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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.
Learn how Abraham Wald, a Jewish mathematician who escaped Nazi persecution in Europe, used his skills in statistics to help the Allies during World War II. He developed methods for evaluating dynamic data and protecting planes from enemy fire. He also published Sequential Analysis, a classic text on statistics.
31 October 1902. Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj, Romania) Died. 13 December 1950. Travancore, India. Summary. Abraham Wald was a mathematician born in what is now Romania who worked on decision theory, geometry and econometrics. View four larger pictures. Biography. Abraham Wald was born into a Jewish family in Hungary.
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.
Abraham Wald (AW), the mostly unknown mathematician, only cited for some of his findings in statistics (e.g. 'Wald’s equation'), shows to be much more important than only serving as a footnote in statistical papers. The text examines the overseen relevancy of AW as a founding father of econometrics, a key figure and trigger for Nobel Price ...
ABRAHAM WALD, 1902-1950 367. been murdered by the Nazis. Even this cruel blow failed to make him embittered, although a certain sadness could be felt to be with him for the rest of his life. Later he succeeded in bringing the sole survivor, his brother Hermann, to this country, and he took great comfort in his.
