Prof. Nana Kena Frempong

Associate Professor


Dept: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
College of Science
Room B6
KNUST

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Research Areas/Interests

My research interests are in the Theory of estimation, Statistical modeling in specific areas like Multivariate data analysis, Advance Regression anal...~more

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Publications

     

    1. I.K. Dontwi N. K. Frempong, D.E. Bentil, I. Adetunde and E. Owusu-Ansah (2010). Mathematical modeling of Hepatitis C Virus transmission among injecting drug users and the impact of vaccination, American Journal Of Scientific And Industrial Research, 1(1): 41-46
    2. Dontwi, I. K., Frempong, N.K. and Wiah, E. N (2010). Using mathematical model to depict the immune response to Hepatitis B virus infection, American Journal Of Scientific And Industrial Research, 1(3): 516-526
    3. Nsiah K, Dzogbefia VP, Ansong D, Boateng H, Ocloo D, Osei-Frempong E, Kena Frempong N, Osei Akoto A. (2010). The incidence of malaria and the comparison of hematological and biochemical indices of Plasmodium falciparum-parasitemic and aparasitemic sickle cell disease (SCD) patients, International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, 32, e197–e207. Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    4. Frempong,N.K, Dontwi,I.K, Vanvuchelen, M. and Okyere,E. (2012). A Finite Mixture Model For Imitation Performance, Canadian Journal on Computing in Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Vol. 3 No. 5: 153-158
    1. Frempong, N.K, Osei-Mensah, C.,Asamoah Owusu, D., Okyere, E. (2012). Survival Analysis On Marriage And Divorce In The Kumasi Metropolis, Canadian Journal on Computing in Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Vol. 3 No. 5:159-163
    2. I.Owusu-Darko, I. K. Adu and N.K. Frempong. (2014). Application of Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) Model on Students’ Academic Performance, Applied Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 8, 2014, no. 68, 3359 – 3374
    3. N. K. Frempong, I. Wahab Abdul and E. Okyere. (2014). An Item Response Model for Understanding Item Non-response in Ghanaian Surveys, British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science 4(10): 1437-1449
    4. E. Amissah, N. K. Frempong and E. D. J. Owusu-Ansah. (2014). Correlated data analysis on Students’ weighted averages a case for academic performance, Scholarly Journal of Education 3(8): pp.96-108
    5. Amoako-Yirenkyi, N. K. Frempong, J. K. Appati, J. B. Hafron-Acquah and I. K. Dontwi. (2014). Threshold Analysis of Wavelet Based Fingerprint Feature Extraction Methods on Multiple Impression Dataset, British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science 5(3): 383-396
    6. Nana Kena Frempong, Yao Elikem Ayekpleh, Isaac Kwame Dontwi and Eric Okyere (2014). Dynamical Behavior of Hepatitis C Virus Transmission Model among Injecting Drug Users (IDU’s). IJMSET, Volume 1, Issue 3, pp.73-80.
    7. Yao Elikem Ayekple, Emmanuel Harris, Nana Kena Frempong and Joshua Amevialor (2015). Time series analysis of the Exchange Rate of the Ghanaian Cedi to the American Dollar. Journal of Mathematics Research; Vol. 7, No. 3;
    8. Kotei Richard, Agyare Wilson Agyei, Kyei-Baffour Nicholas, Nana Kena Frempong, Atta-Darkwa Thomas (2015). Development of Groundwater Recharge model for the Sumanpa Catchment at Ashanti-Mampong area in Ghana. Science Research. Vol. 3, No. 6,pp. 289-295
    9. Nana-Kyere Sacrifice, Eric Okyere, Nana Kena Frempong, Saheed Ojo Akindeinde , Johnson De-Graft Ankamah, James Kwaku Agyen, David Adedia (2015). An SITR Analysis of Treatment Model of Hepatitis B Epidemic. . Mathematical Theory and Modeling, Vol.5, No.13.
    10. Maxwell A. Boateng, A. Y. Omari-Sasu, Nana K. Frempong (2015). Volatility Assessment of Equities on the Ghana Stock Exchange. International Journal of Statistics and Applications 2015, 5(6): 288-292
    11. Akoto Yaw Omari-Sasu, Nana Kena Frempong, Maxwell Akwasi Boateng, Richard Kena Boadi (2015). Modeling Stock Market Volatility Using GARCH Approach on the Ghana Stock Exchange. International Journal of Business and Management; Vol. 10, No. 11
    12. Nana Kena Frempong, Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi, Akoto Yaw Omari-Sasu, Derrick Asamoah Owusu(2015). Emerging Relationships between Macroeconomic Indicators and Real Economic Activities in Ghanaian Economy. Economics 4(6): 118-124
    13. Eric Okyere, Nana-Kyere Sacrifice, Nana Kena Frempong,Saheed Ojo Akindeinde ,Johnson De-Graft Ankamah, David Adedia  , James Kwaku Agyen (2016). On Some Compartmental Models for Ebola Disease. Mathematical Theory and Modeling, Vol.6, No.2.
    14. Frempong,N.K, Yirenkyi, P.A,Nakua, E and ,Dontwi,I. K.  Modeling Road Accident Fatalities in a Subregion Of Ghana. Am. J. Sci. Ind. Res., 2016, 7(4): 88-94. doi:10.5251/ajsir.2016.7.4.88.94
    15. Ekow Ewusi Amissah, Nana Kena Frempong, Emmanuel DeGraft Johnson Owusu-Ansah (2016). Accessing Individual Students Academic Performance Using Random Effect Analysis (Multilevel Analysis). Commun. Math. Stat. 4:341–357, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
    16. Yao Elikem Ayekple, Derrick Asamoah Owusu, Nana Kena Frempong and Prince Kwaku Fefemwole (2016). The Fundamental Matrix of the Simple Random Walk with Mixed Barriers. Journal of Mathematics Research; Vol. 8, No. 6
    17. Richard Ohene Asiedu, Nana Kena Frempong, Gabriel Nani (2016). Parametric time overrun estimation of building projects. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction Vol. 21 No. 3, 2016 pp. 253-268,Emerald insight
    18. Eric Okyere, Francis Tabi Oduro, Samuel Kwame Amponsah, Isaac Kwame Dontwi and Nana Kena Frempong (2016). Fractional Order SIR Model with Constant Population. British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science, 14(2): 1-12.
    19. Richard Ohene Asiedu, Nana Kena Frempong and Hans Wilhelm Alfen, (2017)," Predicting likelihood of cost overrun in educational projects ", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol.24 Iss 1 pp. 21 – 39.
    20. N. K. Frempong, Nimo Nicholas, M. A. Boateng. Decision Tree as a Predictive Modeling Tool for Auto Insurance Claims, International Journal of Statistics and Applications, Vol. 7 No. 2, 2017, pp. 117-120. doi: 10.5923/j.statistics.20170702.07.
    21. Maxwell Akwasi Boateng, Akoto Yaw Omari-Sasu, Richard Kodzo Avuglah, Nana Kena Frempong. On Two Random Variables and Archimedean Copulas, International Journal of Statistics and Applications, Vol. 7 No. 4, 2017, pp. 228-237. doi: 10.5923/j.statistics.20170704.05.
    22. Kankam Stephen, Nana Kena Frempong, Kofi Adagbodzo Samuel. Childhood Mortality Adjusting for Cluster Effect Study in Ghana Demographic Health Survey.International Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications.Vol. 3, No. 4, 2017, pp. 95-102.doi: 10.11648/j.ijsd.20170304.16
    23. Nana Kena Frempong, Osei Tawiah Owusu, Maxwell Akwasi Boateng, Francis Bukari. Fitting Finite Mixtures of Generalized Linear Regressions on Motor Insurance Claims. International Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications. Vol. 3, No. 4, 2017, pp. 124-128. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsd.20170304.19
    24. Albert Buabeng, Anthony Simons, Nana Kena Frempong, Yao Yevenyo Ziggah (2022). "Predictive Maintenance Model Based on Multisensor Data Fusion of Hybrid Fuzzy Rough Set Theory Feature Selection and Stacked Ensemble for Fault Classification", Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2022, Article ID 4372567, 24 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4372567
    25. A. Boateng, A. Y. Omari-Sasu, R. K. Avuglah, N. K. Frempong (2022). "A Mixture of Clayton, Gumbel, and Frank Copulas: A Complete Dependence Model", Journal of Probability and Statistics, vol. 2022, Article ID 1422394, 7 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/1422394
    26.  Frempong NK, Acheampong T, Apenteng OO, Nakua E, Amuasi JH (2021). Does the data tell the true story? A modelling assessment of early COVID-19 pandemic suppression and mitigation strategies in Ghana. PLoS ONE. 16(10):e0258164. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258164
    27. Frempong, N.K., Avuglah, R.K., Dontwi, I.K. and Bukari, F.K. (2021). Improved estimators for the rate parameter of gamma model using asymptotic properties. Heliyon, Vol. 7, Issue 5, e06941, ISSN 2405-8440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06941
    28. Buabeng, A., Simons, A., Frempong, N.K. and Ziggah, Y.Y. (2021). A novel hybrid predictive maintenance model based on clustering, smote and multi-layer perceptron neural network optimised with grey wolf algorithm. SN Applied Sciences, 3(5), pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-021-04598-1

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