Statistics Theses: Recent submissions
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Incorporating animal movement into circular plot and point transect surveys of wildlife abundance
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisEstimating wildlife abundance is fundamental for its effective management and conservation. A range of methods exist: total counts, plot sampling, distance sampling and capture-recapture based approaches. Methods have ... -
A continuous-time formulation for spatial capture-recapture models
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisSpatial capture-recapture (SCR) models are relatively new but have become the standard approach used to estimate animal density from capture-recapture data. It has in the past been impractical to obtain sufficient data ... -
Modelling the spatial dynamics of non-state terrorism : world study, 2002-2013
(University of St Andrews, 2017-12-07) - ThesisTo this day, terrorism perpetrated by non-state actors persists as a worldwide threat, as exemplified by the recent lethal attacks in Paris, London, Brussels, and the ongoing massacres perpetrated by the Islamic State in ... -
Modelling complex dependencies inherent in spatial and spatio-temporal point pattern data
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-23) - ThesisPoint processes are mechanisms that beget point patterns. Realisations of point processes are observed in many contexts, for example, locations of stars in the sky, or locations of trees in a forest. Inferring the mechanisms ... -
Parameter redundancy in log-linear models
(University of St Andrews, 2017-12-07) - ThesisLog-linear models are widely used to analyse categorical variables arranged in a contingency table. Sampling zero entries in the table can cause the problem of large standard errors for some model parameter estimates. ...