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Author:

Pierce, Andrew D

Title:

USING NEUTRAL MODELS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF TOPOGRAPHY ON LANDSCAPE PATTERNS OF FIRE SEVERITY: A CASE STUDY OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

random forest
fire behavior modeling
vegetation dynamics
neutral model
landscape ecology

File:

Download ADPierce_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Ramcharan, Amanda Maria

Title:

Multidisciplinary Applications of U.S. Soils Datasets: Machine Learning Models, Data Mining, and Land Use Analyses

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

soil
machine learning
agroecosystem modeling
digital soil mapping
soil pedotransfer functions
random forest
data mining

File:

Download Ramcharan_Dissertation.4-12-17..pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas L. Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas L. Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather Gall, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member
Tomislav Hengl, Outside Member

Author:

Hoffman, Alexis Lee

Title:

Detecting the effect of dust and other climate variables on crop yields using diagnostic statistical crop models

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

climate
dust
crop yields
statistical crop modeling
food security
agrometeorology
random forest

File:

Download Hoffman-Dissertation_FINAL_VERSION_SUBMISSION2.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Eliot Forest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marcelo Chamecki, Committee Member
Gregory S Jenkins, Committee Member
Armen R. Kemanian, Outside Member
Natalie Mahowald, Special Member

Author:

Shy, Sarah

Title:

Assessing Classification Uncertainty On Astronomical Objects With Measurement Error

Graduate Program:

Statistics (MS)

Keywords:

Bayesian posterior predictive distribution
catalog data
quasar
random forest
support vector machine

File:

Download Shy_MastersThesis010322.pdf

Committee Members:

Hyungsuk Tak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric D Feigelson, Committee Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
G. Jogesh Babu, Committee Member

Author:

Oreggioni Weiberlen, Fiorella

Title:

Predicting commodity and virtual water flows using machine learning: Analysis of modeling experiments and time series predictions with Random Forest

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

complex network
spatial network
gravity model
random forest
trade
water footprint
complex networks
spatial networks
machine learninig

File:

Download Thesis_FiorellaOreggioni_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Caitlin A Grady, Committee Member
Lauren Mc Phillips, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Manickavasagam Pounraja, Vijay Kumar

Title:

Computational methods for dissecting the genetic basis of neurodevelopmental disorders

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

exome-sequencing
CNV
machine learning
rare variant genetics
genomics
neurodevelopmental disorders
random forest
apriori algorithm
rare combinations
combinatorial analysis

File:

Download Vijay_Kumar_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Naomi Altman, Major Field Member
Vasant Honavar, Outside Field Member
Yifei Huang, Major Field Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Reka Albert, Outside Unit Member
George Perry, Program Head/Chair