The Scientific Contributions Of Milton Sobel

  • Authors:

  • Ingram Olkin;Thomas Santner;Y. L. Tong

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, E-mail: iolkin@stat.stanford.edu;Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, E-mail: tjs@stat.ohio-state.edu;School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, E-mail: yung.tong@earthlink.com

  • Venue:
  • Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences
  • Year:
  • 2006

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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.