COURSE on Network Theory and Analysis (syllabus below) to be held
in Inverness, UK on Wed 7th - Sat 10th December.
Cost for the main part of the course Wed 7 - Friday 9th is £250 (or
£150 for students) and the cost for the full four days is £300 (or £150
for students).
Anyone interested should contact me, Roger Humphry at the Scottish
Agricultural College, Inverness.
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Course organisers
Drs. David Lusseau and Ross Corkrey
The course aims at introducing network theory from a biologist™s
perspective. After an
overview of the theory upon which these tools rely (graph theory and
statistical
mechanics), the course will introduce applications of these analyses to
the study of
farmed animal management. Each topic will be introduced in an
interactive lecture
which will be followed by computer-based practical sessions.
The lecture series is aimed especially at researchers in the veterinary
field but will be useful to all researchers involved in networks.
Syllabus
Wednesday 7/12/2005
I. Introduction to graph theory (Lusseau)
II. Social network analyses (Lusseau)
Thursday 8/12/2005
III. Constructing contact networks (Lusseau)
IV. Tools for network analyses (Lusseau)
Friday 9/12/2005
V. A primer in percolation theory (Lusseau)
VI. Models of disease transmission (Lusseau)
Saturday 10/12/2005
VII. Designing surveys for social network
analyses (Corkrey)
VIII. Implementing network analyses in a
Bayesian framework (Corkrey)
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Dr Roger Humphry
Epidemiology Unit,
SAC, VSD,
Stratherrick Rd,
Drummondhill,
Inverness,
IV2 4JZ UK
Tel: 01463 243 030 Fax: 01463 711 103
www.sac.ac.uk/research/animalhealth/researchteams/epidemiology/
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