Richard Tweedie
Richard Tweedie | |
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| Born | 22 August 1947 Leeton, New South Wales,Australia |
| Died | 7 June 2001(aged 53) United States |
| Alma mater | Australian National University University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Applied probability Markov chains Statistical modelling |
| Awards | Member of theBernoulli Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics Statistics |
| Institutions | Bond University Colorado State University University of Minnesota |
| Thesis | R-Theory and Truncation Algorithms for Markov Chains and Processes(1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | David George Kendall |
Richard Lewis Tweedie(22 August 1947 – 7 June 2001) was an Australian statistician.[1][2]
Education
[edit]After having completed his undergraduate studies and a Master of Arts at theAustralian National University,Tweedie moved toCambridge University,where he obtained his doctorate under the supervision ofDavid George Kendallin 1972. Additionally, in 1986 he was awarded aDoctor of Sciencedegree from the ANU for his major contributions to the theory ofMarkov chains on a measurable state space.[3]
Career
[edit]Tweedie joined the company Siromath in 1981 as general manager, and became its managing director in 1983.[4]He taught atBond Universityas Foundation Dean and Foundation Professor of Information Sciences from 1987 to 1992, after which he joined the faculty ofColorado State University(CSU). He was chair of CSU's Department of Statistics from 1992 to 1997, and left CSU to join the faculty of theUniversity of Minnesotain 1999. When he died in 2001 of aheart attack,he was the chair of the University of Minnesota's Division of Biostatistics.[5]
Tobacco industry consulting
[edit]Tweedie did some work as a tobacco industry consultant during his career.[6]This work included presenting his analysis of studies on the health effects ofpassive smokingat a 1980 meeting, to which he had been invited by the industry.[7]
Recognition
[edit]Tweedie was elected as aFellow of the American Statistical Associationin 1997.[8]
References
[edit]- ^Dunsmuir, William T. M.; Meyn, Sean P.; Roberts, Gareth O. (2003). "Richard Tweedie, 1947–2001".Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series D (The Statistician).52(1): 102–104.JSTOR4128174.
- ^"Tweedie, R. L. (Richard Lewis) (1947–2001)".Encyclopedia of Australian Science.Retrieved14 January2018.
- ^Dunsmuir, William T. M.; Meyn, Sean P.; Roberts, Gareth O. (2002)."Richard Tweedie, 1947–2001".Journal of Applied Probability.39(2): 441–454.doi:10.1017/S0021900200022671.
- ^Tweedie, R. L. (1986). "In and Out of Applied Probability in Australia".The Craft of Probabilistic Modelling.Applied Probability. Vol. 1. Springer, New York, NY. pp. 291–308.doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-8631-5_19.ISBN9781461386339.
- ^Hall, Peter (6 July 2001)."Richard Tweedie".
- ^Gelman, Andrew (2012). "Ethics and Statistics: Statistics for Cigarette Sellers".Chance.25(3): 43–46.doi:10.1080/09332480.2012.726563.S2CID60267976.
- ^"Good Morning".Industry Documents Library.19 November 1980. p. 5.Retrieved20 February2018.
- ^"ASA Fellows list".American Statistical Association.Retrieved22 November2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Dunsmuir, William T. M.; Meyn, Sean P.; Roberts, Gareth (June 2002)."Obituary: Richard Lewis Tweedie".Journal of Applied Probability.39(2): 441–454.doi:10.1017/S0021900200022671.ISSN0021-9002.
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