There is a need for the development of models that are able to account for discreteness in data, along with its time series properties and correlation. A review of the application of thinning operators to adapt the ARMA recursion to the integer-valued case is first discussed. A class of integer-valued ARMA (INARMA) models arises from this application. Our focus falls on INteger-valued AutoRegressive (INAR) type models. The INAR type models can be used in conjunction with existing model-based clustering techniques to cluster discrete valued time series data. This approach is then illustrated with the addition of autocorrelations. With the use of a finite mixture model, several existing techniques such as the selection of the number of clusters, estimation using expectation-maximization and model selection are applicable. The proposed model is then demonstrated on real data to illustrate its clustering applications. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

This thesis explores some of the relationships between model theoretic and algebraic properties of fields, focusing on valuations of fields. We first show that the dp-rank of henselian valued fields admitting relative quantifier elimination is equal to the sum of the dp-ranks of the value group and of the residue field. Moreover, we give a characterization of henselianity of valued fields of finite dp-rank in terms of the dp-rank of definable sets. We also obtain partial results generalizing the work of Johnson in classifying fields of finite dp-rank. Finally, we consider fields with the property that the algebraic closure is an immediate extension with respect to every valuation. We show that under certain conditions these fields are dense in their algebraic closure with respect to every valuation and provide an example that demonstrates that this property does not hold in general. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Les travaux de cette thèse portent sur les prédérivées d'applications multivoques et la théorie de l'optimisation. Dans un premier temps, nous établissons des résultats d'existence de différents types de prédérivées pour certaines classes d'applications. Spécialement, pour des applications multivoques possédant certaines propriétés de convexité. Par la suite, nous appliquons ces résultats dans le cadre de la théorie de l'optimisation multivoque en établissant des conditions nécessaires et des conditions suffisantes d'optimalité. Sous des hypothèses de convexité, nous établissons des résultats naturels propres aux minimiseurs en optimisation convexe. Ensuite, nous appliquons quelques uns de nos résultats théoriques à un modèle de l'économie du bien-être en établissant notamment une équivalence entre les allocations optimales faibles de Pareto du modèle économique et les minimiseurs faibles d'un problème d'optimisation multivoque associé. D'autre part, en utilisant certaines notions d'intérieur généralisé existant dans la littérature, nous discutons dans un cadre unifié divers concepts de minimiseurs relaxés. En vue d'étudier leur stabilité, nous introduisons une topologie sur des espaces vectoriels ordonnés dont découle une notion de convergence nous permettant de définir deux concepts de convergence variationnelle qui sont ensuite utilisés pour établir la stabilité supérieure et la stabilité inférieure des ensembles de minimiseurs relaxés considérés dans ce travail. / This work is devoted to the study of prederivatives of set-valued maps and the theory of optimization. First, we establish results regarding the existence of several kinds of prederivatives for some classes set-valued maps. Specially for set-valued maps enjoying convexity properties. Subsequently, we apply our results in the framework of set optimization by establishing both necessary and sufficient optimality conditions, involving such prederivatives, for set optimization problems. Under convexity assumptions, we prove some natural results fitting the paradigm of minimizers in convex optimization. Then, we apply some of our theoretical results to a model of welfare economics by establishing in particular an equivalence between the weak Pareto optimal allocations of the model and the weak minimizes of a set optimization problem associated. Taking adventadge of several generalized interiority notions existing in the literature, we discuss in a unified way corresponding notions of relaxed minimizers In order to establish stability results, we introduce a topology on vector ordered spaces from which we derive a concept of convergence that we use to define two concepts of variational convergence that allow us to study both the upper and the lower stability of sets of relaxed minimizers we consider.

This diploma thesis focuses on creation of suitable communication strategy for internet store Luxusni pera Brno and the solution is based on detailed analysis of the store. The first part of the thesis is devoted to evolution of basic marketing strategies over time and to marketing communication as well. The second part is focused on analysis of the store, of the competition and also of the purchasers on the internet. The final third part is formed by evaluation of the proposal and its economic demands.

<p>The main subject of investigation is the so-called "immediate expansion''<br />phenomenon in various first-order valued-field structures over the<br />corresponding underlying field structures. In particular, certain "valued<br />o-minimal fields'', certain Henselian valued fields with non-divisible valued<br />groups, and certain separably closed valued fields of finite imperfection degree, are<br />shown to have this property.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / The goal of this thesis is the development of a programmable logic array (PLA) that accepts multiple-valued inputs and produces multiple valued outputs. The PLA is implemented in CMOS and multiple levels are encoded as current. It is programmed by choosing transistor geometries which control the current level at which the PLA reacts to inputs. An example of a 4-valued PLA is shown. As part of this research, a C program was written that produces a PLA layout. / http://archive.org/details/designofmultiple00koyo / Major, Republic of Korea Air Force

Unpaid carers are known to be at heightened risk of poor outcomes (e.g. financially, physically and emotionally). Conversely it is known that carers can have positive experiences through their caring role and continue to experience good well-being even when distress is present. The study proposes that mindfulness, psychological inflexibility and valued living may moderate the relationship between distress and well-being in carers and therefore help ameliorate some of the potentially negative consequences of caring.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves : [44]).

In this expository thesis we describe the Bochner integral for functions taking values in a separable Banach space, and we describe how a number of standard definitions and results in real analysis can be extended for these functions, with an emphasis on Hilbert-space-valued functions. We then present a partial vector-valued version of a classical theorem on singular integrals.