ORCID Identifier(s)

0000-0001-5979-9871

Graduation Semester and Year

2020

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering

Department

Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

First Advisor

Bill Corley

Abstract

This dissertation represents an attempt to relate some fundamental statistical problems using the notions of information, entropy, and evidence.

Keywords

Shannon information, Lost information, Sampling, Data compression, Entropy, Sufficient statistics, Discrete distribution, Evidence, Data analysis, Hypothesis testing, Evidence, Likelihood ratio, Confidence distribution, Odds ratio, P-value, Frequentist approach, Bayesian approach, Maximum likelihood estimator

Disciplines

Engineering | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

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