Dear all,

This is just a reminder about the meeting next week:

Tuesday, 24 May 2011 - Recent Advances in Capture-Recapture Methods
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A meeting of the Reading Local Group and the Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, University of Reading, 9.15am-5.30pm, Madejski Lecture Theatre,
Agriculture Building, Whiteknights Campus, Reading University, UK

This one-day meeting focuses on novel ways to model heterogeneity in capture
probabilities. The role of sampling, the contribution of prior covariate
information and the importance of sensitivity analyses will be discussed.
Also, new capture-recapture applications will be introduced.

Speakers:
Professor John Bunge (Cornell University, USA): Population size estimation:
The fundamental role of Poisson sampling

Professor Marco Alfò (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy): A regression
estimator for mixed Binomial CR data

Professor Peter van der Heijden (Utrecht University, Netherlands): Invariant
populations size estimates and the roles of active and passive covariates

Professor Luca Tardella (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy): Likelihood and
Bayesian alternatives for behavioral capture-recapture and near and far
departures from it

Dr Maarten Cruyff (Utrecht University, Netherlands): Sensitivity analysis of
population size estimates based on a zero-truncated count variable

Dr Irene Rocchetti (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy): Incidence and
prevalence estimates for a rare disease: retro-hazard and CR techniques

Dr Rachel McCrea (University of Kent, UK): Estimation of population size
when capture probability depends on individual states

Rattana Lerdsuwansri (University of Reading, UK): A lower bound estimator
for the size of a shared population


The meeting will be preceded by a workshop:

Monday, 23 May 2011 - Estimating Population Size with CatchAll
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Presented by Professor John Bunge (Cornell University) 3.30pm-5.30pm,
Statistical Services Centre, Harry Pitt Building, Whiteknights Campus,
Reading University, UK


For more details view http://www.reading.ac.uk/RSSlocal/. Please note both
events are free for anyone to attend, but registration is required.


Best wishes,
James Gallagher
Director, Statistical Services Centre
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences University of Reading

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