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Discovering important patterns in data can help cities to plan, monitor, and assign resources more efficiently, converting them in smart cities with more organized communities. Machine learning models can take advantage of this large amount of data to improve and scale these cit…

The dissertation studies three seemly independent topics on environmental economics, but they share the same theme: the reactions of local governments and firms on promotional incentives and environmental regulations in China. The first chapter examines whether China’s Two Contr…

This thesis adds to the toolbox of techniques in estimating late-F, G and K type dwarf star fundamental parameters; specifically age. Stellar age cannot be directly measured, yet age determinations are fundamental to understanding the evolution of our universe's constituents. St…