The Life and Work of Gustav Elfving
This article outlines the scientific work and life of the Finnish statistician, probabilist, and mathematician Gustav Elfving (1908-1984). Elfving's academic career, scientific contacts, and personal life are sketched, and his main research contributions to the fields of statistics, probability...
Veröffentlicht in: | Statistical Science. - Institute of Mathematical Statistics. - 14(1999), 2, Seite 174-196 |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Statistical Science |
Schlagworte: | Bayesian Statistics Complex Analysis Decision Theory Expansion of Distributions Markov Chains Multivariate Distribution Theory Nonparametric Statistics Optimal Design of Experiments Optimal Stopping Order Statistics mehr... |
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