FIRST INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM ON
IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
Ghent, Belgium
29 June - 2 July 1999
PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
TUTORIALS (aimed primarily at
students)
Tuesday
29 June 1999
08:00 - 10:00
Registration
10:00 - 12:00
Tutorial 1
An
introduction to the mathematics of imprecise probabilities, Peter
Walley
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
Tutorial 2
An
introduction to Ellsberg's paradox, ambiguity aversion and related topics
in experimental psychology, Michael Smithson (Australian National
University).
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 18:00
Tutorial 3
Decision
theories based on non-additive measures of uncertainty, Jean-Yves
Jaffray (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6)
SYMPOSIUM
Wednesday
30 June 1999
08:00 - 08:45
Registration
08:45 - 09:00
Opening session
09:00 - 10:00
Plenary session 1 (Decision making)
2
papers
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 - 12:00
Plenary session 2 (Decision making)
3
papers
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:30
Plenary session 3 (Decision making)
2
papers
14:30 - 15:30
Discussion session 1
How should people
make decisions when their probabilities and/or utilities are imprecise,
and how do they?
(Chairman: Mark Machina)
15:30 - 16:55
Coffee break + Poster session 1
10
papers
17:00 - ...
Guided tour at the town hall with reception
Thursday
1 July 1999
09:00 - 10:00
Plenary session 4 (Unifying concepts)
2
papers
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30
Plenary session 5 (Unifying concepts)
2
papers
11:30 - 12:30
Discussion session 2
Prospects for a unified
theory of imprecise probabilities: unifying concepts, a unified terminology,
a canonical model, a general mathematical theory?
(Chairman: Robert Nau)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
Plenary session 6 (Statistical inference)
3
papers
15:30 - 17:15
Coffee break + Poster session 2
12
papers
17:15 - 18:15
Plenary session 7 (Computational methods)
2
papers
19:00 - ...
Symposium banquet
Friday
2 July 1999
09:00 - 10:00
Plenary session 8 (Applications)
2
papers
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30
Plenary session 9 (Applications)
2
papers
11:30 - 12:30
Discussion session 3
Applications of imprecise
probabilities, present and future: in what fields can imprecise probabilities
provide new insights?
(Chairman: George J.
Klir)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
Plenary session 10 (Desirability and second-order beliefs)
3
papers
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00
Plenary session 11 (Betting and aggregation)
2
papers
17:00 - 18:00
Discussion session 4
The wonderful world
of Imprecise Probabilities: Ideas towards a more integrated, more caring
and more sharing community
(Chairman: Fabio G.
Cozman)
18:00 - 18:15
Closing session
19:00 - ...
Guided tour around Ghent
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