Browsing FAS Theses and Dissertations by FAS Department "Applied Mathematics"
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Addressing Missing Data in Viral Genetic Linkage Analysis Through Multiple Imputation and Subsampling-Based Likelihood Optimization
(2015-06-26)This thesis addresses the intersection of two important areas in epidemiology and statistics: genetic linkage analysis and missing data methods, respectively. Genetic linkage analysis is a promising method in viral ... -
Asset Managers and Financial Instability: Evidence of Run Behavior and Run Incentives in Corporate Bond Funds
(2015-06-26)Asset managers may be a source of systemic risk due to their risk-taking strategies and vulnerability to dramatic outflows. Investor withdrawals trigger asset sales and redemption costs that only impact remaining investors ... -
Big Data and Disease: Using Twitter to Model the 2014 Outbreak of Chikungunya Fever in Puerto Rico
(2015-06-26)Big data has enabled an entirely new approach to solving and understanding problems. With the popularity of social media, data is created by individuals. We believe that embedded in the big data of social media, like ... -
The Destabilizing Effects of ETFs and Options on Underlying Stock Returns
(2015-06-26)This paper explores the role that ETFs and options have on the underlying stock return. Using a dataset of 400 stocks over a five year period, I examine the effect that ETF rebalancing and option hedging have on stock ... -
Effective Allocation of Reactive Cholera Vaccines: A One or Two Dose Campaign?
(2015-06-26)Every year for the past five years, over 100,000 cases of cholera have been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). Though cholera is by no means a new disease, its containment in low-income countries has proved ... -
Fragmented Labor Markets and the Spatial Structure of Cities in Developing Countries
(2015-06-26)This paper studies the impact of a fragmented labor market on city structure to explain the spatial coexistence of formal and informal labor sectors characteristic of cities in developing countries. I explore reasons for ... -
Part- and Full-Time Re-Employment Probabilities Over Unemployment Duration and the Business Cycle
(2015-06-26)This paper considers how the probabilities of transitioning from joblessness to part- versus full-time work change with the duration of joblessness and labor market conditions. Using 1996-2013 Survey of Income and Program ... -
Synchronization of Viral Lifecycle Length to Antiviral Drug Dosage Schedules and the Emergence of "Cryptic Resistance''
(2015-06-30)Viral infections, such as HIV, are often treated with orally administered antiviral medications that are dosed at particular intervals, leading to periodic drug levels and hence periodic inhibition of viral replication. ...