Prof. Simon Kojo Appiah

Associate Professor


Dept: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Room TF14
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
College of Science, KNUST,
Kumasi
Ghana

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Research Areas/Interests

My research interests have been in the following areas:  Mathematical statistics Spatial statistics (geostatistics) Optimization/operations ...~more

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Research Projects (Current and Past)

Efficient estimation methods and power analysis in structural equation modelling (2019-2021):

  • Performance evaluation of discrepancy function estimators in the presence of outliers.
  • Calculating non-centrality parameter for power analysis under structural equation modelling
  • Comparative analysis of some structural equation model estimation methods with application to coronary heart disease risk

Statistical analysis of spread of COVID?19 in Ghana and African sub?region (2020-2021):

  • Modelling of COVID?19 incidence Modelling (2021). COVID?19 incidence in the African sub?region using smooth transition autoregressive model
  • Forecasting COVID-19 confirmed cases in Ghana: A model selection approach
  • The effects of weather on the spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Ghana
  • An integer-valued modelling and forecast of COVID-19 cases in Ghana: A review and comparative study

Road safety modelling (2017-2020):

  • A bivariate probit analysis of child passenger’s sitting behaviour and restraint use in motor vehicle
  • The effect of natural and built environmental characteristics on pedestrian-vehicle crash severity in Ghana.

Public and environmental health modelling (2017-2020):

  • Assessment of hypertension-induced deaths in Ghana: A nation-wide study from 2012 to 2016
  • Box-Jenkins’ methodology in predicting maternal mortality records from a public health facility in Ghana
  • Geospatial analysis of the distribution of child mortality: Evidence from Ghana Demographic Health Survey
  • Geostatistical analysis of contamination of soils in an urban area in Ghana
  • Multivariate geostatistical analysis of contamination of soils in an urban area in Ghana,
  • Estimation of risk levels of water-quality parameters in groundwater in a local community of Ghana
  • Estimating exposures for a mortality study of a national pension scheme for annuity business
  • Investigating heterogeneity in mortality of male pensioners

Modelling of Pension Fund (2017-2020)

Optimization: Simulated annealing-based approach to optimal cooling schedule (2017/2018):

  • An optimal cooling schedule using a simulated annealing-based approach,
  • Simulated annealing approach to solution of integrated circuit problems

Hotspots analysis of criminal activities using model-based cluster clustering and spatial autocorrection approaches (2018-20212/Ongoing):

Cutaneous leishmaniasis vector incriminating project in Ghana: A collaborative research with Dr Kingsley Badu Research Team (Ongoing)


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