Statistical Research Group at Columbia University

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World War II research organization interdisciplinary team research group

The Statistical Research Group at Columbia University was a World War II-era interdisciplinary team of statisticians and mathematicians that developed pioneering statistical methods for military operations and decision-making.

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instanceOf World War II research organization ⓘ
interdisciplinary team ⓘ
research group ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
affiliation Columbia University ⓘ
appliedTo anti-aircraft gunnery ⓘ
bombing accuracy ⓘ
industrial quality control ⓘ
naval convoy protection ⓘ
contributedTo foundations of modern decision theory ⓘ
operations research ⓘ
surface form: foundations of modern operations research

sequential probability ratio test ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolvedAfter end of World War II ⓘ
employed economists ⓘ
mathematicians ⓘ
statisticians ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
field applied mathematics ⓘ
operations research ⓘ
statistics ⓘ
hasMember Abraham Girshick ⓘ
Abraham Wald ⓘ
Allen Wallis ⓘ
Charles Stein ⓘ
Fred Mosteller ⓘ
surface form: Frederick Mosteller

George Stigler ⓘ
Harold Hotelling ⓘ
Herbert Solomon ⓘ
Jacob Wolfowitz ⓘ
Jerzy Neyman ⓘ
John W. Tukey ⓘ
surface form: John Tukey

Joseph L. Doob ⓘ
Leonard J. Savage ⓘ
Milton Friedman ⓘ
Samuel Wilks ⓘ
Theodore W. Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Allen Wallis ⓘ
surface form: W. Allen Wallis
legacy influenced postwar development of statistics ⓘ
trained a generation of leading statisticians and economists ⓘ
locatedIn New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableWork development of quality control procedures for war production ⓘ
development of sequential analysis ⓘ
development of statistical decision theory ⓘ
work on optimal aircraft armor placement ⓘ
partOf American war research effort in World War II ⓘ
purpose to apply statistical methods to military problems ⓘ
to develop operational research methods ⓘ
to improve military decision-making ⓘ
sponsoredBy Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: U.S. military
startTime 1942 ⓘ

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