Search Results - "Samaranayake, V. A."

An integer GARCH model for a Poisson process with time-varying zero-inflation by Ratnayake, Isuru Panduka, Samaranayake, V A

“…A serially dependent Poisson process with time-varying zero-inflation is proposed. Such formulations have the potential to model count data time series arising…”
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A Multi-Step Approach to Modeling the 24-hour Daily Profiles of Electricity Load using Daily Splines by Jornaz, Abdelmonaem, Samaranayake, V. A.

“…Forecasting of real-time electricity load has been an important research topic over many years. Electricity load is driven by many factors, including economic…”
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Phytoforensics: Trees as bioindicators of potential indoor exposure via vapor intrusion by Wilson, Jordan L, Samaranayake, V A, Limmer, Matt A, Burken, Joel G

“…Human exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) via vapor intrusion (VI) is an emerging public health concern with notable detrimental impacts on public…”
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A Game Theoretic Approach for Addressing Domain-Shift in Big-Data by Raghavan, Krishnan, Jagannathan, Sarangapani, Samaranayake, V. A.

“…In this article, a novel approach is presented to mitigate the issue of domain shift observed in big-data classification. Since little information is available…”
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Tree Sampling as a Method to Assess Vapor Intrusion Potential at a Site Characterized by VOC-Contaminated Groundwater and Soil by Wilson, Jordan L, Limmer, Matthew A, Samaranayake, V. A, Schumacher, John G, Burken, Joel G

“…Vapor intrusion (VI) by volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the built environment presents a threat to human health. Traditional VI assessments are often…”
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Contaminant Gradients in Trees: Directional Tree Coring Reveals Boundaries of Soil and Soil-Gas Contamination with Potential Applications in Vapor Intrusion Assessment by Wilson, Jordan L, Samaranayake, V. A, Limmer, Matthew A, Schumacher, John G, Burken, Joel G

“…Contaminated sites pose ecological and human-health risks through exposure to contaminated soil and groundwater. Whereas we can readily locate, monitor, and…”
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The effects of wearing respirators on human fine motor, visual, and cognitive performance by AlGhamri, Anas A., Murray, Susan L., Samaranayake, V. A.

“…When selecting a respirator, it is important to understand how employees' motor, visual and cognitive abilities are impacted by the personal protective…”
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Bad stats: A regular series exploring slip-ups, snafus and salutary lessons from the world of statistics: The Wakefield Study and the autism debate by Samaranayake, V A

“…A regular series exploring slip-ups, snafus and salutary lessons from the world of statistics…”
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Tensile characterization of glass FRP bars by Kocaoz, S., Samaranayake, V.A., Nanni, A.

“…The characterization of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bars for concrete reinforcement is necessary for design purposes as required by structural engineers,…”
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Distributed Min-Max Learning Scheme for Neural Networks With Applications to High-Dimensional Classification by Raghavan, Krishnan, Garg, Shweta, Jagannathan, Sarangapani, Samaranayake, V. A.

“…In this article, a novel learning methodology is introduced for the problem of classification in the context of high-dimensional data. In particular, the…”
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Obtaining prediction intervals for FARIMA processes using the sieve bootstrap by Rupasinghe, Maduka, Mukhopadhyay, Purna, Samaranayake, V.A.

“…The sieve bootstrap (SB) prediction intervals for invertible autoregressive moving average (ARMA) processes are constructed using resamples of residuals…”
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Mass deployment of sustainable transportation: evaluation of factors that influence electric vehicle adoption by Egbue, Ona, Long, Suzanna, Samaranayake, V. A.

“…Mass penetration of electric vehicles into the market will have a number of impacts and benefits, including the ability to substantially reduce greenhouse gas…”
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Direct Error-Driven Learning for Deep Neural Networks With Applications to Big Data by Krishnan, R., Jagannathan, S., Samaranayake, V. A.

“…In this brief, heterogeneity and noise in big data are shown to increase the generalization error for a traditional learning regime utilized for deep neural…”
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A Multi-Step Nonlinear Dimension-Reduction Approach with Applications to Big Data by Krishnan, R., Samaranayake, V. A., Jagannathan, S.

“…In this paper, a novel dimension-reduction approach is presented to overcome challenges such as nonlinear relationships, heterogeneity, and noisy dimensions…”
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Classifying critical factors that influence community acceptance of mining projects for discrete choice experiments in the United States by Que, Sisi, Awuah-Offei, Kwame, Samaranayake, V.A.

“…Local community acceptance is a key indicator of the socio-political risk associated with a mining project. Discrete choice modeling could enhance stakeholder…”
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Prediction Intervals for Time Series: A Modified Sieve Bootstrap Approach by Mukhopadhyay, Purna, Samaranayake, V. A.

“…Traditional Box-Jenkins prediction intervals perform poorly when the innovations are not Gaussian. Nonparametric bootstrap procedures overcome this handicap,…”
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Safety Effect of Missouri's Strategic Highway Safety Plan: Missouri's Blueprint for Safer Roadways by Mohammadi, Mojtaba A., Samaranayake, V. A., Bham, Ghulam H.

“…This study systematically evaluated the changes in motor vehicle crashes that occurred on the Missouri Interstate highway system following the implementation…”
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Cognitive Addition: A Short Longitudinal Study of Strategy Choice and Speed-of-Processing Differences in Normal and Mathematically Disabled Children by Geary, David C, Brown, Sam C, Samaranayake, V. A

“…This study provided a longitudinal assessment of skill development in addition for 26 normal and 12 mathematically disabled first- or second-grade children. At…”
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Influence of cure conditions on out-of-autoclave bismaleimide composite laminates by Anandan, Sudharshan, Dhaliwal, Gurjot S., Samaranayake, V. A., Chandrashekhara, K., Berkel, Thomas R., Pfitzinger, Doug

“…ABSTRACT Bismaleimides (BMI) are thermosetting polymers that are widely used in the aerospace industry due to their good physical properties at elevated…”
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Predicting lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster: A novel application of convolutional neural networks and zero‐inflated autoregressive conditional Poisson model by Zhang, Yi, Samaranayake, V.A., Olbricht, Gayla R., Thimgan, Matthew

“…A model to classify the lifespan of Drosophila, the fruit fly, into short‐ and long‐lived categories based on a sleep characteristic, extracted from activity…”
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