Arthur P. Dempster

Arthur P. Dempster

Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Statistics
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Research Interests

  • Methodology and logic of applied statistics.
  • Computational aspects of Bayesian and belief function inference.
  • Modelling and analysis of dynamic processes.
  • Statistical analysis of medical, social and physical phenomena.

Education

  • 1956: Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics - Princeton University
  • 1953: M.A. in Mathematics - University of Toronto
  • 1952: B.A. in Mathematics and Physics - University of Toronto

Experience

  • 1958 - present: Professor, Department of Statistics, Harvard University
  • 1969 - 1975, 1977 - 1979, 1982 - 1985: Chairman, Department of Statistics, Harvard University
  • 1957 - 1958: Member of Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories
  • 1956 - 1957: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto

Sample Publications

  • Elements of Continuous Multivariate Analysis. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA. 1969.
  • A generalization of Bayesian inference. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (B) 30, 205-247 (with discussion). 1968.
  • A class of random convex polytopes. Annals of Mathematical Statistics 43, 260-272. 1972.
  • Maximum likelihood estimation for incomplete data via the EM algorithm (with discussion). (with N. Laird and D. B. Rubin). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (B) 39, 1-38. 1977.
  • Logicist statistics I. Models and modeling. Statistical Science, 13:248-276. 1998. JSTOR.
  • The Dempster-Shafer calculus for statisticians. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (submitted 2006/7 expected).

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

SC 603
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