1. On Convex Optimization Methods for Fitting Spatial Statistical Models to Large Data Sets Open Access Author: Davanloo Tajbakhsh, Sam Title: On Convex Optimization Methods for Fitting Spatial Statistical Models to Large Data Sets Graduate Program: Industrial Engineering Keywords: Convex OptimizationGaussian Random FieldSpatial StatisticsAlternating Direction Method of MultipliersADMM. File: Download SamDavanloo-Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Enrique Del Castillo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorNecdet S Aybat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorVinayak V Shanbhag, Committee MemberJames Landis Rosenberger, Committee MemberMurali Haran, Committee Member