Maxwell Akwasi Boateng
Department of MathematicsSocial SciencesPhysical SciencesHealth Sciences

Maxwell Akwasi Boateng

21 Publications12 Research Themes17 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher has developed a unified statistical research framework that integrates copula models to address challenges in diverse fields across several domains. Their work spans topics ranging from health sciences (malaria control and public health interventions) to social sciences (financial risk modeling, mortality forecasting, demographic analysis), physical sciences (energy load prediction and environmental studies), statistical distribution estimation, actuarial science, and more. Central to their methodology is the application of copula-based models across these themes, demonstrating a coherent approach to dependency modeling in complex systems across health, finance, energy, and social sciences.

Faculty Biography

Maxwell Akwasi Boateng holds a PhD in Mathematical Statistics, an MPhil in Mathematical Statistics and a BSc. in Mathematics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana.His research areas include Mathematical Statistics, specifically in Probability Theory, Statistical Modelling (Multivariate Analysis, Time series modelling, Longitudinal data analysis etc) and Measure Theory and Integration. He has served as a reviewer for over 40 articles and has a number of publications in refereed journals.He teaches mainly, Fundamental Algebra and Calculus, Differential and Integral Calculus, Probability, Statistics and Stochastic Processes, Computational Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics (Structures), Numerical methods and Optimization.He also has collaborations with scientists from Engineering, Biology and other interdisciplinary sciences.

Key Research Themes (12)
Social Sciences

Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring

Physical Sciences

Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models

Social Sciences

Economic and Environmental Valuation

Physical Sciences

Energy Load and Power Forecasting

Social Sciences

Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling

Physical Sciences

Fractional Differential Equations Solutions

Social Sciences

Global Peace and Security Dynamics

Social Sciences

Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Health Sciences

Malaria Research and Control

Physical Sciences

Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications

Social Sciences

Stock Market Forecasting Methods

Health Sciences

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Publications (21)

Bivariate Modelling of Stochastic Features: A Convex Mixture Copula Approach

Open Access
2025Bayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsDOI: 10.4314/just.v43i2.4

A novel bivariate regression model derived from the clayton copula and the Odd Dagum-G family and its application

Open Access
2025Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsDOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2025.e02761

A Novel Bivariate Regression Model Derived from the Clayton Archimedean Copula and the Odd Dagum-G Family and its Application

Open Access
2025Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5120577

A Novel Bivariate Regression Model Derived from the Clayton Archimedean Copula and the Odd Dagum-G Family and its Application

Open Access
2025Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5120577

Identifying Heterogeneous Preferences for Informal Sector Pension Plans in Ghana Using a Latent Class Discrete Choice Model

Open Access
2025Economic and Environmental ValuationDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5143950

Stochastic Mortality Models with Birth Cohort Effects in Older People: A Systematic Review

Open Access
2024Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementDOI: 10.51867/ajernet.5.4.125

A geometric solution to political gerrymandering: A modified convex hull approach in ghana's democracy

Open Access
2024Global Peace and Security DynamicsDOI: 10.31893/multiscience.2025048

Mixture Copula and K-Medoid Modelling of Value-at-Risk

Open Access
2024Advanced Statistical Process MonitoringDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5018704

Hypertension and COVID-19 fractional derivative model with double dose vaccination

Open Access
2023Fractional Differential Equations SolutionsDOI: 10.12688/f1000research.133768.1

A Mixture of Clayton, Gumbel, and Frank Copulas: A Complete Dependence Model

Open Access
2022Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingDOI: 10.1155/2022/1422394

Forecasting Electricity Load of Network Infrastructure Sharing Mobile Sites in Ghana

2021Energy Load and Power ForecastingDOI: 10.1109/icsiot55070.2021.00016

Analysis of Haematological Parameters as Predictors of Malaria Infection Using a Logistic Regression Model: A Case Study of a Hospital in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Open Access
2019Malaria Research and ControlDOI: 10.1155/2019/1486370

Bivariate Copula Modeling of Electricity Load, Case Study of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

2019Energy Load and Power ForecastingDOI: 10.1109/iccma.2019.00010

On a Hybrid Clayton-Gumbel and Gumbel-Frank Bivariate Copulas with Application to Stock Indices

Open Access
2018Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingDOI: 10.9734/jamcs/2019/45668

Hybrid Clayton-Frank Convolution-Based Bivariate Archimedean Copula

Open Access
2018Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingDOI: 10.1155/2018/5902839

Forecasting Mortality Rate of a Ghanaian University Staff Superannuation Scheme

2017Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

On Two Random Variables and Archimedean Copulas

Open Access
2017Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling

Hedging Longevity Risk using Longevity Swaps: A Case Study of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Ghana

2016Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Survival Analysis of Tuberculosis Patients in Upper West Region of Ghana

Open Access
2016Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Modeling Stock Market Volatility Using GARCH Approach on the Ghana Stock Exchange

Open Access
2015Stock Market Forecasting MethodsDOI: 10.5539/ijbm.v10n11p169

Volatility Assessment of Equities on the Ghana Stock Exchange

Open Access
2015Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Mathematics
Total Publications21
Research Themes12
Open Access Papers17

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