Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Special Session

Current as of Thursday, January 15, 2009 00:44:10

Joint Mathematics Meetings
Washington, DC, January 5-8, 2009 (Monday - Thursday)
Meeting #1046

• Monday January 5, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Heavy-Tailed Behavior: Theory and Applications
  Virginia Suite B, Lobby Level, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Thomas B. Fowler, Noblis Incorporated tfowler@noblis.org
  Marty Fischer, Noblis Incorporated
  Denise Masi, Noblis Incorporated
  John F. Shortle, George Mason University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Lévy stable laws.
    John P. Nolan*, American University
    (1046-60-1157)
  • 8:35 a.m.
    Approximations for the waiting time distribution in an M/G/1 queue with heavy tails.
    Mariana Olvera-Cravioto*, Columbia University
    Peter W. Glynn, Stanford University
    (1046-60-587)
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Emergence of Heavy-Tailed Behavior and the Failure of the Central Limit Theorem Due to Hypercorrelation.
    Thomas B Fowler*, Noblis, Incorporated
    (1046-60-560)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Simulation Techniques and Numerical Methods for Analyzing Systems with Heavy-Tailed Distributions.
    John F Shortle*, George Mason University
    Martin J. Fischer, Noblis, Inc.
    Denise M. B. Masi, Noblis, Inc.
    (1046-90-819)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Constructing a Risk Map for Pyroclastic Flows: Using simulations and data to predict rare events.
    Elaine T. Spiller*, Marquette University
    (1046-86-1659)