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Abraham Wald Scientist

Abraham Wald (Hungarian: Wald Ábrahám, (1902-10-31)October 31, 1902 – December 13, 1950(1950-12-13)) was a mathematician born in Cluj, in the then Austria–Hungary (present-day Romania) who contributed to decision theory, geometry, and econometrics, and founded the field of statistical sequential analysis. He spent his researching years at Columbia University.

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Birth date	October 31, 1902
Birth place	Austria-Hungary , Cluj-Napoca
Nationality	Hungary
Date of death	December 13, 1950
Place of death	India , Travancore
Education	University of Vienna
Known for	Wald's equation Sequential probability ratio test Wald test Sequential analysis

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