Chantal Pontbriand, critique d’art et commissaire

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A STATISTICAL CRITIQUE OF THE WITZTUM et al PAPER

This paper examines whether the significance test described in the paper Equidistant Letter Sequences in the Book of Genesis by Witztum, Rips and Rosenberg was carried out in accordance with accepted procedure, and whether the distance metric used accomplishes its stated purpose. In the light of that examination, it appears that the conclusion of the paper is unfounded.

Mosaic Brains? A Methodological Critique of Joel et al. (2015)

In their recent and widely publicized paper, Joel et al. (2015) made two main empirical claims. First, they claimed that the brains of individual males and females show very little internal consistency in their combination of " male-typical " and " female-typical " features, e.g.: " Our results demonstrate that even when analyses are restricted to a small number of brain regions (or connections...

Les Approches Économiques De La Précaution : Présentation Et Discussion Critique

Economic approaches to precaution: a critical presentation. The precautionary principle is well known nowadays. But does it have an economic foundation? We present two theories of precaution. The first is based on the standard model of expected utility with a Bayesian belief revision. The second is based on ambiguity aversion. We discuss the advantages as well as the weaknesses of these two app...

La Programmation Dynamique Séquentielle Et Parallèle : Etat De L’art Critique Et Classification

RÉSUMÉ : Dans cet article, nous nous intéressons au paradigme de la programmation dynamique (PD) séquentielle et parallèle et ce, pour la résolution de problèmes d’optimisation combinatoire (POC). L’état de l’art critique et systématique que nous développons commence par la présentation des trois principales classifications de POC résolubles par la PD connues dans la littérature. Une comparaiso...