Howard Raiffa
Howard Raiffa (born January 24, 1924 - † July 8, 2016 ) was an American mathematical statistician , who is known for work in decision theory and game theory .
Life and education
Raiffa studied mathematics at the University of Michigan ( Bachelor 1947, Master 1948), where he received his doctorate in 1952 under Arthur Herbert Copeland (1898-1970) ( Arbitration Schemes for Generalized Two-Person Games ), and was Assistant Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the Columbia University . In 1960 he became a professor (from 1964 Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor ) at Harvard University . Most recently he was Professor of Managerial Economics at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School (John F. Kennedy School of Government), of which he was a co-founder. In 1994 he retired. He was the first director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, founded in 1972 .
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Raiffa examined conflict resolution strategies and negotiations . In decision theory, he developed an approach based on Bayesian statistics . He was chair of the National Research Council Committee on Risk Analysis and Decision Theory.
Awards and honors
- 1968: Admission to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1976: Frederick W. Lanchester Prize
- 1999: Dickson Prize in Science
Raiffa also holds multiple honorary doctorates (Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University , University of Michigan, Ben-Gurion University ).
Fonts
- with Theodore Motzkin , Gerald L. Thompson, RM Thrall The double description method in Contributions to the theory of games , Annals of Mathematical Studies, Princeton 1953, pp. 51–73
- with JS Hammond, RL Keeney: Smart Choices , Harvard Business School Press, Boston 1998
- with Keeney Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs . Wiley, New York. 1976, reprint at Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 1993 (the book was awarded the Lanchester Prize)
- with R. Duncan Luce : Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey , Wiley, New York. 1957
- with JW Pratt, R. Schaifer ntroduction to Statistical Decision Theory , MIT Press, Cambridge, 1995
- Decision Analysis: Introductory Lectures on Choices Under Uncertainty , Addison-Wesley, Reading, 1968
- The Art and Science of Negotiation , Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA, 1982
- Negotiation Analysis , Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002
- with J. Richardson, D. Metcalfe Negotiation Analysis: The Science and Art of Collaborative Decision , Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003
- with R. Schaifer Applied Statistical Decision Theory. Division of Research , Harvard Business School, Boston, 1961, paperback editions MIT Press 1968, Wiley Classics Library 2000
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Frederick W. Lanchester Prize. (No longer available online.) Informs.org ( Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences ), archived from the original on October 2, 2015 ; accessed on February 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raiffa, Howard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American statistician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1924 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 2016 |