JSM 2004 Online Program

JSM Activity #146

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146	Mon, 8/9/04, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	ICH-Ballroom A
Forest Wildfires: A Variety of Modeling Applications - Topic Contributed - Papers
Section on Statistics and the Environment
Organizer(s): Ronald E. McRoberts, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Chair(s): David Brillinger, University of California, Berkeley
2:05 PM	Wildfire as Seen through a Statistical Eye — Sim Larkin, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service; Timothy Brown, Desert Research Institute
2:25 PM	A State-space Model for Forecasting Wildland Fire Risk — Haiganoush K. Preisler, PSW Forest Service
2:45 PM	Exploring Lightning and Fire Ignition Data as Point Processes — Willard J. Braun, University of Western Ontario
3:05 PM	A Geo-spatial Approach to Allocating Wildfire Mitigation Funds — Ronald E. McRoberts, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
3:25 PM	What's the Probability that Wildfire Will Threaten My Home? — David L. Martell, University of Toronto; Maria M. Sanchez-Guisandez, University of Toronto; Cui Wenbin, University of Toronto
3:45 AM	Floor Discussion