Roger G. MARTIN : Annuaire du travail 1986-1987. Montréal, Productions INFORT, 1986

1986 , Volume , Issue Apr-1986

On the prediction of the el nino of 1986-1987.

Three different classes of numerical models successfully predicted the occurrence of the El Niño of 1986-87 at lead times of 3 to 9 months. Although the magnitude and timing of predicted ocean surface temperatures were not perfect, these results suggest that routine prediction of moderate to lare El Niño events is feasible. The key to the success of the models lies in recognizing or simulating ...

de Travail du Centre

Suppose a decision maker (DM) has partial information about certain events of a -algebraA belonging to a set E and assesses their likelihood through a capacity v.When is this information probabilistic, i.e. compatible with a probability? We consider three notions of compatibility with a probability in increasing degree of preciseness. The weakest requires the existence of a probability P on A s...

Smith v. Cote (1986)

The 1986 Supreme Court of New Hampshire case Smith v. Cote held that parents in New Hampshire could sue their physicians based on a claim of wrongful birth [5] of their children, but that such suits warranted only qualified damages for emotional distress. Smith also held that children couldn't sue physicians for negligently allowing the lives of those children, a claim called wrongful life [6]....

Smith v. Cote (1986)

The 1986 Supreme Court of New Hampshire case Smith v. Cote held that parents in New Hampshire could sue their physicians based on a claim of wrongful birth [5] of their children, but that such suits warranted only qualified damages for emotional distress. Smith also held that children couldn't sue physicians for negligently allowing the lives of those children, a claim called wrongful life [6]....