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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