Research

Research Interests

  • Environmental Statistics.
  • Bayesian estimation of spatio-temporal models.
  • Bayesian estimation of Dynamical Systems. Applications to epidemiological models.
  • Computational Statistics.
  • Applications of Statistical Learning techniques to epidemiological and climate modeling.

Recent Publications

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  1. Gómez, M. J., Barboza, L. A., Hidalgo, H. G., & Alfaro, E. J. (2024). Comparison of indicators to evaluate the performance of climate models. International Journal of Climatology, 44(13), 4907–4924. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8619

  2. Chou-Chen, S. W., Barboza, L. A. (2024) Forecasting hospital discharges for respiratory conditions in Costa Rica using climate and pollution data. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 21(7): 6539-6558. https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2024285

  3. Orozco-Aguilar, L., López-Sampson, A., Barboza, L. A., Borda, M. J., Leandro-Muñoz, M. E., Bordeaux, M., Cerda, R. H., Villega, E. A., & Somarriba, E. (2024). Risk analysis and cacao pod survivorship curves to improve yield forecasting methods. Frontiers in Agronomy, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2024.1290035

  4. Monge-Rojas, R., Barboza, L. A., & Vargas-Quesada, R. (2023). Reducing dietary intake of added sugars could affect the nutritional adequacy of vitamin A in adolescents: the Costa Rica case. BMC Public Health, 23, 2503. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17243-w

  5. Chou-Chen, S. W., Barboza, L. A., Vásquez, P., García, Y. E., Calvo, J. G., Hidalgo, H. G., & Sanchez, F. (2023). Bayesian spatio-temporal model with INLA for dengue fever risk prediction in Costa Rica. Environmental and Ecological Statistics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10651-023-00580-9

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