BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2013/newsitem/4720/10- 12-April-2013-6th-Munich-Sydney-Tilburg-conference -on-MODELS-AND-DECISIONS-Munich-Germany DTSTAMP:20121031T000000 SUMMARY:6th Munich-Sydney-Tilburg conference on M ODELS AND DECISIONS, Munich, Germany DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130410 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130412 LOCATION:Munich, Germany DESCRIPTION:Mathematical and computational models are central to decision-making in a wide-variety o f contexts in science and policy: They are used to assess the risk of large investments, to evaluate the merits of alternative medical therapies, and are often key in decisions on international polici es – climate policy being one of the most prominen t examples. In many of these cases, they assist in drawing conclusions from complex assumptions. Whi le it is undisputable that models help, their incr easingly widespread use raises several philosophic al questions: What makes scientific models so impo rtant? In which way do they describe, or even expl ain their target systems? What makes models so rel iable? And: What are the imports, and the limits, of using models in policy making? This conferen ce will bring together philosophers of science, ec onomists, statisticians and policy makers to discu ss these and related questions. Experts from a var iety of field will exchange first-hand experience and insights in order to identify the assets and t he pitfalls of model-based decision-making. The co nference will also address and evaluate the increa sing role of model-based research in scientific pr actice, both from a practical and from a philosoph ical point of view. For more information, see ht tp://www.lmu.de/ModelsAndDecisions2013/. We invit e submissions of extended abstracts of 1000 words by 15 December 2012. Decisions will be made by 15 January 2013. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\n Mathematical and computational models are cen tral to decision-making in a wide-variety of conte xts in science and policy: They are used to assess the risk of large investments, to evaluate the me rits of alternative medical therapies, and are oft en key in decisions on international policies &nda sh; climate policy being one of the most prominent examples. In many of these cases, they assist in drawing conclusions from complex assumptions. Whil e it is undisputable that models help, their incre asingly widespread use raises several philosophica l questions: What makes scientific models so impor tant? In which way do they describe, or even expla in their target systems? What makes models so reli able? And: What are the imports, and the limits, o f using models in policy making?\n

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\n This conference will bring together philosophers of science, economists, statistician s and policy makers to discuss these and related q uestions. Experts from a variety of field will exc hange first-hand experience and insights in order to identify the assets and the pitfalls of model-b ased decision-making. The conference will also add ress and evaluate the increasing role of model-bas ed research in scientific practice, both from a pr actical and from a philosophical point of view.\n

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For more informa tion, see http://www.lmu.de/Mode lsAndDecisions2013/.

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We invite submissions of extended abstract s of 1000 words by 15 December 2012. Decisions wil l be made by 15 January 2013.

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