Date of Award

8-2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Legacy Department

Mathematics

Committee Chair/Advisor

Lund, Robert B

Committee Member

Kulasekera , Karunarathna B

Committee Member

Gallagher , Colin

Committee Member

Kiessler , Peter

Abstract

Our problem involves methods for determining the times of a maximum or minimum for a general mean function in time series data. The methods explored here involve polynomial smoothing. In theory, the methods calculate a general number of derivatives of the estimated polynomial. Using these techniques, we wish to find a balance between error, variance, and complexity and apply it to a time series of sea surface temperatures. We will first explore the theory behind the method and then find a way to optimally apply it to our data.

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