School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences: Recent submissions
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Fitting Time-series Models to Kisumu Rainfall Data for the Period 1961-2014
(Science Publishing Group, 2020-02-20)Abstract: Many small-scale farmers require adequate forecasts to help them plan for the rainfall. The National Meteorological Service provides forecasts seasonally, monthly and weekly. The forecasts are qualitative in ... -
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR STATISTICS TEACHING
(ISI/IASE, 2017)A series of papers at this conference have built on the African Data Initiative (ADI) which was started to improve statistical literacy and understanding. One immediate deliverables of this initiative has been new ... -
Envisioning Change in the Statistics-Education Climate.
(2020-02-01)The African Data Initiative started as a crowd-sourced campaign to improve the teaching of statistics in African universities. The analysis of climate data provides one suitable context to illustrate ideas that lead to a ... -
BUILDING STRENGTH FROM COMPROMISE; A CASE STUDY OF FIVE YEAR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE STATISTICAL SERVICES CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF READING, UK AND MASENO UNIVERSITY, KENYA
(ICOTS, 2014)Statistics teaching and practice at Maseno University has benefited immensely from its collaboration with the Statistical Services Centre (SSC) at the University of Reading. The SSC, a self-sustaining entity providing ... -
Exploring the Role of Extra Curricula Maths Camps and Clubs in Kenya and Beyond
(2015)For the last four years Maseno University, Kenya, has been running a maths camp bringing together both international and local, lecturers and teachers to engage secondary students in the subject through puzzles, games, ... -
Envisioning Change in the Statistics-Education Climate.
(2020-02-01)The African Data Initiative started as a crowd-sourced campaign to improve the teaching of statistics in African universities. The analysis of climate data provides one suitable context to illustrate ideas that lead to ... -
Combinatorics of oriented trees and tree-like structures
(Stellenbosch University, 2015)In this thesis, a number of combinatorial objects are enumerated. Du and Yin as well as Shin and Zeng (by a different approach) proved an elegant formula for the number of labelled trees with respect to a given ... -
A cost - benefit analysis of substituting bamboo for tobacco: a case study of smallholder tobacco farmers in south Nyanza, Kenya
(Science Journal Publication, 2012)This study examined the economic and financial benefits and costs of farming bamboo as a crop substitute of tobacco in four (4) districts in South Nyanza, Kenya. The World Health Organization Framework Convention on ... -
Logistic Regression on Effects of Relationship Between Condom Use on Comprehensive HIV Knowledge Among the Youths in Kenya
(Science Publishing Group, 2019-09-13)HIV/AIDS knowledge in Kenya is universal in that 99% of both male and female have heard of the epidemic and how it can be avoided. Despite the widespread knowledge of HIV/AIDS, comprehensive HIV knowledge which refers to ... -
A Functional Calculus for (α, α+ 1)− type R Operators
(Int. Journal of Math. Analysis,, 2010)A closed densely defined operator H, on a Banach space X, whose spectrum is contained in R and satisfies (z − H)−1 ≤ c z α | z|β ∀ z ∈ R with z α := |z|2 + 1 (1) for some α , β ≥ 0; c > 0, is said to ... -
On the convexity of Stampfli's numerical range
(Cambridge University Press, 1996-02)This paper investigates a certain type of numerical range introduced by Stampfli. In particular, we investigate the convexity of this set of elements of operators on Hilbert spaces and its relationship to the algebra ... -
Norm of a derivation and hyponormal operators
(Int J Math Anal, 2010)We characterize when the norm of inner derivation on a norm ideal equals that on the quotient algebra. We further investigate norms of inner derivations implemented by normal and hyponormal operators on norm ... -
Norms of Inner Derivations on Norm ideals
(Int. Journal of Math. Analysis, 2010)Let B(H) be the algebra of bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space H and J be a norm ideal in B(H). We investigate the relationship between the diameter of the numerical range of an operator A ∈ B(H) and the norm ... -
Aspects of (pq) summing multipliers
(Vdm verlag Dr. Muller aktiengeselischaft & co. kg., 2010)A sequence (uj)j2N of operators in L(X; Y ) is a (p; q)-summing multi- plier (or (p; q)-summing sequence of operators), in short (uj) 2 `¼p;q (X; Y ), if there exists a constant C > 0 such that, for any ¯nite collection ... -
Orthogonality of elementary operators in normed spaces and their applications
(SAMSA 2012 mathematics conference proceedings, 2012-11)Malaria is a major public health concern, especially among pregnant women and children under the age of five. It is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Malawi, accounting for fourty percent of out-patient ... -
Deficiency indices and spectrum of fourth order difference equations with unbounded coefficients
(WILEY‐VCH Verlag, 2013-03)Using subspace theory together with appropriate smoothness and decay conditions, we calculated the deficiency indices and absolutely continuous spectrum of fourth order difference equations with unbounded coefficients. In ... -
On the norm of elementary operator
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2014-07-07)The norm of an elementary operator has been studied by many mathematicians. Varied results have been established especially on the lower bound of this norm. Here, we attempt the same problem for finite dimensional operators. -
On the Numerical Range of a Generalized Derivation
(HIKARI Ltd,, 2017)We examine the relationship between the numerical range of the restriction of a generalized derivation to a norm ideal J and that of its implementing elements. Mathematics Subject Classi cation: 47A12; 47B47 -
On the maximal numerical range of elementary operators
(Academic Publications, Ltd., 2017-02)The notion of the numerical range has been generalized in different directions. One such direction, is the maximal numerical range introduced by Stampfli (1970) to derive an identity for the norm of a derivation on L(H). ... -
Effects of Structural Viscoelasticity in Non-Divergence free Deformable Porous Media with Incompressible Constituents
(Global Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 2018)In this paper, we investigate the importance of structural viscoelasticity in the mechanical response of deformable porous media with incompressible constituents under sudden changes in the external applied quasi-static ...