The Career of a Research Statistician
From Consulting to Theoretical Development
Published on 14. March 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVIII, 209 pages
978-3-030-39436-3 (ISBN)
Description
This monograph highlights the connection between the theoretical work done by research statisticians and the impact that work has on various industries. Drawing on decades of experience as an industry consultant, the author details how his contributions have had a lasting impact on the field of statistics as a whole. Aspiring statisticians and data scientists will be motivated to find practical applications for their knowledge, as they see how such work can yield breakthroughs in their field.
Each chapter highlights a consulting position the author held that resulted in a significant contribution to statistical theory. Topics covered include tracking processes with change points, estimating common parameters, crossing fields with absorption points, military operations research, sampling surveys, stochastic visibility in random fields, reliability analysis, applied probability, and more. Notable advancements within each of these topics are presented by analyzing the problems facing various industries, and how solving those problems contributed to the development of the field. The Career of a Research Statistician is ideal for researchers, graduate students, or industry professionals working in statistics. It will be particularly useful for up-and-coming statisticians interested in the promising connection between academia and industry.More details
Series
Edition
2020 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
9 s/w Abbildungen
XVIII, 209 p. 9 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
353 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-39436-3 (9783030394363)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-39434-9
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Book
03/2020
Birkhäuser
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Person
Professor Ron Kenett is Chairman of the KPA Group, Israel and Senior Research Fellow at the Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion, Haifa Israel and Professor, University of Turin, Italy. He is an applied statistician combining expertise in academic, consulting and business domains.
Shelemyahu Zacks is a Distinguished Professor emeritus in the Mathematical Sciences department of Binghamton University.He is a Fellow of the IMS, ASA, AAAS and an elected member of the ISI. Professor Zacks has published eleven books and more than 170 journal articles on subjects of design of experiments, statistical process control, statistical decision theory, sequential analysis, reliability and sampling from finite populations. Professor Zacks has served as an Editor and Associate Editor of several Statistics and Probability journals.
Dr. Peter Gedeck, a Senior Data Scientist at Collaborative Drug Discovery, specializes in the development of machine learning algorithms to predict biological and physicochemical properties of drug candidates. In addition, he teaches data science at the University of Virginia and at statistics.com.
Content
Introduction.- Tracking Normal Processes Subjected to Change Points.- Estimating the Common Parameter of Several Distributions.- Survival Probabilities in Crossing Fields with Absorption Points.- Logistics and Operations Analysis for the Military.- Foundation of Sampling Surveys.- Visibility in Random Fields.- Sequential Testing and Estimation for Reliability Analysis.- Random Choice of Fractional Replications.- Sequential Search of an Optimal Dosage.- Contributions to Applied Probability.- Current Challenges in Statistics.