Leonard Jimmie Savage

Leonard Jimmie Savage

Leonard Jimmie Savage (20 de noviembre de 1917 – 1 de noviembre de 1971) fue un matemático estadounidense especializado en estadística.[1] Su obra más conocida es del año 1954 y se titula Foundations of Statistics (Fundamentos de estadística) en el que introduce ciertos elementos sobre la teoría de la decisión.[2] [1] en su obra menciona y elabora subjetividad de la utilidad esperada estableciendo las bases de la inferencia bayesiana y sus aplicaciones a la teoría de juegos. Leonard estuvo como ayudante de John von Neumann, el científico que contruyó el primer computador electrónico.[3] Muchas de las teorías de Savage se aplican en la actualidad en diversos campos de la matemática financiera. Una de las aportaciones de este autor se denomina ley Hewitt–Savage para los eventos simétricos.

Referencias

  1. ↑ a b Glenn Shafer, (1986), Savage Revisited, Statistical Science, vol 1. , nº 4, pags. 463-501
  2. ↑ Richard Jeffrey, Savage's Omelete, PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, 1976 Philosophy of Science Association.
  3. ↑ Hacking, Ian (2001). An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 184. ISBN 0-521-77287-7. 

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