Glenn Shafer
Glenn Shafer (born November 21, 1946 in Caney , Kansas ) is an American mathematician who co-founded the Dempster-Shafer theory by developing Arthur Pentland Dempster's approaches to the generalization of Bayesian statistics .
Shafer studied at Princeton University , where he obtained an Artium Baccalaureus in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in mathematical statistics . He then taught at Princeton University before moving to the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Kansas in 1976 . In 1984 Shafer began teaching economics there and in 1992 moved to the Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick .
Web links
- http://www.glennshafer.com/
- Literature by and about Glenn Shafer in the WorldCat bibliographic database
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| SURNAME | Shafer, Glenn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caney , Kansas |