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U.S. Mortality 2007-2018: Identifying Trends and Patterns in Mortality Trajectories
Simon Fontaine
May, 2020 Course Work
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A proximal alternating direction method for regularized multi-task regression
We propose an alternating direction of multipliers method (ADMM) based on the consensus scheme for solving regularized multi-task …
Simon Fontaine, Jinming Li, Yang Li
January, 2020 Course Work
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Caught Looking: Analyzing Variation in Umpire Strike Zones
As technology advances, Major League Baseball (MLB) has faced increased pressure from fans, coaches, and players to use video …
Simon Fontaine, Moritz Korte-Stapff, Brian Manzo
January, 2020 Course Work
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Latent Variable Modeling of Paired Comparisons with Application to NCAA Men’s Basketball Score
We propose a latent variable model for paired comparisons in the context of Basketball scores. Based on the model proposed by [1], our …
Simon Fontaine
January, 2020 Course Work
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MovieLens Datasets—Predicting and Analyzing User Ratings of Movies
The MovieLens datasets contain user ratings of movies as well as movie and user information. In this report, we consider four …
Simon Fontaine, Trong Dat Do
January, 2020 Course Work
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