ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
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- Reiser, Mark
- Kamarianakis, Yiannis
- 4 Arizona State University
- 2 McCulloch, Robert
- 1 Armbruster, Dieter
- 1 Buscaglia, Robert
- 1 Fotheringham, Stewart
- more
- 1 Fricks, John
- 1 Georgescu, Matei
- 1 Giacomazzo, Mario
- 1 Hahn, Richard
- 1 Lanchier, Nicholas
- 1 Moustaoui, Mohamed
- 1 Stufken, John
- 1 Wang, Meng
- 1 van Schaijik, Maria
- 4 Public
- Statistics
- 1 Applied mathematics
- 1 Bayesian Shrinkage
- 1 Biostatistics
- 1 Classification
- 1 Ensemble Learning
- 1 Functional Data Analysis
- more
- 1 Lasso
- 1 Lupus
- 1 Model Selection
- 1 Nonlinear Time Series
- 1 SETAR
- 1 Supervised Learning
- 1 Threshold Regression
- Language in Trauma: A Pilot Study of Pause Frequency as a Predictor of Cognitive Change Due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Subvert City: The Interventions of an Anarchist in Occupy Phoenix, 2011-2012
- Exploring the Impact of Augmented Reality on Collaborative Decision-Making in Small Teams
- Towards a National Cinema: An Analysis of Caliwood Films by Luis Ospina and Carlos Mayolo and Their Fundamental Contribution to Colombian Film
- 国家集中采购试点政策对制药企业和制药产业的影响评估
The primary objective in time series analysis is forecasting. Raw data often exhibits nonstationary behavior: trends, seasonal cycles, and heteroskedasticity. After data is transformed to a weakly stationary process, autoregressive moving average (ARMA) models may capture the remaining temporal dynamics to improve forecasting. Estimation of ARMA can be performed through regressing current values on previous realizations and proxy innovations. The classic paradigm fails when dynamics are nonlinear; in this case, parametric, regime-switching specifications model changes in level, ARMA dynamics, and volatility, using a finite number of latent states. If the states can be identified using past endogenous or exogenous information, …
- Contributors
- Giacomazzo, Mario, Kamarianakis, Yiannis, Reiser, Mark, et al.
- Created Date
- 2018
This dissertation investigates the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the presence of non-SLE alternatives, while developing novel curve classification methodologies with wide ranging applications. Functional data representations of plasma thermogram measurements and the corresponding derivative curves provide predictors yet to be investigated for SLE identification. Functional nonparametric classifiers form a methodological basis, which is used herein to develop a) the family of ESFuNC segment-wise curve classification algorithms and b) per-pixel ensembles based on logistic regression and fused-LASSO. The proposed methods achieve test set accuracy rates as high as 94.3%, while returning information about regions of the temperature domain …
- Contributors
- Buscaglia, Robert, Kamarianakis, Yiannis, Armbruster, Dieter, et al.
- Created Date
- 2018
Large-scale cultivation of perennial bioenergy crops (e.g., miscanthus and switch- grass) offers unique opportunities to mitigate climate change through avoided fossil fuel use and associated greenhouse gas reduction. Although conversion of existing agriculturally intensive lands (e.g., maize and soy) to perennial bioenergy cropping systems has been shown to reduce near-surface temperatures, unintended consequences on natural water resources via depletion of soil moisture may offset these benefits. In the effort of the cross-fertilization across the disciplines of physics-based modeling and spatio-temporal statistics, three topics are investigated in this dissertation aiming to provide a novel quantification and robust justifications of the hydroclimate …
- Contributors
- Wang, Meng, Kamarianakis, Yiannis, Georgescu, Matei, et al.
- Created Date
- 2018
Threshold regression is used to model regime switching dynamics where the effects of the explanatory variables in predicting the response variable depend on whether a certain threshold has been crossed. When regime-switching dynamics are present, new estimation problems arise related to estimating the value of the threshold. Conventional methods utilize an iterative search procedure, seeking to minimize the sum of squares criterion. However, when unnecessary variables are included in the model or certain variables drop out of the model depending on the regime, this method may have high variability. This paper proposes Lasso-type methods as an alternative to ordinary least …
- Contributors
- van Schaijik, Maria, Kamarianakis, Yiannis, Kamarianakis, Yiannis, et al.
- Created Date
- 2015