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Abraham Wald (geboren 31. Oktober 1902 in Kolozsvár, Österreich-Ungarn; gestorben 13. Dezember 1950 in Travancore, Indien) war ein deutschsprachiger, rumänisch-US-amerikanischer Mathematiker aus Siebenbürgen. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Statistiker des 20. Jahrhunderts und leistete einen bedeutenden Beitrag zur Wirtschaftswissenschaft.
Abraham Wald (/ w ɔː l d /; Hungarian: Wald Ábrahám, Yiddish: אברהם וואַלד; () 31 October 1902 – () 13 December 1950) was a Jewish Hungarian mathematician who contributed to decision theory, geometry and econometrics, and founded the field of sequential analysis.
Wald was the first to solve the general problem of sequential tests of statistical hypotheses. The optimum property of the sequential probability ratio test was conjectured by Wald in 1943 and, in a joint paper with Wolfowitz in 1948, he proved this property.
7. Juni 2024 · Learn about Abraham Wald, a Hungarian geometer and statistician who made contributions to sequential sampling and decision theory. Find his biography, publications, and related entries in Oxford Reference.
Learn about the life and work of Abraham Wald, a pioneer of statistical theory and decision making. He applied game theory to statistical problems and developed the concept of Bayes decision rules.
19. Nov. 2011 · Abraham Wald was born October 31, 1902, in Cluj, Rumania. His entire elementary and secondary school education was obtained at home, mainly under the direction of an older brother. After graduating from the local university in Cluj, he went to Vienna, entering the University of Vienna in 1927.
1. Jan. 2017 · A biography of Wald, a mathematician and economist who made contributions to general equilibrium theory, statistical decision theory and sequential analysis. Learn about his life, works, publications and legacy in this living reference work entry.
