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University of Reading
Recent Developments in
CAPTURE-RECAPTURE METHODS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
Conference Chair: Professor Dankmar Böhning
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Dates of Conference:
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Thursday 12 July 2007
Friday 13 July 2007
Location:
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University of Reading, UK
Background, Scope and Issues:
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In recent years capture-recapture methods have experienced important
theoretical developments. New application areas have been added to
their spectrum, in turn supporting new developments on the
methodological side.
Capture-Recapture has its origin in the Biological/Ecological
Sciences with the work of Lincoln and Petersen. One hundred
years ago Petersen published his landmark paper suggesting what later
became known as the Lincoln-Petersen estimator,
still in use by numerous practitioners. In a way, this conference
could be considered a celebration of the centenary
of the Lincoln-Petersen estimator.
Capture-Recapture methods can be seen to be applied in three major
sciences, all represented on the panel of invited speakers.
* The biological sciences, where the size of animal populations
and their diversity are of importance.
* The life and medical sciences, where we often want to know the
size of the hidden disease burden in a population,
such as depression or drug use.
* The social sciences, where we are interested in the amount of
illegal activities, such as illegal immigration.
Conference fee £150 FOR REGISTRATION BY 1 JUNE (£200 THEREAFTER)
Short Course fee: one £100, both £150
Full information available at
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/statistics/crma07/
Conference administrator: Lynne Rogers ([log in to unmask])
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