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Manipulating symbols Last class Typology of signs Sign systems Symbols Tremendously important distinctions for informatics and computational sciences Computation symbol manipulation Symbols can be manipulated without reference to content syntactically. Nick Bloom (Stanford & NBER). Harvard, April 23. rd. and 30. th. Talk summarizes . a forthcoming JEP article (& a work-in-progress longer JEL). Talk summarizes . a forthcoming JEP article (& a work-in-progress longer JEL). Nick Bloom (Stanford & NBER). IMF Lectures, January 18. th. 2013. Talk summarizes a JEL draft with Fernandez-Villaverde and Schneider. Currently very scrappy and only the slides are on-line but hoping to post the paper on-line soon. sources:. sensory/processing noise. ignorance. change. consequences:. inference. learning. coding:. distributional/probabilistic population codes. neuromodulators. Multisensory Integration. +.  . apply the previous analysis:. Panel Discussion. Lynn H. Pottenger, PhD, DABT. The Dow Chemical Company. Uncertainty Workshop Focus:. Focus on identification of sources & communication of uncertainty in a risk assessment. Not how to measure. Joseph B. Kadane. Carnegie Mellon University. kadane@stat.cmu.edu. “Prediction is difficult, especially about the future”. Niels. Bohr. Robert Storm Peterson. Yogi Berra. Samuel Goldwyn. Mark Twain. John L. Campbell. 1. , Ruth D. Yanai. 2. , Mark B. . Green. 1,3. , Carrie . Rose . Levine. 2. , Mary Beth Adams. 1. , Douglas A. Burns. 4. ,. . Donald C. Buso. 5. , . Mark E. Harmon. 6. , Trevor Keenan. Inclined Manometer. http://. www.dwyer-inst.com. U-tube Manometer. Sensitivity. Inclined Manometer. http://. www.dwyer-inst.com. U-tube Manometer. Pitot. Static Probe. Measures fluid velocity . v. Based on Bernoulli’s law. “The . scientist has a lot of experience with ignorance and doubt and uncertainty, and this experience is of very great importance, I think. . When . a scientist does not know the answer to a problem, he is ignorant. When he has a hunch as to what the result is, he is uncertain. And when he is pretty damn sure of what the result is going to be, he is still in some doubt. A Systematic Review of the Literature. Cindy Jardine. University of Alberta. S. Michelle Driedger. University of Manitoba. Study Objectives. To evaluate empirical studies of communicating uncertainty . analytical perspective. . Roy Macarthur. roy.macarthur@fera.gsi.gov.uk. Analytical perspective. Uncertainty about quantitative measurements. Chemical, microbiological, biotechnological . analytes. .. Zhijiong. Dennis . Huang. a. , . Junyu. Allen . Zheng. a. , . Yongtao. Hu. b. a. Institute. for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University. b. School. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. : . Case Study of. . Residential Wood Combustion . Rabab . Mashayekhi, . Shunliu. . Zhao, . Sahar . Saeednooran. , . Amir . Hakami. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, . investments. Plenary 4: Building . Organisational. capacities for tackling policy and regulatory uncertainty. Parveer. Singh . Ghuman. . Sr. Research Associate, CUTS International. Overview. Relationship between uncertainty and investment. Uncertainty Essentials. Les Coveney, INAB Calibration & Uncertainty Day, 18th June 2018. Les Coveney, INAB Calibration & Uncertainty Day, 18th June 2018. Uncertainty Essentials. Definition of Measurement Uncertainty.

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