Theses

Theses
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Listing of Theses
2012	Garrett Grolemund, PhD	Tools and Theory for Improving Data Analysis
2011	Roberto Bertolusso, PhD	Computational models of signaling processes in cells with applications: Influence of stochastic and spatial effects
2011	Eric Chi, PhD	Parametric Classification and Variable Selection by the Minimum Integrated Least Squares Criterion
2011	Kevin DeHoff, PhD	Live Cell Compartment Tracking: Object Tracking in Oscillating Intensity Images
2011	Bei Bei Guo, PhD	Statistical Methods for Bioinformatics: Estimation of Copy Number and Detection of Gene Interactions
2011	David Kahle, PhD	Minimum Distance Estimation in Categorical Conditional Independence Models
2011	Jonathan Lane, PhD	Robust Quantile Regression Using L2E
2011	Dajiang Liu, PhD	Statistical Methods for Analyzing Rare Variant Complex Trait Associations via Sequence Data
2010	Beth Bower, PhD	Forecasting Wind Power and Prices for Increased Revenue in the Texas Electricity Market
2010	Colleen Kenney, PhD	On the Separation of T Tauri Star Spectra using Non-negative Matrix Factorization and Bayesian Positive Source Separation
2010	Alejandro Marcelo Cruz, PhD	Estimating the Term Structure With a Semi-parametric Bayesian Population Model: an Application to Corporate Bonds
2010	Terrance Dean Savitsky, PhD	Generalized Gaussian Process Models with Bayesian Variable Selection
2010	Sarah Julia Thomas, PhD	Model-based Clustering for Multivariate Time Series of Counts
2010	Nan (Jenny) Zhang, PhD	Regression Survival Analysis with Dependent Censoring and a Change Point for the Hazard Rate: with Application to the Impact of the Gramm-Leach-Bliey Act to Insurance Companies' Survival
2009	Charlotte H Ahern, PhD	Statistical Modelling in the Optimization of Breast Cancer Screening Schedules
2009	Jamie Chatman, PhD	Computing Diversity in Undergraduate Admissions Decisions
2009	James Blair Christian, PhD	Incorporating Annotation Data in Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping with mRNA Transcripts
2009	Viacheslav Fofanov, PhD	Statistical Models in Protein Structural Alignments
2009	Millennia Foy, PhD	Lung Carcinogenesis Modeling: Resampling and Simulation Approach to Model Fitting, Validation, and Prediction
2009	Darrin Gershman, PhD	Modeling Price Dynamics on Electronic Stock Exchanges with Applications in Developing Automated Trading Strategies
2009	Deborah Goldwasser, PhD	Parameter Estimation in Mathematical Models of Lung Cancer
2009	Luis Gonzalo Leon Novelo, PhD	Bayesian Semiparametric and Flexible Models for Analyzing Biomedical Data
2009	Matthias Mathaes, PhD	Statistical Tests of Neutrality based on SNP and Alu Repeat Data
2009	Tuan Nguyen, PhD	Dimension Reduction Methods with Applications to High Dimensional Data with a Censored Response
2009	E. Shannon Neeley, PhD	Models for the Preprocessing of Reverse Phase Protein Arrays
2009	Xiaowei Wu, PhD	Branching Processes with Biological Applications
2009	Hongxiao Zhu, PhD	Functional Data Classification and Covariance Estimation
2008	Garrett Fox, Ph.D	A Bayesian Hierarchical Haplotype Model for Unphased Genotypic SNP Data
2008	Jason Andrew Gershman, Ph.D	Clustering Time-Course Gene-Expression Array
2008	Hannah Jabri, Ph.D.	Term Structures of Conditional Probabilities of Corporate Default in an Incomplete Information
2008	Colleen Kenney, M.A.	The Analysis of Limit Orders Using the Cox Proportional Hazards Model with Independent Competing Risks
2008	Lada Kyj, PhD	Estimating Realized Covariance Using High Frequency Data
2008	Josue Noyola Martinez, Ph.D	Investigation of the Tau-leap Method for Stochastic Simulation
2008	Galen Papkov, PhD	Locally-Adaptive Polynomial-Smoothed Histograms with Application to Massive and Pre-Binned Data Sets
2008	Talithia Williams, Ph.D	Real-Time Estimation of Rainfall: A Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Model
2007	Chad Bhatti, Ph.D	Statistical Models for Intraday Trading Dynamics
2007	Pawel Paszek, Ph.D	Modeling stochasticity in gene regulation
2007	David Rossell-Ribera ,Ph.D	Some approaches to bayesian design of experiments and microarray data analysis
2007	Jose-Miguel Yamal, Ph.D	Multilevel Classification
2006	Xiuyu (Julie) Cong, Ph.D	Statistical issues in breast cancer screening and clustered survival data analysis
2006	Ginger M. Davis, Ph.D.	An Examination of Some Open Problems in Time Series Analysis
2006	Li Deng, Ph.D	Modeling Carcinogenesis in Lung Cancer: Taking Genetic Factors and Smoking Factor into Account
2006	Meichun Ding, Ph.D	Bayesian Optimal Design for Phase II Screening Trials
2006	Shu Han, Ph.D	Modeling Auxiliary Information in Clinical Trials
2006	Jong Soo Lee, Ph.D	Aspects of Functional Data Inference and Its Applications
2006	Bo Peng, Ph.D	Forward-time population genetics simulation and its applications in the mapping of complex human diseases
2006	Krzysztof Rudnicki, Ph.D	A Dynamic Model for Survival Data with Longitudinal Covariates
2006	Alena Scott, Ph.D	Denoising by Wavelet Thresholding Using Multivariate Minimum Distance Partial Density Estimation
2006	Zhaoxia Yu, Ph.D	Hapoltype Block and Genetic Association
2006	Xian Zhou, Ph.D	Bayesian Inference for Ordinal Data
2005	Kalatu R. Davies, Ph.D	Inverse Decision Theory with Medical Applications
2005	Gretchen Abigail Fix, Ph.D	Estimating Marginal Survival in the Presence of Dependent and Independent Censoring: With Applications to Dividend Initiation Policy
2005	Michael Louis Lecocke, Ph.D	An Empirical Study of Feature Selection in Binary Classification with DNA Microarray Data
2005	Richard Charles Ott, Ph.D	On the Operating Characteristics of Some Non-Parametric Methodologies for the Classification of Distributions by Tail Behavior
2004	Evan John Brott, MA	An Unconditional Test for the Single-Sample Binomial
2004	Jason Deines, MA	Using Simulation to Assess Prediction Performance Change with Simulated Annealing on Probability Arrays
2004	John A. Dobelman, Ph.D	Market Outpreformance by Nonparametric, Simugram-Based Portfolio Selection
2004	Musie S. Ghebremichael, Ph.D	Nonparametric Estimation of Bivariate Mean Residual Life Function
2004	Deepa Rajan, MA	Analysis of Regulatory Mechanisms of Genes controlled by the Transcription Factor NF-kappaB
2004	Hsi-Guang Sung, Ph.D	Gaussian Mixture Regression and Classification
2004	Michael Swartz, Ph.D	Stochastic Search Gene Suggestion: Hierarchecal Bayesian Model Selection Meets Gene Mapping
2003	John Michael Miller Ph.D	Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Long-run Performance Prediction: An Application of Data Mining
2002	Nancy Glenn Ph.D	Robust Empirical Likelihood
2002	Heidi Spratt Ph.D	A Comparison of Three Methods Used to Determine Functionally Important Protein Residues
2002	Richard Swartz Ph.D	Applications of Bayesian Sequential Decision Theory to Medical Decision Making
2001	Rachel Boekenhauer Ph.D	Estimating Nonlinear Functionals of a Random Field
2001	Roxy Cramer Ph.D	Parameter Estimation for Discretely Observed Continuous-Time Markov Chains
2001	Chad Shaw Ph.D	Genealogical Methods for Multitype Branching Processes with Applications in Biology
2001	William C. Wojciechowski Ph.D	Robust Modeling
2000	Larry Scott Baggett Ph.D	A Comprehensive Approach to Spatial and Spatiotemporal Dependence Modeling
2000	Mary Sifford Calizzi Ph.D	An Approach to Modeling a MultivariateSpatial-Temporal Processes
2000	John Patrick King Ph.D	A Microsatellite-based Statistic for Inferring Patterns of Population Growth: Sampling Properties and Hypothesis Testing
1999	David Andrews Ph.D	Spatial-Temporal Modeling of Vector-Valued Data Using Gradient Processes: An Application to Wind Fields
1999	Martin Lawera Ph.D	Future Prices: Data Mining and Modeling Approaches
1999	Otto Schwalb, III Ph.D	Pratical and Effective Methods of Simulation Based Parameter Estimation for Multidimensional Data
1998	Mark Gebert Ph.D	Non-Parametric Density Contour Estimation
1998	Vernon Shane Pankratz, Ph.D	Stochastic Models & Linkage Disequlibrium: Estimating the Recombination Coefficient
1997	Leslea Janice Davison, MA	Evolution of Microsatellite Loci: Models and Data
1997	John Salch Ph.D	Pratical Methods for Data Mining with Massive Data Sets
1996	Elaine Margaret Yonker Hauschel, MA	Estimation of Contaminant Concentration in Ground Water Using a Stochastic Flow and Transport Model
1995	Keith Baggerly Ph.D	Visual Estimation of Structure in Ranked Data
1995	Christopher M. Brauner, MA	Progress Against Cancer-A New Measure
1995	Margaret Elizabeth Gelder Ehm Ph.D	Estimation of Uncertainty in genetic Linkage Data for Human Pedigrees
1995	Marc Nathan Elliott Ph.D	An Automatic Algorithm for the Estimation of Mode Locatin and Numerosity in General Multidimensional Data
1995	Monnie McGee Ph.D	Tests for Harmonic Components in the Spectra of Categorical Time Series
1995	Mark Overley Ph.D	A Stochastic Approach to Prepayment Modeling
1994	Stephan Sain Ph.D	Adaptive Kernal Density Estimation
1994	David Stivers Ph.D	Multi-type Branching Process Models of Cell Proliferation
1994	Ronnie Webster West Ph.D	Modeling the Potential Impact of HIV on the Spread of Tuberculosis in the United States
1993	Terri Frantom Hood, MA	Autocorrelated Data in Quality Control Charts
1993	Kerry Go Ph.D	Nonparametric Estimation of Transitions in Cancer
1993	Robert M. Moreno, MA	Spatial Estimation from Sparse Data
1992	Michael C. Minnottee Ph.D	A Test of Mode Existence with Applications to Multimodality
1992	Floyd Martin Spears Ph.D	Multi-Stage Designs in Dose-Response Studies
1991	Lynn Dittrich, MA	A Time Series Approach to Quality Control
1990	Ferdinand Wang Ph.D	A New Menthod for Robust Nonparametirc Regression.
1989	Roland Pena Sanchez Ph.D	A Nonparametric Regression Algorithm for Time Series Forecasting Applied to Daily Maximum Urban Ozone Concentrations
1985	James Rodney Jee Ph.D	A Study of Projection Pursuit Methods
1983	Steven B. Boswell Ph.D	Nonparametric Mode Estimation for Higher Dimensional Densities
1983	Richard J. Hathaway Ph.D	Constrained Maximum-Likelihood Estimation for a Mixture of M Univariate Distributions
1981	E. Neely Atkinson Ph.D	A Statistical Investigation of the Pulmonary Effects of Exposure to Asbestos
1980	Donna Nezames Ph.D	Some Results for Estimating Bivariate Densities Using Kernel, Orthogonal Series, and Penalized-Likelihood Procedures
1980	Melvyn Smith Ph.D	Survivorship Models for Sexually Transmissible Diseases
1979	Lynette E. Factor Ph.D	A Comparison of Data-Based Methods for Nonparametric Density Estimation
1976	David Scott Ph.D	Nonparametric Probability Density Estimation by Optimization Theoretic Techniques
1974	John Overton Bennett Ph.D	Estimation of Multivariate Probability Density Funcitons using B-Splines
1973	Gilbert Franz Mayor de Montricher Ph.D	Nonparametric Bayesian Estimation of Probability Densities by Function Space Techniques

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