Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
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: idrees@squ.edu.om
:MSc (Punjab, 1974);
PhD (St Andrews, 1988)
: Applied Statistics
Experience and Research Interest
Currently, my research is focused on statistical modeling of time series data in the fields of
finance, environment and education. In particular applications of various GARCH and Neural
Network models for forecasting Commodity Prices and Financial returns.
Teaching Interest
My teaching interest is in the field of Time Series Modeling and Computational Statistics. This
includes under graduate courses and advance courses for post-graduate level.
Selected Publications:
1. Ahmad M. I., Altoobi A. I., Alsaadi M.S.
Monitoring Air Quality by Statistical Control Charts. J.Sci & Technol MSU Vol33 No2 MarchApril 2014.
2. Ahmad M. I., Alsaadi M. K. and Almamari:
Statistical Models for Mobile Telephony Growth in Oman. Information management and
Business Review Vol 6 No. 3 pp 121-127 June 2014 (ISSN 2220-37-96)
3. M. I. Ahmad(2011). Modeling and forecasting Oman crude oil prices using Box-Jenkins
Techniques. Conference on Interdisciplinary Business & Economics Research, Bangkok, Thailand,
June 16-18, 2011.
4. Z. Nadir, M. I. Ahmad(2010).
"Characterization of Pathloss Using Okumura-Hata Model
and Missing Data Prediction for OMAN", IAENG Transactions on Engineering Technologies, Vol
5, p509-518. The American Institute of Physics (AIP) USA.
5. M. I. Ahmad(2010). Predictors of Business Mathematics Grades. OIDA International Journal of
Sustainable Development, CANADA, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 45-47, 2010.
6. M. I. Ahmad(2009). Fitting Extreme Value Type I Distribution to Financial Returns. Journal of
Material Science and Engineering, USA. Volume 3, Number 10, p83-86, October 2009.