Summer school on development and assessment of statistical indicators for EU policies, Venice, Italy
9 September 2008 - 9 September 2008
Italy
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) in collaboration with the Centre IDEAS of the University Ca' Foscari of Venice and the Venice International University is organising a summer school on the development and assessment of statistical indicators for EU policies from 9 to 12 September in Venice, Italy.
Mathematical models are good at mapping assumptions into inferences. A modeller makes assumptions about laws pertaining to the system, about its status and a plethora of other, often arcane, system variables and internal model settings. To what extent can model-based inference be relied on when most of these assumptions are fraught with uncertainties?
The school addresses such problems via quantitative sensitivity analysis, beginning with the first principles and guiding the student through the full range of recommended practices with a set of exercises and application examples. The school explains the motivation for sensitivity analysis and provides a guide to potential applications.
The school is open to people from a variety of fields (universities, research centres, industry, and non-governmental organisations) and disciplines (geophysics, land and water management, pharmacokinetics, climate modelling, energy, economy, finance, etc.).For further information, please visit:
http://statind.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/SAMO2008/(opens in new window)
Mathematical models are good at mapping assumptions into inferences. A modeller makes assumptions about laws pertaining to the system, about its status and a plethora of other, often arcane, system variables and internal model settings. To what extent can model-based inference be relied on when most of these assumptions are fraught with uncertainties?
The school addresses such problems via quantitative sensitivity analysis, beginning with the first principles and guiding the student through the full range of recommended practices with a set of exercises and application examples. The school explains the motivation for sensitivity analysis and provides a guide to potential applications.
The school is open to people from a variety of fields (universities, research centres, industry, and non-governmental organisations) and disciplines (geophysics, land and water management, pharmacokinetics, climate modelling, energy, economy, finance, etc.).For further information, please visit:
http://statind.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/SAMO2008/(opens in new window)