHÜTZ, H., RÖBER, H.-M. and SCHULTE, M. (1994): Statistical analysis of biochemical and physiological investigation results within the research program "Air pollution and forest damage" of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Research Report No. 37 on the Research Program of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia "Air Pollution and Forest Damage". Published by the Ministry of the Environment, Regional Planning and Agriculture of North Rhine-Westphalia.

URFER, W. and EMRICH, K. (2003): Maximum likelihood estimates of genetic effects. In: PANARETOS, J. (Ed.): Stochastic Musings. Perspectives from the Pioneers of the Late 20th Century. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc, Inc, Publishers, New Jersey, 179-187.

URFER, W., GRZEGORCZYK, M., and JUNG, K. (2006): Statistics for Proteomics: A Review of Tools for Analyzing Experimental Data. Practical Proteomics 1-2, 50-57.

URFER, W., and SCHWARZENBACH, F.-H. (1995): Analysis of arctic mountain vegetation: diversity and vertical distribution. Coenoses- International Journal for Population and Community Ecology 10, 133-140.

URFER, W., SCHWARZENBACH, F.-H., KÖTTING, J. and MÜLLER, P. (1994): Multistate models for monitoring individual trees in permanent observation plots. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 1, 171-199.

VAUTZ, W., BUSCH, A.U., URFER, W. and KLOCKOW, D. (2003): A statistical approach to estimate spatial distributions of wet deposition in Germany. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 145, 215-238.

ZERBST, M., TSCHIERSCH, L., TALBI, M., GUIMARAES, G., and URFER, W. (2000): Clustering algorithms for aerial photographs and high resolution satellite images. SFB 475, University of Dortmund. Technical Report No. 28/2000.