iadine chades fonebltoulouseinrafr twoyear postdoctoral position statistics decision theory title model selection control partially observed spatial processes host team biometry artificial intelligence bia laboratory toulouse part french national institute agricultural research inra postdoc position opened team modelling agroecosystems decision mad bia lab team composed researchers artificial intelligence statistics goal develop apply mathematic computer science methodologies contributing analysis agricultural forest ecological systems management httpmiatoulouseinrafr equipes mad advisors dr n peyrard peyrardattoulouseinrafr dr chadès chadesattoulouseinrafr information httpmiatoulouseinrafrindexphpid111 keywords spatial statistics partially observable markov decision process modelling management ecosystems description mad team aims developing original decisiontheoretic tools solve complex optimization problems encountered management agricultural ecological systems lately mad developed strong competences markov decision processes mdp methods mdp discretetime stochastic models controlled temporal processes well adapted modelling sequential decision problems uncertainty work proposed interface statistics decision theory subject concerns decision problems involve partially observable states structured spatial constraints within framework important yet unexplored statistical issues model estimation selection indeed classical statistical methodologies take account controlled aspect model example good model regarding data fitting perform poorly regarding optimization problem objective project analyse suitability model selection methods develop approach dedicated partially observed spatial mdp optimisation methodological part applied validation one applications ecosystem management studied within mad team qualification competences expected candidates phd expect receive one february 2008 field statistics decision theory strong background statistical processes hidden markov chain hidden markov random fields model selection well competences stochastic optimization techniques programming ability write scientific papers english required contract description open position 2year full time position starting march 2008 flexibility salary around 2100 eurosmonth dr iadine chadès phd artificial intelligence research scientist inra fonebltoulouseinrafr httpmiatoulouseinrafrindexphpid57 tel 3305 61 28 50 64 fax 3305 61 28 53 35 unité de biométrie et intelligence artificielle bp 27 31326 castanettolosan cedex france httpmiatoulouseinrafr fri 08 aug 2008 092653 0100 uai postdoc position france statistics decision theory