Wald, AbrahamBiblio.com
Wald, AbrahamBiblio.com
Sequential Analysis
1947Best.-Nr. 7020New York: Wiley & Sons 1947 First edition. Original navy cloth. Octavo. Sixteen figures seven tables. A very good copy. Abraham Wald pioneered the science of decision analysis and in particular that of sequential decision making. Before Wald the traditional style of statistical decision was to posit a hypothesis make a predetermined number of measurements then make a decision whether to accept or reject the hypothesis. Wald realized that this procedure is quite wasteful and that many measurements could be saved if given the option to decide at every step whether to continue or stop the measurement process. This idea revolutionized the art of statistical testing and was later developed in the hands of computer scientists into a field known as on-line algorithms. "Most although not all of Wald's results were summed up in Sequential Analysis 1974. With minor exceptions the entire contents of this book were obtained by him. Such a phenomenon is rare in mathematical books and indicates the extent to which he founded and dominated the field of sequential analysis" DSB. Wiley & Sons, hardcover
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