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Dr. Alexander Boateng

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science

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Areas of Research

  • Long Range Dependence

  • Stochastic Modelling

  • Statistical Learning

  • Statistical Modelling and Simulation

  • Time Series Modelling and Forecasting

  • Data Analytics

  • Multivariate Analysis

Alexander is a Statistician and an Assistant Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Modern College of Business and Science. His research focuses mainly on applying statistics to solve practical problems in a multidisciplinary environment. Alexander’s research interests include statistical modelling, statistical learning, stochastic modelling and multivariate analysis, in analysing environmental and health-related issues. Alexander has collaborated with several colleagues in matters of research and supervision. He is an external examiner for North-West and Sol-Plaatje Universities in South Africa. Alexander has also assessed several honours and master’s and doctoral theses from North-West University, University of Johannesburg and the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana and has also supervised several graduate and postgraduate students. He is also a member of International Statistical Institute (ISI), South African Statistical Association (SASA), and International Biometric Society (IBS).

Education

  • PhD Statistics, University of Limpopo, South Africa (April 2017)

  • M.Phil Applied Mathematics,  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana (June 2012)

  • B.Ed Mathematics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana (May 2008)

Experience Summary

2024 – Present Assistant Professor, Modern College of Business and Science, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

2022-2023 Senior Lecturer, Department of Biostatistics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

2020-2022 Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana

2018-2020 Lecturer, Department of Statistics, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Cape Coast, Ghana.

2018-2020 Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.

2017-2018 Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa.

2015-2016 Faculty Researcher, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa.

2013-2014 Teacher, Physical Science and Mathematics, Lekota Secondary School, South Africa.

2008-2013 Teacher, Mathematics, Christ the King Senior High School, Obuasi, Ghana.

Selected Publications

  1. Odoom, C., Boateng, A., Mensah, S. F., & Maposa, D. (2024). Modelling of the Daily Dynamics in Bike Rental System Using Weather and Calendar Conditions: A Semi-Parametric Approach. Scientific African, e02211.
  2. Ampadu, S., Mensah, E. T., Aidoo, E. N., Boateng, A., & Maposa, D. (2023). A comparative study of error distributions in the GARCH model through a Monte Carlo simulation approach. Scientific African, e01988.
  3. Benjamin Darko Asamoah, Matt Dodd, Lily Lisa Yevugah, Lawrence Sheringham Borquaye, Alexander Boateng, Marian Asantewah Nkansah & Godfred Darko (2023). Distribution and in-vitro bioaccessibility of potentially toxic metals in surface soils from mining and non-mining community in Ghana: Implications for human health. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. Springer Nature.
  4. Boateng, A., Maposa, D., & Mokobane, R. (2023). Retrospective Post-Hospitalisation COVID-19 Mortality Risk Assessment of Patients in South Africa. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 13(9), 1655-1675.
  5. Boateng, A., Maposa, D., Mokobane, R., Darikwa, T., & Gyamfi, C. (2023). Analysis of COVID-19 cases and comorbidities using machine learning algorithms: A case study of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Scientific African, 21, e01840.
  6. Sehlabana, Makwelantle Maposa, Daniel and Boateng, Alexander (2023). Modelling the Misuse of Alcohol and Drugs in South Africa Using Bayesian Binary Logistic Regression, Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability: Vol. 12: Iss. 2, Article 34.
  7. Von Tamakloe, B., Boateng, A., Mensah, E. T., & Maposa, D. (2023). Impact of Risk Management on the Performance of Commercial Banks in Ghana: A Panel Regression Approach. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 16(7), 322.
  8. Mensah, E. T., Boateng, A., Frempong, N. K., & Maposa, D. (2023). Simulating Stock Prices Using Geometric Brownian Motion Model Under Normal and Convoluted Distributional Assumptions. Scientific African, e01556.
  9. Alexander Boateng, Christopher Odoom, Eric Teye Mensah, Sarah Mensah Fobi, Daniel Maposa, (2023). Predictive Analysis of Misuse of Alcohol and Drugs using Machine Learning Algorithms: The Case of using an Imbalanced Dataset from South Africa, Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences, Volume 17, No. 2, PP:261-271.
  10. Eric N. Aidoo, Simon K. Appiah, Gaston E. Awashie, and Alexander Boateng (2021). Geographically weighted principal component analysis for characterising the spatial heterogeneity and connectivity of soil heavy metals in Kumasi, Ghana, Heliyon 1-14.
  11. Aidoo, E.N., Appiah, S.K. and Boateng, A. (2021). A Monte Carlo simulation study of small sample bias in ordered logit model under multicollinearity, Journal of Experimental Education, 1-9.
  12. Boateng, A., Claudio-Quiroga, G. and Gil-Alana, L.A. (2020). Exchange rate dynamics in South Africa, Applied Economics 1-14.
  13. Makweantle Asnath Sehlabana, M. A., Maposa, D. and Boateng, A. (2020). Modelling Malaria Incidence in the Limpopo Province, South Africa: Comparison of Classical and Bayesian Methods of Estimation, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 17(14), 5016.
  14. Chris Nembidzane, Maseka Lesaoana, Kotsedi Daniel Monyeki, Alexander Boateng, and Phuti, J. Makgae (2020). Using the SITAR Method to Estimate Age at Peak Height Velocity of Children in Rural South Africa: Ellisras Longitudinal Study, 7(3), 17.
  15. Boateng, A., Lesaoana, M., Siweya, H. J., Belete, A. and Gil-Alana, L. A. (2018). Non- Linearities, Structural Breaks and Fractional Integration in the Analysis of Ghana and South African CPI inflation Rates, The Journal of Developing Areas, 52(1): 161-172.
  16. Boateng, A., Lesaoana, M., Siweya, H. J. and Belete, A. (2017). Modelling persistence in the conditional mean of inflation using the ARFIMA process with GARCH and GJR-GARCH innovations: The case of Ghana and South Africa, African Review of Economics and Finance, 9(2): 96-130.
  17. Boateng, A., Gil-Alana, L. A., ’Maseka, L., Siweya, H., and Belete, A. (2016). Long memory and ARFIMA modelling: The case of CPI inflation rate in Ghana, The Journal of Developing Areas 50(3), 287-304.

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