Proceedings of the Fifth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability, Volume 4: Biology and Problems of Health

Conference: Fifth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability
Date: June 21-July 18, 1965 and December 27, 1965-January 7, 1966
Location: Statistical Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley

Editors: Lucien M. Le Cam and Jerzy Neyman

Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1967
934 pp.

Subjects:

Mathematical statistics--Congresses
Probabilities

Permanent link to this proceedings: http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bsmsp/1200513779
ISSN:0097-0433

Miscellaneous front pages, Proceedings of the Fifth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability, Vol. 4: Biology and Problems of Health

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The challenge of biological organization to mathematical description

Mary A. B. Brazier; 1-10

Adaptive processes and intelligent machines

R. Bellman; 11-14

Quantum noise and information

H. J. Bremermann; 15-20

Mathematical models for neural networks

Violet R. Cane; 21-36

Information processing and memory

37-51

Recognition of patterns in periodic binary sequences

Julian Feldman; 53-64

Modeling the formation and use of concepts, percepts, and rules

Walter Reitman; 65-79

Estimating the trajectory of a population

Nathan Keyfitz; 81-113

Uses of stochastic models in the evaluation of population policies. I. Theory and approaches to data analysis

Mindel C. Sheps; 115-136

Uses of stochastic models in the evaluation of population policies. II. Extension of the results by computer simulation

Edward B. Perrin; 137-146

Stochastic models in animal population ecology

D. G. Chapman; 147-162

The use of information theory in the study of the diversity of biological populations

E. C. Pielou; 163-177

Seasonal periodicity in theoretical population ecology

J. G. Skellam; 179-205

Some empirical studies in epidemiology

C. C. Spicer; 207-215

Tests for space-time interaction and a power function

D. E. Barton, F. N. David, Evelyn Fix, Maxine Merrington and Piero Mustacchi; 217-227

Three tests for space-time interaction: a comparative evaluation

Piero Mustacchi, F. N. David and Evelyn Fix; 229-235

The simulation of stochastic epidemics in two dimensions

Norman T. J. Bailey; 237-257

Branching processes and the theory of epidemics

Robert Bartoszynski; 259-269

On the general stochastic epidemic

J. Gani; 271-279

The distribution of the total size of an epidemic

H. E. Daniels; 281-293

Genetic diversity and diversity of environments

Theodosius Dobzhansky; 295-304

Genetic diversity and diversity of environment: mathematical aspects

305-316

Identical loci and relationship

G. Malecot; 317-332

The concept of identity of genes by descent

Oscar Kempthorne; 333-348

A review of analysis of karyographs of the human cell in mitosis

D. E. Barton, F. N. David, Evelyn Fix and Maxine Merrington; 349-366

A theory of the association of chromosomes in karyotypes, illustrated by Dr. Patricia Jacobs' data

J. O. Irwin; 367-375

Models for DNA mediated bacterial transformation

Walter F. Bodmer; 377-401

The rate of production of recombinants between linked genes in finite populations

Samuel Karlin, James McGregor and Walter F. Bodmer; 403-414

The number of mutant forms maintained in a population

SamueI Karlin and James McGregor; 415-438

The genetics of complex systems

R. C. Lewontin; 439-455

Unsolved problems in evolutionary theory

P. A. P. Moran; 457-480

Stochastic models for the distribution of radioactive material in a connected system of compartments

S. R. Bernard, L. R. Shenton and V. R. Rao Uppuluri; 481-510

A class of stochastic models of response afer infection in the absence of defense mechanism

Prem S. Puri; 511-535

Models for antibody attachment to virus and bacteriophage

J. Gani; 537-547

Cell generation times: ancestral and internal controls

Herbert E. Kubitschek; 549-572

Cell growth as a function of cell density

Herman Rubin; 573-579

Measures of organization in a model of cellular self-reproduction based on turing machines

Walter R. Stahl; 581-607

Sensitivity of a birth process to changes in the generation time distribution

D. G. Burnett-Hall and W. A. O' N. Waugh; 609-623

Problem of single cell versus multicell origin of a tumor

625-633

Single cell against multicell hypotheses of tumor formation

Wolfgang J. Bühler; 635-637

Chemical carcinogens and respiratory epithelium

T. Timothy Crocker and Beryl I. Nielsen; 639-648

The mouse mammary tumor system

K. B. DeOme; 649-655

Immunology of spontaneous tumors

David W. Weiss; 657-706

Lung tumors in mice receiving different schedules of urethane

M. B. Shimkin, R. Wieder, D. Marzi, N. Gubareff and V. Suntzeff; 707-719

Effects of urethane dose and time patterns on tumor formation

M. White, A. Grendon and H. B. Jones; 721-743

Statistical aspect of the problem of carcinogenesis

Jerzy Neyman and Elizabeth L. Scott; 745-776

A fresh look at the basic principles of the design and analysis of experiments

Frank Yates; 777-790

Some developments in the theory and practice of sequential medical trials

P. Armitage; 791-804

Sequential models for clinical trials

Herman Chernoff; 805-812

On certain aspects of sequential clinical trials

Jerome Cornfield and Samuel W. Greenhouse; 813-829

The two sample problem with censored data

831-853

Mouse to man: statistical problems in bringing a drug to clinical trial

Marvin A. Schneiderman; 855-866

Frequency decision theoretical approach to automated medical diagnosis

Leonard Rubin, Morris F. Collen and George E. Goldman; 867-886

A decision theoretical comparison of three procedures of screening for a single disease

Charles D. Flagle; 887-901

Logical analysis in medical diagnosis

Lee B. Lusted; 903-923

Some decision making methods applicable to the medical sciences

J. T. Chu; 925-934