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Demography 260

Professor Kenneth W. Wachter

Spring Semester 2011, U.C. Berkeley

Demography 260: Special Topics: Advances

Decompositions; Hazard Functions; Genome Demography Population Renewal; Stochastic Forecasting

Provisionally Tuesdays 1:00 to 4:00 P.M.

Seminar Room, 2232 Piedmont Avenue

(Updated 20 January 2011 )

Syllabus

Week I 18 Jan A Organization of the Course

B Demographic Decompositions

The Horiuchi-Wilmoth-Pletcher Decomposition

Introduction to Hazard Functions

Week II 25 Jan A Frailty Selection; Correlated Frailty

B Readings: Wilmoth et al. (2010)

Week III 1 Mar A Random Walks; Lee-Carter Models

B Reading on stochastic forecasting

Week IV 8 Feb A CAL, Gaps and Lags, Quantum and Tempo

B Reading: The CAL Identity

Week V 15 Feb A Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)

B Reading: Zeng Yi et al.

Week VI 22 Feb A Manhattan Plots and GWAS

B Reading on applications of GWAS

Week VII 1 Feb A Population Renewal and Momentum

B Reading: Espenshade and Levin

Week VIII 8 Mar A Bayesian Forecasting

B Reading: Girosi et al.

``Fiat Lux''

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Week I	18 Jan	A	Organization of the Course
		B	Demographic Decompositions
			The Horiuchi-Wilmoth-Pletcher Decomposition
			Introduction to Hazard Functions
Week II	25 Jan	A	Frailty Selection; Correlated Frailty
		B	Readings: Wilmoth et al. (2010)
Week III	1 Mar	A	Random Walks; Lee-Carter Models
		B	Reading on stochastic forecasting
Week IV	8 Feb	A	CAL, Gaps and Lags, Quantum and Tempo
		B	Reading: The CAL Identity
Week V	15 Feb	A	Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
		B	Reading: Zeng Yi et al.
Week VI	22 Feb	A	Manhattan Plots and GWAS
		B	Reading on applications of GWAS
Week VII	1 Feb	A	Population Renewal and Momentum
		B	Reading: Espenshade and Levin
Week VIII	8 Mar	A	Bayesian Forecasting
		B	Reading: Girosi et al.