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Extreme value index estimation with applications to modeling extreme insurance losses and sea surface temperatures

Creator:: Henry, John B.
Abstract:: The extreme value index (EVI) links the generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution and the generalized Pareto (GP) distribution. These two distributions are fundamental in extreme value theory (EVT), with the GEV distribution being the only possible non-degenerate limiting distribution of properly normalized maxima of iid random variables, and the GP...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: temperatures is discussed and is looked at from an extreme value theory point of view. In particular, the

The effect of retailers' rebranding processes on consumers' perceptions of a rebranded brand

Creator:: She, I-Hui
Abstract:: When apparel companies and retailers attempt to strengthen their established brands and existing markets, there are two primary strategies for companies and retailers: 1) adopting a new designer for an existing brand to attract a new target customer, and/or 2) adding a product design line to an existing brand to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Department of Design and Human Environment at Oregon State University. A total of 164 college students

Clothing evaluative criteria : a comparison between hedonic shoppers and utilitarian shoppers

Creator:: Yeh, Chun-Lan
Abstract:: According to Engel, Blackwell, and Miniard (1993), evaluative criteria is defined as "the standards and specifications used by consumers to compare different products and brands" (p.51). Many studies have investigated factors that might influence the importance of clothing evaluative criteria used by consumers in the decision making process. However, few...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: data were collected at Oregon State University in summer 2005. A convenience Redacted for Privacy

Simulating extreme total water levels using a time-dependent, extreme value approach

Creator:: Serafin, Katherine A.
Abstract:: Coastal flood hazard zones and the design of coastal defenses are often devised using either the maximum recorded total water level (TWL) or a 'design' event such as the 100-year return-level flood, usually projected from observed extreme events. Despite technological advances driving more consistent instrumental records of wave heights and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: observational record result in limited estimates of extreme return-level events. We present a model that

An analysis of water resource conflict and cooperation in Oregon between 1990 and 2004

Creator:: Fesler, Kristel J.
Abstract:: This research provides details of water resource conflict and cooperation in Oregon between 1990 and 2004 by using an event database methodology. Events were concentrated in four of 18 basins. No basin accounted for more that 25% of the total water rights events, the most evenly distributed issue type. Overall...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Mountains, leaving eastern Oregon in a rain shadow. Daily and yearly temperature variations are

Recovering Lost Ground : Effects of Soil Burn Intensity on Nutrients and Ectomycorrhiza Communities of Ponderosa Pine Seedlings

Creator:: Cowan, Ariel D.
Abstract:: Fuel accumulation and climate shifts are predicted to increase the frequency of high-severity fires in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws) forests of central Oregon. The combustion of fuels containing large downed wood can result in intense soil heating, alteration of soil properties, and mortality of microbes. Previous studies...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon. The combustion of fuels containing large downed wood can result in intense soil heating

How Behavior, Physiology, and Ontogeny of Klamath Redband Trout Shape the Functionality of Habitats in a Landscape of Temperature Extremes

Creator:: Hahlbeck, Nicholas J.
Abstract:: Climate change is a global phenomenon, but natural selection occurs within landscapes. A central tenet of landscape ecology is that mobile species depend on complementary habitats, which are insufficient in isolation, but combine to support animals through the full annual cycle. For coldwater fishes, it is widely assumed that maximum...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in a Landscape of Temperature Extremes. Abstract approved

Quantifying Vulnerability of Agricultural Systems in India to Weather Extremes

Creator:: Kulkarni, Kedar
Abstract:: Extreme weather events are expected to increase globally due to climate change thereby posing substantial risks to agricultural communities. The implications are especially high for tropical countries like India as the heavy dependence of agricultural sector to uncertain monsoons makes its agriculture highly vulnerable to weather variability and extremes. In...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Vulnerability of Agricultural Systems in India to Weather Extremes Abstract approved: John M. Antle Extreme

Opening Pandora's Box at the Roof of the World : The Past and Present of Avian Influenza Science

Creator:: Canavan, Barbara C.
Abstract:: By means of a case study and historical analysis, this dissertation examines the past and present of avian influenza. By integrating disconnected histories of human and animal influenza, this dissertation links historical insights with the concerns of contemporary avian flu science. It is not only a natural history of avian...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: research conducted at Qinghai is well documented in the scientific literature of both basic and applied

A statistical analysis of extreme chinooks in Montana as they relate to large scale circulation changes

Creator:: Grant, Roland Lester
Abstract:: A statistical analysis of extreme chinooks in Montana as they relate to large scale atmospheric circulation changes is the subject of this thesis. A mean chinook situation was identified which indicated that a critical pattern of the surface flow always contained a Polar or Arctic airmass which overspread the prairie...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Temperature Changes in Montana. 21 3. Dates With Extreme Temperature Changes in Montana. 23 4. Examples of

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Extreme value index estimation with applications to modeling extreme insurance losses and sea surface temperatures

The effect of retailers' rebranding processes on consumers' perceptions of a rebranded brand

Clothing evaluative criteria : a comparison between hedonic shoppers and utilitarian shoppers

Simulating extreme total water levels using a time-dependent, extreme value approach

An analysis of water resource conflict and cooperation in Oregon between 1990 and 2004

Recovering Lost Ground : Effects of Soil Burn Intensity on Nutrients and Ectomycorrhiza Communities of Ponderosa Pine Seedlings

How Behavior, Physiology, and Ontogeny of Klamath Redband Trout Shape the Functionality of Habitats in a Landscape of Temperature Extremes

Quantifying Vulnerability of Agricultural Systems in India to Weather Extremes

Opening Pandora's Box at the Roof of the World : The Past and Present of Avian Influenza Science

A statistical analysis of extreme chinooks in Montana as they relate to large scale circulation changes

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