Prof R. A. Bailey

Prof R. A. Bailey

Emeritus Professor

Email
rab24@st-andrews.ac.uk
Office
317 MI
Location
Mathematical Institute

 

Teaching

From 2014 to 2025 I  taught Design of Experiments.  Previously I have taught modules on Probability, other parts of Statistics, Group Theory, Association Schemes, other parts of Combinatorics.

Research areas

I am now Professor Emerita, having  been a half-time (and then one-quarter-time) Professor of Statistics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics from 2013 to 2025.  My previous jobs included ten years in agricultural research at Rothamsted Experimental Station,  as well as professorships at Goldsmiths College, University of London and Queen Mary University of London.

My research falls into three main areas, as follows.

(1) Design and analysis of experiments, including complicated blocking structures, complicated treatment structures, and multi-phase experiments. Applications in agriculture, horticulture, biodiversity in ecology, clinical trials.

(2) Combinatorics, including block designs, row-column designs, neighbour-balanced designs, and association schemes.

(3) Finite group theory, in particular the role of permutation groups in the randomization of experimental designs, and the role of finite Abelian groups in the construction of factorial designs.

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Selected publications

  • Open access
    Bailey, R. A., Cameron, P. J., Praeger, C. E. & Schneider, C., Aug 2022, In: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 375, 8, p. 5259-5311

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Bailey, R. A. & Brien, C. J., Jun 2016, In: Annals of Statistics. 44, 3, p. 1131-1164 34 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bailey, R. A., 12 May 2023, Research in history and philosophy of mathematics: the CSHPM 2021 volume. Zack, M. & Waszek, D. (eds.). Cham: µþ¾±°ù°ì³óä³Ü²õ±ð°ù, p. 213-233 21 p. (Annals of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/ Société canadienne d’histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Open access
    Bailey, R. A., Cameron, P. J., Gavrilyuk, A. L. & Goryainov, S. V., 1 Mar 2019, In: Journal of Combinatorial Designs. 27, 3, p. 142-160

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Bailey, R. A., 2017, Surveys in Combinatorics 2017. Claesson, A., Dukes, M., Kitaev, S., Manlove, D. & Meeks, K. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1-86 86 p. (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series; vol. 440).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Open access
    Flores, L., Bailey, R. A., Elosegi, A., Larrañaga, A. & Reiss, J., 1 Nov 2016, In: PLoS One. 11, 11, 15 p., e0165065.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Perkins, D. M., Bailey, R. A., Dossena, M., Gamfeldt, L., Reiss, J., Trimmer, M. & Woodward, G., Jan 2015, In: Global Change Biology. 21, 1, p. 396-406 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Bailey, R. A. & Druilhet, P., Dec 2014, In: Annals of Statistics. 42, 6, p. 2282-2300 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review