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  Variance Change Point Detection under A Smoothly-changing Mean Trend with Application to Liver Procurement 

  Gao, Zhenguo (Virginia Tech, 2018-02-23)

  Literature on change point analysis mostly requires a sudden change in the data distribution, either in a few parameters or the distribution as a whole. We are interested in the scenario that the variance of data may make ...
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  Some Advanced Model Selection Topics for Nonparametric/Semiparametric Models with High-Dimensional Data 

  Fang, Zaili (Virginia Tech, 2012-10-19)

  Model and variable selection have attracted considerable attention in areas of application where datasets usually contain thousands of variables. Variable selection is a critical step to reduce the dimension of high ...
• Can income programs reduce tropical forest pressure? Income shocks and forest use in Malawi 

  Fisher, M.M.; Shively, Gerald E. (2005)

  Seasonal household data from Malawi are used to study links between income shocks and forest use. A Tobit model is estimated to examine whether household forest use responds to receipt of a positive income shock (delivered ...