The ability to make predictions about future events is at the heart of much of science; so, it is not surprising that prediction has been a topic of great interest in the data mining community for the last decade. Most of the previous work has attempted to predict the future bas…
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Background: The use of antimicrobials has been presented as a significant risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Nevertheless, it remains unclear which antimicrobials are more likely to be associated with CDI. It is mandatory for acute trusts to report the number…
Alluvial river channels are self-formed by the sediment-laden flow that is supplied to them from upstream and the interactions between this flow and the materials forming the channel bed and banks. Thus, any changes in the volumes of solid and liquid discharge or the resistance …
The emergency department (ED) provides medical care to a variety of patients with different ailments, acuity levels and various "chief complaints". While most ED patients are discharged after receiving treatment, some will be admitted to the hospital's units. The objective of th…
Fitting multivariate autoregressive (AR) models is fundamental for analysis of time-series data in a wide range of applications in science, engineering, econometrics, signal processing, and data-science. This dissertation considers the problem of learning a p-lag multivariate AR…