• Bayesian modelling of malaria cases through the elicitation of prior distribution 

  Sehlabana, Makwelantle Asnath (2025)

  Climate change plays a critical role in shaping both the geographic spread and intensity of malaria outbreaks. Recent research demonstrates that climaterelated factors surpass epidemiological, socio-economic, and ...
• Statistics of extremes with application to extreme floods in Kwazulu Natal Province, South Africa 

  Lutombo, Hulisani (2025)

  Extreme rainfall has become a prevailing natural disaster in the region of Southern Africa. Flooding is one of the natural disasters that pose damage to property, infrastructure, and human lives. This study conducted a ...
• Detection of metabolic disorders for African women in a rural South African setting : a case of Ga-Dikgale Limpopo Province, South Africa 

  Phaho, Mmalehu Francin (2024)

  The waist circumference cut-off point for diagnosing metabolic syndrome in Sub-Saharan Africa is based on standards established for European populations. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of ...
• Application of survival analysis and machine learning models to age at first marriage among women in South Africa 

  Komane, Malahlane Magdaline (2024)

  Understanding factors influencing the age at first marriage is crucial for addressing social issues, promoting gender equality, and ensuring women’s wellbeing. This research aims to identify key determinants of age at ...
• Prognostic factors of survival time for breast cancer patients in Pietersburg Hospital in Limpopo Province of South Africa 

  Hlungwani, Collen (2024)

  The breast cancer metastasis in women had devastating disease throughout the world with patient goals aimed at improving quality of life and prolonged survival. Advanced treatments have been impressive for women with ...
• Statistical modelling and analysis of business ownership in South Africa 

  Sebola, Lepulana Sylvester (2024)

  Business owners play a vital role in the social and economic development of South Africa by providing employment and services to the country’s citizens. South African infrastructure and community services are maintained ...
• New estimators for cure rate models 

  Ramalata, Aluwani (2024)

  If study subjects are tracked long enough, it is a typical assumption in survival analysis that they will eventually experience the event of interest. However, that is not always the case. In reality, it is not uncommon ...
• Statistical modelling and analysis of business ownership in South Africa 

  Sebola, Lepulana Sylvester (2023)

  Business owners play a vital role in the social and economic development of South Africa by providing employment and services to the country’s citizens. South African infrastructure and community services are maintained ...
• Review of extreme value theory with application to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange financial market data 

  Metwane, Maashele Kholofelo (2023)

  The financial sector is vital to the economy as it encourages economic growth. Therefore, modelling the extremes and risk management of financial stock returns and losses is vital to economic survival. However, with ...
• A Bayesian statistical evaluation of the competition indices used in eucalyptus tree growth modelling 

  Mnisi, Samuel (2024)

  Eucalyptus is the most frequently planted genus tree in the world which is grown in more than 100 different countries. It is a subfamily of the Myrtaceae family with approximately 800 species of flowering evergreen trees ...
• Statistical modelling of injury mortality in Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provinces of South Africa 

  Lebogo, Ramookana Johannes (2023)

  Injury is a truly global health issue with massive societal and economic consequences. In this study, Negative-Binomial integer-valued generalised autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (NB-INGARCH) and autoregressive ...
• Application of the logistic regression models for transportation data 

  Makwela, Mokowe Rahab (2007)

  The multinomial model was fitted to the stated preference data of the transportation problem by commuters in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria. The data analyzed in the study was collected in 2001 among 151 less literate (highest ...
• 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 ...

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