Using Evolutionary Programming to Generate a Tropical Cyclone Intensity Model Jesse Schaffer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “An innovative statistical-dynamical tropical cyclone (TC) intensity model is developed from a large ensemble of algorithms through evolutionary programming (EP). EP mimics... Read More
Pricing of Dependent Risks Mark Benedikt Schultze University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “In some types of insurance businesses, such as cyber or homeowners insurance, the assumption that risks are independent is violated. Because of this, the commonly used expected... Read More
A Stochastic Control Model for Electricity Producers Charles Beer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Dissertator “We study optimal control for a coal plant operating on the open electricity market. The model incorporates discontinuous random processes for both the... Read More
Outlier-Resistant Models for Doubly Stochastic Point Processes Leo Elsaesser University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “This thesis proposes an outlier-resistant multiplicative component model for doubly stochastic point processes. The model is based on a principal component decomposition of the log-intensity... Read More
A Statistical Model for the Influence of Temperature on Bike Demand in Bike-Sharing Systems Tobias Tietze University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “Efficient fleet management is essential for bike-sharing systems. Thus, it is important to understand the impact of environmental... Read More
An Analysis of Momentum Flux Budgets and Profiles in a Large-Eddy Model Steffan Domke University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “Momentum fluxes and variances play an important role in the characterization and forecast of weather phenomena, but cannot be measured... Read More
A Minimal Time Solution to the Firing Squad Synchronization Problem with Von Neumann Neighborhood of Extent 2 Kathryn Boddie University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Dissertator “Cellular automata provide a simple environment in which to study global behaviors. One... Read More
Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of a Phytoplankton Competition Model Incorporating Preferential Nutrient Uptake Thomas Stojsavljevic University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Dissertator “Phytoplankton live in a complex environment with two essential resources forming various gradients. Light supplied from above... Read More
Solving the Basel Problem using the Poisson Summation Formula Prayagdeep Parija University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “We will introduce expander graphs which are sparse graphs having strong connectivity properties. We discuss some of their properties and... Read More
Solvability of General Solution and a Related Exit Problem Dr. Qingshuo Song Worcester Polytechnic Institute Associate Professor “We study sufficient conditions for a Feynman-Kac functional up to an exit time to be the generalized viscosity solution of a Dirichlet problem.... Read More