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  • A continuous-time formulation for spatial capture-recapture models 

    Distiller, Greg (University of St Andrews, 2017) - Thesis
    Spatial 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 ...

  • Nonlinear partial differential equations on fractals 

    Hu, Jiaxin (University of St Andrews, 2001) - Thesis
    The study of nonlinear partial differential equations on fractals is a burgeoning inter-disciplinary topic, allowing dynamic properties on fractals to be investigated. In this thesis we will investigate nonlinear PDEs of ...

  • Adaptive distance sampling 

    Pollard, John (University of St Andrews, 2002) - Thesis
    We investigate mechanisms to improve efficiency for line and point transect surveys of clustered populations by combining the distance methods with adaptive sampling. In adaptive sampling, survey effort is increased when ...

  • Contractive Markov systems 

    Werner, Ivan (University of St Andrews, 2004) - Thesis
    We introduce a theory of contractive Markov systems (CMS) which provides a unifying framework in so-called "fractal" geometry. It extends the known theory of iterated function systems (IFS) with place dependent probabilities ...

  • Finding "small' matrices P,Q such that PDQ = S 

    Wainwright, Robert J. (University of St Andrews, 2002) - Thesis
    Given an integer matrix A, there is a unique matrix S of a particular form, called the Smith Normal Form, and non-unique unimodular matrices P and Q such that PAQ = S. It is often the case that these matrices P and Q will ...

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