CPC/S3Ri Joint Seminar - Statistical Issues with Agent-Based Models Seminar
- Time:
- 15:00 - 16:00
- Date:
- 16 March 2017 - 16 February 2017
- Venue:
- Seminar Room 5027 (Lecture Theatre 5A), Building 54, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Professor Dankmar Bohning at D.A.Bohning@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Abstract: Agent-based models have become an ubiquitous tool in many disciplines. But too little is known about their statistical properties. This talk reviews the history and scope of application for agent-based models, and then describes work that has been done to begin to understand their statistical properties. In particular, the talk describes emulator theory and approximate Bayesian computation as methods for improving model fitting and inference.
Speaker information
Professor David Banks, Duke University. Professor of Statistics