Search for dissertations about: "multivariate statistics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 163 swedish dissertations containing the words multivariate statistics.
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1. Prostate cancer incidence, treatment and mortality : Empirical longitudinal register-based studies and methods for handling missing data
Abstract : The diagnostic activity for prostate cancer has increased substantially in Sweden, primarily due to increased use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in asymptomatic men, and this has led to a large increase in diagnoses. There have also been changes in the diagnostic workup, guidelines, treatment strategies, and more effective treatments have been introduced in different phases of the disease. READ MORE
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2. Monotonic regression for large multivariate datasets
Abstract : Monotonic regression is a non-parametric statistical method that is designed especially for applications in which the expected value of a response variable increases or decreases in one or more explanatory variables. Such applications can be found in business, physics, biology, medicine, signal processing, and other areas. READ MORE
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3. Univariate and Multivariate Surveillance of Outbreaks
Abstract : In many areas there is a need to monitor observations in order to detect changes in the underlying processes as quickly as possible. The theory of statistical surveillance provides the possibility of making optimal decisions about whether a change has occurred or not based on the data available at the time of the decision. READ MORE
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4. Contributions to multivariate process capability indices
Abstract : The work presented in this thesis considers multivariate process capability indices (MPCIs) with focus on confidence intervals and tests for MPCIs. It also includes a case study, where multivariate statistical analysis and MPCIs are applied to data from a thermal spraying process at Volvo Aero Corporation. READ MORE
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5. Estimation and inference in bivariate and multivariate ordinal probit models
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