Browsing by Author "Mutwiri, Robert M."
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Application Of Multiple Circular-Linear Regression Models To Animal Movement Data With Covariates
Mutwiri, Robert M. (2016-04)In a many biological and physical sciences studies, a set of techniques have been developed to analyse the relationship between the circular and linear data derived from the geographical positioning system (GPS) telemetry ... -
Approaches for Testing Uniformity Hypothesis in Angular Data of Mega-Herbivores
Mutwiri, Robert M.; Mwambi, Henry; Slotow, Rob (2016-03)Circularstatistics is an area not used verymuch by ecologists to describe animal movement patterns.Nevertheless,the connection betweenthe evaluation of temporalrecurring events and theanalysis of directional data haveconverged ... -
Spatial Analysis and Mapping of Infant Mortality in Kenya On The Basis Of Demographic and Health Survey Data
Mutwiri, Robert M. (University of Nairobi, 2010)This study set out to examine and map the spatial variation of infant mortality in Kenya. We used data from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) database to explore spatial variation. Generalized linear mixed inodel(GLMM) ... -
Spatial Modelling and Mapping of Socio-Demographic Determinants of Infant Mortality in Kenya
Mutwiri, Robert M. (2016-03)This paper addresses the problem of monitoring the infant and child mortality from point referenced data. Indicators of the determinants of child survival based on Mosley and Chen framework are derived and used to model ... -
Staff Profile - Dr Robert Mathenge Mutwiri
Mutwiri, Robert M. (2016-10)Dr Robert Mathenge holds a doctorate in philosophy statistics from the university of Kwazulu Natal South Africa, he holds a master of science in social statistics from the university of Nairobi Kenya and a bachelor of ... -
Statistical distributions and modelling of GPS-Telemetry elephant movement data including the e ect of covariates
Mutwiri, Robert M. (University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 2015-04)In this thesis, I investigate the application of various statistical methods towards analysing GPS tracking data collected using GPS collars placed on large mammals in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Animal movement ...