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A NOVEL POST-HOC MATCHING PROCEDURE USING STATISTICAL LEARNING METHODS
(2016)
In this thesis, a statistical learning method is leveraged to create a novel measure for conducting post-hoc matching between a treatment group and a candidate set. Post-hoc matching is a necessary element in many non-random ...
Analysis of Resilience in US Stock Markets during Natural Disasters
(2016)
Different studies relating to resilience have been performed on stock markets for disasters around the world. Researchers have tried to figure out if stock markets were resilient or not during a particular disaster.
In ...
Airline Demand Growth and Forecasting Using an Econometric Model: A Comparative Empirical Analysis Among Brazil, China and India
(2016-05-13)
Aviation Industry is growing in an unprecedented pace in the twenty first century. Today, over 1000 commercial airlines operate more than 15,000 aircrafts, carrying 3.1billion people and 51.7m tons of freight every year. ...
Galling of Stainless Steels in Low Static Contact and High Cycle Applications
(2016)
This study was done to examine the mechanisms involved in the galling of stainless steel surfaces which are subjected to low static contact loads while undergoing a high number of sliding cycles. Presented is a theoretical ...
Comparison of Interval Valued Pareto-Optimal Alternatives
(2016)
Everyday tradeoff decisions are made where criteria must be compared,
evaluated, and decided upon. In real world applications, variables have an inherent
amount of uncertainty that must be regarded when making a ...
COMPONENT IMPORTANCE OF MULTI-COMMODITY NETWORKS
(2016)
Preparedness planning for critical infrastructure networks requires evaluating the impact to the network when its components are disrupted. We extend the well-studied problem of component importance measures in single-commodity ...
Decision Analysis Tools for Multiobjective Tradeoffs in Project Risk Management
(2016-08)
The need to manage project risk, through the use of decision analysis tools and other approaches will only increase in the future. Several statistical methods are applied to simulate, in a project risk environment, a simple ...
Analysing Eye Tracking Data in a Multi Element Moving Target Tracking Scenario: A Directed Weighted Network Approach
(2016)
Recent studies have shown that analysis of the eye tracking data is a viable way to understand the cognitive decision making process of people undertaking visual search tasks. As a result, its becomes important to develop ...