David Krantz
David H. Krantz (born December 30, 1938 in Buffalo , New York ) is an American mathematician and psychologist .
Life
Krantz first studied mathematics at Yale University . He left the university in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude . He then studied mathematical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania . His Ph.D. - He finished his studies in 1964 with his dissertation entitled The scaling of small and large color differences .
After graduating, Krantz moved to the University of Michigan . Initially assistant professor of psychology, he rose to associate professor in 1968 , before being appointed full professor in 1971. In 1980 he went to the privately owned Bell Laboratories . In 1985 he returned to academia when he accepted a professorship at Columbia University . There he was head of the statistics department between 1990 and 1992. In the following years he was particularly involved in The Earth Institute , which was created in 1995, and was founding director of the Center for the Decision Sciences and the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at the university.
Krantz worked in various scientific fields, with a focus on measurement theory , color perception and the application of mathematical and statistical methods in everyday life. In particular, in collaboration with Duncan Luce , Patrick Suppes and Amos Tversky , he developed the fundamentals of measurement theory. With Luce he developed a concept for mathematical modeling within the framework of decision theory : the so-called Luce-Krantz models offer an approach in which context effects are also incorporated into the modeling as situation knowledge.
Works
The following list shows books published by Krantz, and he has also written numerous magazine articles and working papers.
with Howard Raiffa: Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey, 1957 Individual Choice Behavior: A Theoretical Analysis, 1959
- With Duncan Luce, Patrick Suppes and Amos Tversky : Foundations of Measurement, Vol. I, 1971
- With Richard C. Atkinson , Duncan Luce and Patrick Suppes: Contemporary developments in mathematical psychology. Vol. I, 1974
- With Richard C. Atkinson, Duncan Luce and Patrick Suppes: Contemporary developments in mathematical psychology. Vol. II, 1974
- With Duncan Luce, Patrick Suppes and Amos Tversky: Foundations of Measurement, Vol. II, 1989
- With Duncan Luce, Patrick Suppes and Amos Tversky: Foundations of Measurement, Vol. III, 1990
Web links
- David Krantz ( July 25, 2011 memento on the Internet Archive ) at Columbia University
- Literature by and about David Krantz in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krantz, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krantz, David H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician and psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buffalo , New York |