1. Addressing Issues of Degeneracy and Phase Transition in Exponential-Family Random Graph Models via Tapering Open Access Author: Landon, Edward Title: Addressing Issues of Degeneracy and Phase Transition in Exponential-Family Random Graph Models via Tapering Graduate Program: Statistics Keywords: ERGMmaximum entropyIsing modelbimodalitymaximum likelihood estimation File: Download EdwardLandon_Thesis_FINAL.pdf Committee Members: David Hunter, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMichael Schweinberger, Committee MemberRunze Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies