Abraham Wald

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gptkbp:deathDate 1950-12-13
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economics
statistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Abraham Wald
gptkbp:influenced operations research
econometrics
statistical decision theory
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contributions to decision theory
founder of sequential analysis
survivorship bias analysis in WWII
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