Herbert Robbins
Herbert Robbins · Science & Medicine
Statistics; the Robbins-Monro stochastic approximation
1915, New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States — 2001, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
United States
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Herbert Robbins was an American mathematician and statistician who co-founded major areas of modern statistics, including the Robbins-Monro stochastic approximation algorithm, empirical Bayes methods, and sequential analysis; he also co-wrote the classic 'What Is Mathematics?' with Richard Courant. His mother, Celia Klemansky, was Jewish; he was of Jewish descent.
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Statistics; the Robbins-Monro stochastic approximation
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