Abraham Wald
(1902-1950)
Hungarian mathematician
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Abraham Wald (Hungarian: Wald Ábrahám, Yiddish: אברהם וואַלד; 31 October 1902 – 13 December 1950) was a Hungarian Jewish mathematician who contributed to decision theory, geometry, and econometrics, and founded the field of statistical sequential analysis. One of the well known statistical works of his during World War 2 was how to minimize the damage to bomber aircraft taking into account the survivorship bias in his calculations. He spent his researching years at Columbia University.
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31 October 1902 Kolozsvár, Kingdom of Hungary
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13 December 1950 (aged 48) Nilgiri Mountains, India
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