List of Famous people with last name Akaike

Hirotugu Akaike

First Name Hirotugu

Born on November 5, 1927

Died on August 4, 2009 (aged 81)

Born in Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture

Hirotugu Akaike was a Japanese statistician. In the early 1970s, he formulated the Akaike information criterion (AIC). AIC is now widely used for model selection, which is commonly the most difficult aspect of statistical inference; additionally, AIC is the basis of a paradigm for the foundations of statistics. Akaike also made major contributions to the study of time series. As well, he had a large role in the general development of statistics in Japan.

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Masaaki Akaike

First Name Masaaki

Born on July 19, 1961 (age 63)

Born in Japan, Yamanashi Prefecture

Masaaki Akaike is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

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