Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/C508450/1
International workshop on inference for stochastic population models in epidemiology and ecology.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor G Gibson, Heriot-Watt University, S of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor A White, Heriot-Watt University, S of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Heriot-Watt University, S of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Survey & Monitoring
- Population Ecology
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- This workshop would bring together researchers from the fields of infectious epidemiology, ecology, stochastic modelling, mathematical biology and statistics with an interest in inference for stochastic models of population processes. With the advent of powerful computational methods such as MCMC, the EM algorithm and others, it is now possible for dynamical stochastic models (including spatio-temporal versions) to be fitted to observations of population processes within a sound statistical framework. These models now play an enhanced role in the interpretation of data on epidemics or ecological processes, and allow observations to be related directly to the underlying processes in a more direct manner than ever before. A growing body of published research now exists on inference for stochastic dynamical models. Nevertheless, there remains great potential to extend its impact to new classes of models and new areas of application. Moreover, important methodological questions - such as experimental design for nonlinear stochastic systems - have received little attention. The proposed workshop would foster the multidisciplinary interactions necessary to take the field forward effectively and to promote and extend its impact in epidemiology and ecology.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/C508450/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- EMS
This grant award has a total value of £16,000
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £14,750 | £1,250 |
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