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Title
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High throughput nonparametric probability density estimation
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Author
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Jacobs, Donald J., Farmer, Jenny
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Statistics, Probabilities
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Description
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In high throughput applications, such as those found in bioinformatics and finance, it is important to determine accurate probability distribution functions despite only minimal information about data characteristics, and without using human subje...
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Improving Semiparametric Estimation of Longitudinal Data with Covariance Function
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Author
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Fang, Fang
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics, Statistics, Biometry
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Description
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In this dissertation, we aim to improve efficiency of estimation in longitudinal data under generalized semi-parametric varying-coefficient models.First, we investigate a profile weighted least square approach for model estimation by utilizing wit...
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Title
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Interval Estimation for Semiparametric Predictive Regression
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Author
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Hong, Shaoxin
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Statistics
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Description
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Predictive regression is an important research topic in financial econometrics. Various estimation methods have been proposed for it, but they suffer from complicated asymptotic limits which depend on whether or not the predicting variable is stat...
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Title
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Modeling the Effect of a Road Construction Project on Travel Time at Link-Level
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Author
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Kukkapalli, Venu Madhav
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Transportation, Statistics
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Description
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Drivers observe variation in travel time due to congestion and delay on existing transportation facilities. A road construction project has a significant effect on travel time, leading to increased congestion, delay, and driver frustration. The ef...
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Title
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ROBUST GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD RATIO TEST BASED ON PENALIZATION
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Author
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Zhang, Meijiao
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Statistics
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Description
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The Least absolute deviation combined with the Least absolute shrinkage andselection operator (LAD-LASSO) estimator can do regression shrinkage and selectionand is also resistant to outliers or heavy-tailed errors which is proposed in Wang etal. (...
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Title
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STRUCTURAL ESTIMATIONS OF PRICE-OCCUPANCY RELATIONSHIP IN URBAN PARKING SYSTEMS
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Author
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Muraleedharan, Adarsh
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Management, Statistics, City planning
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Description
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Parking is a significant facet of the urban transportation system, with a collective revenue of nearly $30 billion in the United States by the end of 2018. Motivated by the inter-temporal demand and supply imbalance as well as the sub-optimal park...