In recent years, fast spreading worms have become one of the major threats to the security of the Internet. Code Red, Nimda, Slammer, Blaster, MyDoom... these worms kept hitting the Internet and caused severe damage to our society. However, until now we have not fully understand the behaviors of...

In this dissertation, I develop a new theoretical framework for the modeling, pricing analysis, and computation of solutions to electric power supply chains with power generators, suppliers, transmission service providers, and the inclusion of consumer demands. In particular, I advocate the...

Prescriptive decision theory requires decision-makers to express their beliefs and tastes with explicit, precise, and complete information. This information, expressed in subjective probability and utility functions, is often difficult and costly to obtain from a decision-maker. It is obvious...

For hyperspectral data classification, the avoidance of singularity of covariance estimates or excessive near singularity estimation error due to limited training data is a key problem. This study is intended to solve problem via regularized covariance estimators and feature extraction...