Rudolf Avenhaus

Rudolf Avenhaus (born August 6, 1938 in Zwickau ) is a German physicist and statistician . From 1993 to 1994 he was acting president of the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich .

Life

Avenhaus studied mathematics and physics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (diploma in 1964). In 1967 he was in theoretical physics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Technical University of Karlsruhe with a thesis on the influence of the spin paramagnetism of electrons superconductors short free path length for Dr. rer. nat. PhD. In 1975 he completed his habilitation in statistics at the University of Mannheim . Avenhaus worked as a research assistant in Karlsruhe and Geneva as well as at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg. In 1976 he became head of department at the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center.

From 1980 he was Professor of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich . His main research interests were multivariate procedures , test theory and game theory . In 1993/94 he was acting president of the Bundeswehr University. He has now retired. His academic students include a. Bernhard von Stengel .

From 1976 to 1983 he was a member of the German Society for Peace and Conflict Research .

Awards

• 1980: Océ van der Grinten Prize

Fonts (selection)

• Edited with Reiner K. Huber , John D. Kettelle: Modeling and analysis in arms control (= NATO ASI series: Series F, Computer and systems sciences . Vol. 26). Springer, Berlin a. a. 1986, ISBN 3-540-17174-6 .
• Edited with Hassane Karkar, Michel Rudnianski: Defense decision making. Proceedings of the First ARESAD International Conference on Decision Making and Defense, held in Paris, November 22-23, 1989. With 53 figures . Springer, Berlin a. a. 1991, ISBN 3-540-54022-9 .
• Edited with Reiner K. Huber: International stability in a multipolar world. Issues and models for analysis . Nomos, Baden-Baden 1993, ISBN 3-7890-3009-0 .
• Edited with Reiner K. Huber: Models for security policy in the post-cold war era. Proceedings of a Scientific Symposium on Modeling and Analysis of Stability Problems in Multipolar International Systems, held 7-9 June 1995 at the Universität der Bundeswehr München . Nomos, Baden-Baden 1996, ISBN 3-7890-4287-0 .
• Edited with Nicholas Kyriakopoulos, Michel Richard, Gotthard Stein: Verifying treaty compliance. Limiting weapons of mass destruction and monitoring Kyoto protocol provisions . Springer, Berlin a. a. 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-33853-6 .
• Edited with I. William Zartman: Diplomacy games. Formal models and international negotiations. With 42 tables . Springer, Berlin a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-68303-2 .
• Edited with Gunnar Sjöstedt: Negotiated risks. International talks on hazardous issues . Springer, Berlin a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-92992-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Rudolf Avenhaus in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Rudolf Avenhaus  in the German Digital Library
• Rudolf Avenhaus at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar Online (2014)