Hirotugu Akaike
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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Male
Date of Birth
November 5th, 1927
Age
98
Birth Place
Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture
Date of Death
August 4th, 2009
Died Aged
81
Star Sign
Scorpio
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