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THE SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF MILTON SOBEL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2006

Ingram Olkin ,
Thomas Santner  and
Y. L. Tong
Ingram Olkin
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, E-mail: iolkin@stat.stanford.edu
Thomas Santner
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, E-mail: tjs@stat.ohio-state.edu
Y. L. Tong
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, E-mail: yung.tong@earthlink.com
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Abstract

This article describes the scientific contributions of Milton Sobel. It motivates his research by considering his family background, his war experiences, and his mentors and fellow students at Columbia University. His research in sequential analysis, selection, ranking, group testing, and probabilistic combinatorics are highlighted.

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Research Article
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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 2006 , pp. 383 - 411
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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References

REFERENCESc References in which Sobel was an author are contained in the Bibliography.

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