A workshop organised by the Business and Industrial Section of the Royal
Statistical Society.
Practical Bayes using WinBUGS
Monday June 7th, RSS Errol St. London EC1Y 8LX
09.30 Registration and coffee *
10.00 Introduction (Phil Woodward - BIS Chair)
10.15 Case studies
11.00 Coffee *
11.15 Break out into first discussion groups
12.30 Lunch *
01.30 Feedback to meeting - open discussion
(facilitated by David Spiegelhalter & Nicky Best)
02.30 Break out into second discussion groups
03.30 Tea *
03.45 Feedback
04.30 Round-up of workshop discussion
04.45 WinBUGS - the next release (David Spiegelhalter)
05.00 General feedback & close
* opportunities to view posters
£25 RSS members & students
£30 Others
When registering please indicate a 1st and 2nd choice issue to discuss:
assessing convergence model validation model selection
specifying priors effect of parameterisation using
doodlebugs
debugging BUGS non log-concave distributions new features "wish
list"
Specific modelling issues:
Hierarchical linear models GLM/GLMMs Multivariate models
Missing data Longitudinal models
Non-linear hierarchical models Image analysis
Measurement error Mixture models Model averaging
Other (please state) __________________________
The meeting is not only for those willing to share their learnings in
applying winBUGS, but also those wishing simply to find out more about the
the practical application of the software.
Attendees are encouraged to bring example programs to help illustrate points
of discussion. A PC and projector will be available.
Attendees wishing to present a poster or short case study should forward an
abstract to me, Phil Woodward, either via email at
[log in to unmask] or care of the RSS by May 21st.
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