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Hunter, Patti Wilger

Connections, context, and community: Abraham Wald and the sequential probability ratio test. (English) Zbl 1186.01023

Math. Intell. 26, No. 1, 25-33 (2004).

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01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies
01A60 History of mathematics in the 20th century
62-03 History of statistics
62L10 Sequential statistical analysis

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Wald, Abraham
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