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Higher Order Approximations Via Stein's Method, L Coutin, L Decreusefond Jun 2014

Higher Order Approximations Via Stein's Method, L Coutin, L Decreusefond

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Stability For Some Linear Stochastic Fractional Systems, Allan Fiel, Jorge A León, David Márquez-Carreras Jun 2014

Stability For Some Linear Stochastic Fractional Systems, Allan Fiel, Jorge A León, David Márquez-Carreras

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Hedging In Bond Markets By The Clark-Ocone Formula, Nicolas Privault, Timothy Robin Teng Jun 2014

Hedging In Bond Markets By The Clark-Ocone Formula, Nicolas Privault, Timothy Robin Teng

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Large Deviations For A Stochastic Burgers' Equation, Leila Setayeshgar Jun 2014

Large Deviations For A Stochastic Burgers' Equation, Leila Setayeshgar

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Quasi-Invariance Of Fermion Processes With J-Hermitian Kernel, Giovanni Luca Torrisi Jun 2014

Quasi-Invariance Of Fermion Processes With J-Hermitian Kernel, Giovanni Luca Torrisi

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Non-Detection Probability Of Diffusing Targets In The Presence Of A Moving Searcher, Pani W Fernando, Sivaguru S Sritharan Jun 2014

Non-Detection Probability Of Diffusing Targets In The Presence Of A Moving Searcher, Pani W Fernando, Sivaguru S Sritharan

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


The Gaussian Radon Transform In Classical Wiener Space, Irina Holmes, Ambar N Sengupta Jun 2014

The Gaussian Radon Transform In Classical Wiener Space, Irina Holmes, Ambar N Sengupta

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Moments Analysis Of A Markov-Modulated Risk Model With Stochastic Interest Rates, Guglielmo D'Amico Jun 2014

Moments Analysis Of A Markov-Modulated Risk Model With Stochastic Interest Rates, Guglielmo D'Amico

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Monoid Rings And Strongly Two-Generated Ideals, Brittney M. Salt Jun 2014

Monoid Rings And Strongly Two-Generated Ideals, Brittney M. Salt

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

This paper determines whether monoid rings with the two-generator property have the strong two-generator property. Dedekind domains have both the two-generator and strong two-generator properties. How common is this? Two cases are considered here: the zero-dimensional case and the one-dimensional case for monoid rings. Each case is looked at to determine if monoid rings that are not PIRs but are two-generated have the strong two-generator property. Full results are given in the zero-dimensional case, however only partial results have been found for the one-dimensional case.


Indefinite Knapsack Separable Quadratic Programming: Methods And Applications, Jaehwan Jeong May 2014

Indefinite Knapsack Separable Quadratic Programming: Methods And Applications, Jaehwan Jeong

Doctoral Dissertations

Quadratic programming (QP) has received significant consideration due to an extensive list of applications. Although polynomial time algorithms for the convex case have been developed, the solution of large scale QPs is challenging due to the computer memory and speed limitations. Moreover, if the QP is nonconvex or includes integer variables, the problem is NP-hard. Therefore, no known algorithm can solve such QPs efficiently. Alternatively, row-aggregation and diagonalization techniques have been developed to solve QP by a sub-problem, knapsack separable QP (KSQP), which has a separable objective function and is constrained by a single knapsack linear constraint and box constraints. …


Are Highly Dispersed Variables More Extreme? The Case Of Distributions With Compact Support, Benedict E. Adjogah May 2014

Are Highly Dispersed Variables More Extreme? The Case Of Distributions With Compact Support, Benedict E. Adjogah

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

We consider discrete and continuous symmetric random variables X taking values in [0; 1], and thus having expected value 1/2. The main thrust of this investigation is to study the correlation between the variance, Var(X) of X and the value of the expected maximum E(Mn) = E(X1,...,Xn) of n independent and identically distributed random variables X1,X2,...,Xn, each distributed as X. Many special cases are studied, some leading to very interesting alternating sums, and some progress is made towards a general theory.


High Frequency Data: Modeling Durations Via The Acd And Log Acd Models, Lilian Cheung May 2014

High Frequency Data: Modeling Durations Via The Acd And Log Acd Models, Lilian Cheung

Honors Scholar Theses

This thesis proposes a method of finding initial parameter estimates in the Log ACD1 model for use in recursive estimation. The recursive estimating equations method is applied to the Log ACD1 model to find recursive estimates for the unknown parameters in the model. A literature review is provided on the ACD and Log ACD models, and on the theory of estimating equations. Monte Carlo simulations indicate that the proposed method of finding initial parameter estimates is viable. The parameter estimation process is demonstrated by fitting an ACD model and a Log ACD model to a set of IBM …


An Analysis Of The Patterns Of Crime And Socioeconomic Status Visualized Through Self-Organized Maps, Jason Carlin Kaufman May 2014

An Analysis Of The Patterns Of Crime And Socioeconomic Status Visualized Through Self-Organized Maps, Jason Carlin Kaufman

Masters Theses

This work is research to explore the association of spatial patterns between crime and socioeconomic status (SES) through the use of self-organized maps (SOM). It had been found that the spatial patterns of crime could be associated with those of socioeconomic, and this work sought to further these analyses in order to better understand how crime patterns and SES were related. To explore this association, patterns of crime and SES were examined in three cities: Nashville, TN; Portland, OR; and Tucson, AZ. Three SOMs were used in each city: one to analyze the patterns of crime, a second to analyze …


Optimizing The Analysis Of Electroencephalographic Data By Dynamic Graphs, Mehrsasadat Golestaneh Apr 2014

Optimizing The Analysis Of Electroencephalographic Data By Dynamic Graphs, Mehrsasadat Golestaneh

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

The brain’s underlying functional connectivity has been recently studied using tools offered by graph theory and network theory. Although the primary research focus in this area has so far been mostly on static graphs, the complex and dynamic nature of the brain’s underlying mechanism has initiated the usage of dynamic graphs, providing groundwork for time sensi- tive and finer investigations. Studying the topological reconfiguration of these dynamic graphs is done by exploiting a pool of graph metrics, which describe the network’s characteristics at different scales. However, considering the vast amount of data generated by neuroimaging tools, heavy computation load and …


Analysis Of Resource Allocation Through Game Theory, Brittney L. Benzio Apr 2014

Analysis Of Resource Allocation Through Game Theory, Brittney L. Benzio

Honors College Theses

Game theory presents a set of decision-makers in a model in order to simulate how they will interact according to a set of rules. The game is set up with a set of players, actions, and preferences. The model allows each player to, in some way, be affected by the actions of all players. Nash equilibrium illustrates that the best action for any given player depends on the other players’ actions, and so, each player must make some assumption about what the competition will do. The goal of this project is to model situations of different car companies to improve …


Global Resource Management Of Response Surface Methodology, Michael Chad Miller Mar 2014

Global Resource Management Of Response Surface Methodology, Michael Chad Miller

Dissertations and Theses

Statistical research can be more difficult to plan than other kinds of projects, since the research must adapt as knowledge is gained. This dissertation establishes a formal language and methodology for designing experimental research strategies with limited resources. It is a mathematically rigorous extension of a sequential and adaptive form of statistical research called response surface methodology. It uses sponsor-given information, conditions, and resource constraints to decompose an overall project into individual stages. At each stage, a "parent" decision-maker determines what design of experimentation to do for its stage of research, and adapts to the feedback from that research's potential …


John Horton Conway: A Puzzle Game, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell Mar 2014

John Horton Conway: A Puzzle Game, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

There are 10 different letters in the name JOHN HORTON CONWAY and we use each of these exactly three times each to form the following ten words: JHC, COW, NYC, JAN, RON, WRY, RAT, JOT, HWT, HAY.


Optimal Combined Divided And Proportional Reinsurance Policy, Eriyoti Chikodza, Julius N Esunge Mar 2014

Optimal Combined Divided And Proportional Reinsurance Policy, Eriyoti Chikodza, Julius N Esunge

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Portfolio Optimization Under Partial Information With Expert Opinions: A Dynamic Programming Approach, Rüdiger Frey, Abdelali Gabih, Ralf Wunderlich Mar 2014

Portfolio Optimization Under Partial Information With Expert Opinions: A Dynamic Programming Approach, Rüdiger Frey, Abdelali Gabih, Ralf Wunderlich

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Stochastic Control Of Itô-Lévy Processes With Applications To Finance, Bernt Øksendal, Agnès Sulem Mar 2014

Stochastic Control Of Itô-Lévy Processes With Applications To Finance, Bernt Øksendal, Agnès Sulem

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Expert Opinions And Logarithmic Utility Maximization In A Market With Gaussian Drift, Abdelali Gabih, Hakam Kondakji, Jörn Sass, Ralf Wunderlich Mar 2014

Expert Opinions And Logarithmic Utility Maximization In A Market With Gaussian Drift, Abdelali Gabih, Hakam Kondakji, Jörn Sass, Ralf Wunderlich

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Optimal Premium Policy Of An Insurance Firm With Delay And Stochastic Interest Rate, Charles Wilson Mahera, Olivier Menoukeu-Pamen, Moses Mwale Mar 2014

Optimal Premium Policy Of An Insurance Firm With Delay And Stochastic Interest Rate, Charles Wilson Mahera, Olivier Menoukeu-Pamen, Moses Mwale

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


The Itô Calculus And White Noise Theory: A Brief Survey Toward General Stochastic Integration, Hui-Hsiung Kuo Mar 2014

The Itô Calculus And White Noise Theory: A Brief Survey Toward General Stochastic Integration, Hui-Hsiung Kuo

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Modelling Financial Information By Conditioning, Dennis Ikpe, Sure Mataramvura, Ronnie Becker Mar 2014

Modelling Financial Information By Conditioning, Dennis Ikpe, Sure Mataramvura, Ronnie Becker

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.


Game Theory Meets The Humanities And Both Win Or Book Review: Game Theory And The Humanities: Bridging Two Worlds, By Steven J. Brams, Karl-Dieter Crisman Jan 2014

Game Theory Meets The Humanities And Both Win Or Book Review: Game Theory And The Humanities: Bridging Two Worlds, By Steven J. Brams, Karl-Dieter Crisman

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

This review discusses Brams' wide-ranging book Game Theory and the Humanities and gives some basic examples of the methodology and style, including how the Theory of Moves contributes to understanding such games.


Promoting Active Studying: The Study Challenge, Christopher K. Storm, Salvatore Petrilli, Susan Petry Jan 2014

Promoting Active Studying: The Study Challenge, Christopher K. Storm, Salvatore Petrilli, Susan Petry

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

We explore using a “Study Challenge” to help students become active studiers in mathematics courses. We describe how a Study Challenge works and how we implemented it in calculus and differential equations courses. We discuss qualitative reactions from students who accepted the Study Challenge, which suggest that this might be a useful tool for students’ to add to their examination preparation toolbox. Finally, we offer some suggestions for implementing a Study Challenge within the mathematics classroom.


Benjamin Banneker's Original Handwritten Document: Observations And Study Of The Cicada, Janet E. Barber, Asamoah Nkwanta Jan 2014

Benjamin Banneker's Original Handwritten Document: Observations And Study Of The Cicada, Janet E. Barber, Asamoah Nkwanta

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Benjamin Banneker, farmer, mathematician, astronomer, and scientist, is known for his mathematical puzzles, ephemeris calculations, almanacs, his wooden clock, land surveying work, and famous letter on human rights. However, as a naturalist, his scientific and systematic observations of the cicadas are less known. In this paper we publicize Banneker’s naturalistic study of the seventeen-year periodic cycle of the cicada and make available the original handwritten document of his observations. We also introduce the audience of this journal to an intriguing natural problem involving prime numbers.


Liberal Arts Inspired Mathematics: A Report Or How To Bring Cultural And Humanistic Aspects Of Mathematics To The Classroom As Effective Teaching And Learning Tools, Anders K H Bengtsson Jan 2014

Liberal Arts Inspired Mathematics: A Report Or How To Bring Cultural And Humanistic Aspects Of Mathematics To The Classroom As Effective Teaching And Learning Tools, Anders K H Bengtsson

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

This is the report of a project on ways of teaching university-level mathematics in a humanistic way. The main part of the project recounted here involved a journey to the United States during the fall term of 2012 to visit several liberal arts colleges in order to study and discuss mathematics teaching. Several themes that came up during my conversations at these colleges are discussed in the text: the invisibility of mathematics in everyday life, the role of calculus in American mathematics curricula, the "is algebra necessary?'' discussion, teaching mathematics as a language, the transfer problem in learning, and the …


A Sampling Of Popular Books For Numeracy Readers, Michael T. Catalano Jan 2014

A Sampling Of Popular Books For Numeracy Readers, Michael T. Catalano

Numeracy

Popular books on quantitative themes are seemingly more available than ever. In this book review, we look at five such books from a wide range of authors. Although the books are written for diverse audiences, all provide examples and discussion of concepts that could be used in courses with quantitative literacy objectives. The books are Guesstimation and Guesstimation 2.0 by Lawrence Weinstein and John A. Adam, and Weinstein, respectively; Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving, by Jonathan G. Koomey; How to Measure Anything: Finding The Value of “Intangibles” in Business, by Douglas W. Hubbard; and …


The Most-Perfect 4*4 Puzzle Game, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell Jan 2014

The Most-Perfect 4*4 Puzzle Game, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Draft of the 'Solution Page' for Jeremiah's puzzle "The Most Perfect 4*4 Puzzle Game", which was exchanged at the 2014 London International Puzzle Party. 100 puzzle designers create 100 copies of their puzzle and pass it out at the party and exhange them. Includes e-mail correspondence with editor of the book.