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A new species of Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Bangladesh
No full textHowlader, Mohammad Sajid Ali (2011): A new species of Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Bangladesh. Zootaxa 2761: 41-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20248
FIGURE 2 in A new species of Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Bangladesh
No full textFIGURE 2. Photographs in life of Fejervarya asmati sp. nov. A: Calling male. B: Mating of adult individuals. C: Ventral view of male.Published as part of Howlader, Mohammad Sajid Ali, 2011, A new species of Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Bangladesh, pp. 41-50 in Zootaxa 2761 on page 44, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20248
Exponentially weighted moving average chart using zero-inflated negative binomial distribution
No full textZero-inflated models are frequently used to deal with data having many zeros. A commonly used model for over-dispersed data containing zeros is known as the zero-inflated Poisson model. However, to account for the heterogeneity of counts that leads to excess variance besides inflation of zeros in the data using a more flexible model than the zero-inflated Poisson model, a zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) is suggested. In the present study, Shewhart and exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) control charts are suggested to monitor the ZINB data. The charts are compared using the average run length and standard deviation of run length by using extensive Monte Carlo simulations. Besides a comprehensive simulation study assuming different settings of parameters of ZINB, a real data set is used to show the practicality of the proposed charts. The results indicate that the EWMA chart is better than the Shewhart chart
Generalized linear model based gamma control chart
No full textTraditional monitoring techniques are frequently used for monitoring a response variable, while ignoring the other important variables. A simple linear regression model to introduce covariates-based charts has received a lot of attention in the recent publications. When the response variable belongs to the exponential family, the generalized linear model (GLM) is a flexible approach to model a phenomenon. This study uses gamma distribution to introduce GLM-based Shewhart-type control charts. The monitoring statistic is developed using the Pearson residuals (PRs) obtained from the gamma regression model. The suggested charts' performance is evaluated using the run-length properties and extensive Monte Carlo simulations. A comparison of Pearson-residual to the deviance-residual charts is also discussed in this article. Finally, to emphasize the significance of the study, the proposed control charts are implemented on a real-life data set
An Adaptive Strategy for Wind Speed Forecasting Under Functional Data Horizon: A Way Toward Enhancing Clean Energy
Full text linkAn important issue in competitive energy markets is the accurate and efficient wind speed forecasting for wind power production. However, wind speed forecasting models developed for one location usually do not match the other site for various reasons like changes in terrain, different wind speed patterns, and atmospheric factors such as temperature, pressure, humidity, etc. Thus, introducing a flexible model that captures all the features is a challenging task. This paper proposes a functional data analysis (FDA) approach to forecast the site variant wind daily profiles with higher accuracy. Unlike the traditional methods, the FDA is more attractive as it forecasts a complete daily profile, and thus, forecasts can be obtained in the ultra-short period. To this end, the wind speed data is first filtered for extreme values. The filtered series is then divided into deterministic (Component-I) and stochastic (Component-II) components. Component-I is modeled and forecasted based on the generalized additive modeling technique. On the other hand, Component-II is modeled and forecasted using functional models such as functional autoregressive (FAR) and FAR with explanatory variables (FARX). For comparison purposes, forecasts from the traditional univariate autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA), seasonal ARIMA (SARIMA), SARIMA with exogenous information (SARIMAX), and neural network autoregressive (NNAR) models are also obtained. For empirical analysis, the wind speed data are obtained from the NASA power project for the site Canada located in Durham, England, and one-day-ahead out-of-sample forecasts are obtained for a complete year. The forecasting performance of different models is assessed through different accuracy measures, namely mean error, root mean squared error, mean absolute error, and mean absolute standard error. The results indicate that the functional models outperform the classical ARIMA, SARIMA, SARIMAX, and a deep learning model, NNAR. Within the functional models, the forecasting ability of the FARX is superior to FAR
An efficient MEWMA chart for Gumbel's bivariate Pareto distribution
Full text linkControl charts play a vital role in process monitoring to ensure the product's desired standards. Due to rapid improvements in data collection methods, multivariate charts are preferred over univariate charts. This paper proposes a bivariate exponentially weighted moving average chart for the simultaneous monitoring of the mean vector of Gumbel's bivariate Pareto type II (also known as the Lomax distribution) time-between-events data. The performance of the proposed chart is assessed through average run length, median run length, and the standard deviation of the run length criteria. To show the implementation of the chart in the real world, illustrative examples are also presented
Short-Term Hourly Ozone Concentration Forecasting Using Functional Data Approach
Full text linkAir pollution, especially ground-level ozone, poses severe threats to human health and ecosystems. Accurate forecasting of ozone concentrations is essential for reducing its adverse effects. This study aims to use the functional time series approach to model ozone concentrations, a method less explored in the literature, and compare it with traditional time series and machine learning models. To this end, the ozone concentration hourly time series is first filtered for yearly seasonality using smoothing splines that lead us to the stochastic (residual) component. The stochastic component is modeled and forecast using a functional autoregressive model (FAR), where each daily ozone concentration profile is considered a single functional datum. For comparison purposes, different traditional and machine learning techniques, such as autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA), vector autoregressive (VAR), neural network autoregressive (NNAR), random forest (RF), and support vector machine (SVM), are also used to model and forecast the stochastic component. Once the forecast from the yearly seasonality component and stochastic component are obtained, both are added to obtain the final forecast. For empirical investigation, data consisting of hourly ozone measurements from Los Angeles from 2013 to 2017 are used, and one-day-ahead out-of-sample forecasts are obtained for a complete year. Based on the evaluation metrics, such as R2, root mean squared error (RMSE), and mean absolute error (MAE), the forecasting results indicate that the FAR outperforms the competitors in most scenarios, with the SVM model performing the least favorably across all cases
The Complete Muhammad Ali
No full textIncluding material and photographs not included in most of the 100 other books about the champion, Ishmael Reed's The Complete Muhammad Ali is more than just a biography-it is a fascinating portrait of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. An honest, balanced portrayal of Ali, the book includes voices that have been omitted from other books. It charts Ali's evolution from Black Nationalism to a universalism, but does not discount the Nation of Islam and Black Nationalism's important influence on his intellectual development. Filipino American author Emil Guillermo speaks about how "The Thrilla' In Manila" brought the Philippines into the 20th century. Fans of Muhammad Ali, boxing fans, and those interested in modern African American history and the Nation of Islam will be fascinated by this biography by an accomplished American author.Intro -- DEDICATION -- INTRODUCTION -- The Curious History of an Icon -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- Did the Secret Government Fear a U.S. Muslim/Overseas Muslim Alliance? -- CHAPTER 8 -- CHAPTER 9 -- The Break Between the Prophet and his Disciple -- CHAPTER 10 -- CHAPTER 11 -- CHAPTER 12 -- The GOAT (Greatest Of All Time): Ali or Louis? -- CHAPTER 13 -- The Nation of Islam, the Mob, Showdowns in Canada and Sonny Liston -- CHAPTER 14 -- CHAPTER 15 -- The Taunts: Marketing or Racism? -- CHAPTER 16 -- CHAPTER 17 -- CHAPTER 18 -- CHAPTER 19 -- Boxing and the Brain -- CHAPTER 20 -- Ali's Feet -- CHAPTER 21 -- Mr. Dick -- CHAPTER 22 -- CHAPTER 23 -- The Opening Ceremonies, November 2005 -- CHAPTER 24 -- December 2005, Las Vegas -- CHAPTER 25 -- CHAPTER 26 -- June 16, 2004 -- CHAPTER 27 -- CHAPTER 28 -- CHAPTER 29 -- Aix-en-Provence -- CHAPTER 30 -- Ali as a Black Nationalist -- San Francisco, January 2004 Black Liberation Book Fair -- CHAPTER 31 -- January 31, 2004 -- CHAPTER 32 -- October 2005, Chicago -- CHAPTER 33 -- Why Ali remained with Elijah instead of following Malcolm -- CHAPTER 34 -- CHAPTER 35 -- February 4, 2006, Oakland, California -- CHAPTER 36 -- Like Zeus Descending from Mount Olympus -- CHAPTER 37 -- CHAPTER 38 -- Tuesday, February 28, 2006, New York -- CHAPTER 39 -- Bigger Than Boxing -- CHAPTER 40 -- Tribes Gallery, New York, April 2006 -- CHAPTER 41 -- June 2006, Louisville, Kentucky -- CHAPTER 42 -- CHAPTER 43 -- CHAPTER 45 -- Bad Company -- CHAPTER 46 -- Coxson, A Very Charming Rogue -- CHAPTER 47 -- Ali and the largest embezzlement scheme in Wells Fargo history -- CHAPTER 48 -- CHAPTER 49 -- "Lonnie is a stabilizing force."-Harry Belafonte -- October 29, 2006 -- CHAPTER 50 -- Abdul Rahman -- CHAPTER 51 -- CHAPTER 52 -- CHAPTER 53How Will Ali Be Remembered? New York, January 8, 2005 -- CHAPTER 54 -- CONCLUSION -- AFTERWORD -- Boxers' Rights? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- MUHAMMAD ALI -- ISLAM AND NATION OF ISLAM -- BOXING -- RELATED SUBJECTS -- ALSO AVAILABLE FROM BARAKA BOOKSIncluding material and photographs not included in most of the 100 other books about the champion, Ishmael Reed's The Complete Muhammad Ali is more than just a biography-it is a fascinating portrait of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. An honest, balanced portrayal of Ali, the book includes voices that have been omitted from other books. It charts Ali's evolution from Black Nationalism to a universalism, but does not discount the Nation of Islam and Black Nationalism's important influence on his intellectual development. Filipino American author Emil Guillermo speaks about how "The Thrilla' In Manila" brought the Philippines into the 20th century. Fans of Muhammad Ali, boxing fans, and those interested in modern African American history and the Nation of Islam will be fascinated by this biography by an accomplished American author.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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