U.S.-Brazil Workshop on Bayesian Inference in Statistics and Econometrics, Rio de Janeiro, July 16-20, 1990

该奖项支持将于1990年7月16日至20日在巴西里约热内卢举行的计量经济学和数理经济学国际研讨会。美国的组织者是芝加哥大学的阿诺德·泽尔纳，巴西的组织者是里约国家科学计算实验室的鲁本·克莱因。与会者将由来自美国、巴西和其他国家的统计学家和计量经济学家组成。13人将来自美国，9人或更多人将来自巴西，3人来自墨西哥，1人来自委内瑞拉。该讲习班将在巴西概率和统计国家专题讨论会年度会议之前举行，预计该会议的一些与会者将参加讲习班。研讨会的主要主题是贝叶斯推理和决策分析技术。将发表研究论文，为与会者提供一个极好的机会，了解当前在以下主题中的应用和理论研究：贝叶斯决策理论和应用、时间序列分析、空间统计学、学习模型和模型选择技术、计算机程序以及贝叶斯和非贝叶斯方法的比较。将涵盖的应用包括空间和时间序列数据分析、预测问题、金融经济分析和公司决策问题。北美、中美洲和南美洲的贝叶斯研究人员之间已经建立了一些研究联系。这次研讨会将加强这些联系，并促进在这一及时领域的进一步联合研究。

This award supports an international workshop on econometrics and mathematical economics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 16-20, 1990. The U.S. organizer is Arnold Zellner of the University of Chicago and his Brazilian counterpart is Ruben Klein of the National Laboratory for Scientific Computing in Rio. The participants will consist of statisticians and econometricians from the U.S., Brazil and other countries. Thirteen will attend from the U.S. while nine or more will come from Brazil, three from Mexico and one from Venezuela. This workshop will be held just before the annual meeting of the Brazilian National Symposium on Probability and Statistics and some of the attendees at that meeting are expected to participate in the workshop. The main topic of the workshop will be Bayesian inference and decision analysis techniques. Research papers will be presented, affording the participants an excellent opportunity to learn about current applied and theoretical research in such topics as: Bayesian decision theory and applications, time series analysis, spatial statistics, learning models and model selection techniques, computer programs and comparisons of Bayesian and non-Bayesian approaches. Applications to be covered include analysis of spatial and time series data, forecasting problems, financial economic analysis and firm decision problems. Some research contacts have already been established among North, Central and South American Bayesian researchers. This workshop will strengthen these contacts and promote further joint research in this timely area.