• Modelling children under five mortality in South Africa using copula and frailty survival models 

  Mulaudzi, Tshilidzi Benedicta (2022)

  This thesis is based on application of frailty and copula models to under five child mortality data set in South Africa. The main purpose of the study was to apply sample splitting techniques in a survival analysis setting ...
• Empirical analysis of inflation dynamics : evidence from Ghana and South Africa 

  Boateng, Alexander (2017)

  Using the ARFIMA (autoregressive and fractionally integrated moving aver age) model extended with sGARCH (standard generalised autoregressive con ditional heteroscedasticity) and ’gjrGARCH (Glosten-Jagannathan-Runkle gen ...
• Application of count models in the determination of under five mortality rate in South Africa 

  Makgolane, Kgethego Sharina (2022)

  Under-Five Mortality (U5M) remains a major health challenge in most sub Saharan African countries including SouthAfrica,despite the significant progress made in child survival and the government’s efforts and commitment to ...
• Time series modelling of water evaporation from selected dams in the Limpopo Province of South Africa 

  Phasha, Mmanyaku Goitsemang (2022)

  Water is a precious natural resource and one of the most vital substance for sustainability of life . The increase in water evaporation is a major prob lem where factors such as high temperature and minimum rainfall are ...
• Development and application of multivariate spatial clustering statistics 

  Darikwa, Timotheus Brian (2021)

  In spatial statistics, several methods have been developed to measure the extent of local and global spatial dependence (clustering) in measured data across areas in a region of research interest. These methods are now ...
• Application of discrete-time survival analysis techniques in modelling student dropout : a case of engineering students at Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa 

  Ramokolo, Princess Lekhondo (2021)

  The ever increasing number of students who drop out of university remains a challenge for Higher Education administrators. In response to this, different studies have been conducted globally in order to identify student ...
• Analysis of road traffic accidents in Limpopo Province using generalized linear modelling 

  Mphekgwana, Modupi Peter (2020)

  Background: Death and economic losses due to road traffic accidents (RTA) are huge global public health and developmental problems and need urgent attention. Each year nearly 1.24 million people die and millions suffer ...
• Modelling temperature extremes in the Limpopo Province of South Africa using extreme value theory 

  Seimela, Anna Mamodupi (2021)

  Temperature extremes have a crucial impact on agricultural, economic, health and energy sectors due to the occurrence of climate extreme events such as heat waves and cold waves. Limpopo province is among the hottest ...
• Survival analysis of time-to-first peritonitis among kidney patients who are on peritoneal analysis at Pietersburg Provincial Hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa 

  Maja, Tshepo Frans (2020)

  Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) is a process of replacing kidney function which cleans waste from the blood and remove extra fluid from the body. In most cases, the process of PD is slowed down by a peritoneal membrane infection ...
• Modeling average monthly rainfall for South Africa using extreme value theory 

  Mashishi, Daniel (2020)

  The main purpose of modelling rare events such as heavy rainfall, heat waves, wind speed, interest rate and many other rare events is to try and mitigate the risk that might arise from these events. Heavy rainfall and ...
• Modelling malaria in the Limpopo Province, South Africa : comparison of classical and bayesian methods of estimation 

  Sehlabana, Makwelantle Asnath (2020)

  Malaria is a mosquito borne disease, a major cause of human morbidity and mortality in most of the developing countries in Africa. South Africa is one of the countries with high risk of malaria transmission, with many ...
• Modelling recurrent episodes of peritonitis among patients who are in peritoneal dialysis at Pietersburg Provincial Hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa 

  Chavalala, Thembhani Hlayisani (2019)

  Recurrent peritonitis is a major problem of peritoneal dialysis (PD) due to its association with technique failure in the dialysis process. The literature on peritonitis focused only on investigating major risk factors ...
• Joint modelling of survival and longitudinal outcomes of HIV/AIDS patients in Limpopo, South Africa 

  Moloi, Khehla Daniel (2019)

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• Application of small area estimation techniques in modelling accessibility of water, sanitation and electricity in South Africa : the case of Capricorn District 

  Mokobane, Reshoketswe (2019)

  This study presents the application of Direct and Indirect methods of Small AreaEstimation(SAE)techniques. Thestudyisaimedatestimatingthetrends and the proportions of households accessing water, sanitation, and electricity ...
• Computation of estimates in a complex survey sample design 

  Maremba, Thanyani Alpheus (2019)

  This research study has demonstrated the complexity involved in complex survey sample design (CSSD). Furthermore the study has proposed methods to account for each step taken in sampling and at the estimation stage using ...
• A type of 'inverseness' of certain distributions and the inverse normal distribution 

  Tlakula, Stanley Nkhensani (University of Limpopo, 1978)

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• Emperical analysis of inflation dynamics evidence from Ghana and South Africa 

  Boateng, Alexander (2017)

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• Growth spurt in height and weight of children in rural South Africa : the case of Ellisras longitudinal study 

  Nembidzane, Chris (2018)

  TheEllisrasLongitudinalStudy(ELS)openedthepossibilitiesforunderstandingthegrowthvariationsamongchildreninruralSouthAfrica. Theaimofthe study was to analyse the growth spurt in height and weight of children using the ELS. ...
• Determinants of unemployment and earnings in South Africa 

  Mathebula, Inocent Nelson (University of Limpopo, 2017)

  South Africa is one of the countries with chronic high unemployment rate. The unemployment rate has consistently been above 24% for a considerable period of time. It is important for policy and decision makers to know the ...
• Modification, development, application and computational experiments of some selected network, distribution and resource allocation models in operations research 

  Nyamugure, Philimon (University of Limpopo, 2017)

  Operations Research (OR) is a scientific method for developing quantitatively well-grounded recommendations for decision making. While it is true that it uses a variety of mathematical techniques, OR has a much broader ...

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