Dr Phil Ansell
Lecturer in Statistics
School of
Mathematics & Statistics
Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU, UK
Office: 3.05 Herschel Building
Telephone: 0191 222 6344, Fax: 0191 222
8020
E-mail:
P.S.Ansell@newcastle.ac.uk
Lecture courses for 2010-11:
Semester 1
- MAS2304: Foundations of Probability
- PSY2010: Statistics for Experimental Psychology
Semester 2
- MAS1301: Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Other courses taught:
- MAS131/231: Introduction to Probability and Statistics (Semester
2 2004-2006)
- MAS365: Queueing systems (Semester 2 2001-2004)
- MAS233/633: Statistical Methods (Semester 1 2003-2004)
- MAS234/634: Applied Probability (Semester 2 2001-2003)
- MAS237/637: Networks and Decision Making (Semester 1 2001-02)
- MAS238/638: Quality Management (Semester 2 2000-01)
Research interests:
- Stochastic optimisation
- Queueing theory
- Achievable region approaches to stochastic optimisation
- Bandit problems
- Dynamic treatment regimes
- Inference for queueing systems
- Analysis of Sports Data
Profile information:
Recent MMathStat project students:
- Ben Nichols: Statistics models for the prediction of football matches, 2010
- Robert Jardine: Statistical models for the prediction of
football matches, 2009
- Duncan Smith: Analysis of call centre data, 2005
- Michael Wood: The design of a course in the history of
statistics/probability, 2004
- Fay Pickup: The history of statistics/probability 1654-1754, 2003
- Daniel Wass: The repairman problem, 2003
- Katie Barnes: Contributions to the Normal distribution, 2002
- Mourad Ketani: Queueing systems , 2002
Administrative duties:
- Director of Recruitment and Admissions
- Admissions Selector