Hybrid Oblique Random Survival Forest for High-dimensional Survival Data  

2022-01-19
With the existence of micro-array data in the bioinformatics and clinical areas, the following questions frequently arise for both computer and biological scientists that which genes among the thousands of ...

Analyzing perceived gendered challenges and professionalism among female journalists in Kwara and Niger States, Nigeria  

2022-01-24
This study appraised the perceived gendered challenges and professionalism among female journalists in Kwara and Niger States, Nigeria. It had three main objectives, namely to examine the type of gendered ...

DETERMINANTS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING FRAUD AMONG LISTED NON-FINANCIAL FIRMS IN NIGERIA  

2022-01-26
In Nigeria, despite the various regulatory efforts to engender free flow of credible financial information, the unending cases of fraudulent financial reporting have continued to be a major hinderance in ...

NEW LIFETIME MODELS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED INFERENCES  

2022-01-26
In modelling lifetime or time-to-event data, there are problems of data exhibiting different shapes, such as, increasing, decreasing, bathtub, and a broad variety of monotone failure rates. The mixture of ...

NEW LIFETIME MODELS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED INFERENCES  

2022-01-26
In modelling lifetime or time-to-event data, there are problems of data exhibiting different shapes, such as, increasing, decreasing, bathtub, and a broad variety of monotone failure rates. The mixture of ...

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE METHODS FOR EFFICIENT GROUP RESPONSE CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION  

2022-01-27
This paper proposes a weighted Support Vector Machine (w-SVM) method for efficient class prediction in binary/multiclass response data sets. The proposed method introduced weights which utilizes the polyserial correlation between ...

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE METHODS FOR EFFICIENT GROUP RESPONSE CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION  

2022-01-27
This paper proposes a weighted Support Vector Machine (w-SVM) method for efficient class prediction in binary/multiclass response data sets. The proposed method introduced weights which utilizes the polyserial correlation between ...

New Generalized Gamma-Weibull and Exponentiated- Uniform Distributions with Applications to Time-to-event Data  

2022-01-27
This study introduced a new class of distributions called Generalized Gamma Weibull (GGW) and Gamma Exponentiated Generalized Uniform (GEGU) distributions in the realm of parametric survival analysis. The new distributions ...

Item Response Modelling of Items’ Properties and Respondents’ Abilities in Multiple Choice Options  

2022-01-31
Researchers are often interested in studying abilities, personality traits, and other unobservable characteristics of objects or individuals which could be quantified with an instrument such as test, questionnaire, and so ...

PRESCHOOL TEACHERS’ AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE IN EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN OGBOMOSO NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE  

2022-02-02
Children who are slow in learning, have difficulty in communication and challenge in writing are often times considered dullard or unintelligent pupils whereas they are suffering from learning disability. Often ...