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An approximation algorithm with additive error for extensive-form, pure Stackelberg games with a chance player
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-11)
Substantial work has gone into finding techniques for solving real-world sized Nash games. Stackelberg Equilibria is another important solution concept for game theory models relevant to Computer Science, but much less ...
An empirical examination of startup success: studies on the antecedents and consequences of startup relational embeddedness and technology ambidexterity
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-10)
Increasingly, entrepreneurial activity is gaining momentum, with almost 10% of the United States population engaged in either starting a business or already owning a startup. Most economic transactions have relational ...
The economic impact of pocket parks on residential property values: case study--Madison, Wisconsin
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-12)
When value of a property is assessed, the true determinants of the value of that property is in the attributes attached to that property. What individuals are willing to pay for is the attribute package that will give the ...
Emergent behavior in neuroevolved agents
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-11)
Neural networks have been widely used for their ability to create generalized rulesets for a given set of training data. In applications where no such training data exists such as new video games, they are often overlooked ...
Superresolution recurrent convolutional neural networks for learning with multi-resolution whole slide images
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-11)
A recurrent convolutional neural network is supervised machine learning way to process images that has both properties of convolutional and recurrent networks. We propose Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) based approach ...
Households' allocation of debts and assets: evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-08)
This paper studies household financial asset allocation taking debt structure into consideration, using the 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) dataset. I apply a Tobit and a multinomial logit model to test the effect ...
Is an unequal equilibrium inevitable?: an exploration of income inequality, economic growth, and financial development
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-04)
This paper examines whether financial development and economic growth impact income inequality using the 1970 through 2005 Estimated Household Income Inequality index from the University of Texas Inequality Project. Panel ...
Physician and nurse dyad partnership and its value: the antecedents and consequences of leader-leader exchange and leader-member exchange in healthcare
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-12)
In an effort to decrease the cost of healthcare, the United States federal government has challenged healthcare organizations to decrease their operating expenses by changing the reimbursement structure of the Center for ...
Cohort racial composition: the impact on student achievement
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-04)
I examine the effect racial composition of a classroom has on student achievement. Utilizing a first differencing approach to perform adjacent cohort-to-cohort comparisons, I can allow for randomness of births within a ...
From pews to profiles : the impact of Facebook on church attendance
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-02)
This study utilizes 2012 New Family Structure Survey data to inspect the observed simultaneity of rising social media usage and declining religiosity among US adults. A linear probability model explaining whether or not ...