Willard Donald James[1] is an American mathematician most known for his work on the James-Stein estimator.[2] He graduated with a Ph.D. in mathematics from University of Illinois in 1957[2][3] and was recruited to California State University, Long Beach in 1967 from which he retired as a Professor Emeritus in 1987.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ James, Willard Donald (1957). "Some Potential Representations in the Plane". hdl:2142/76203. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 1 2 Everson, Phil (2007-06-01). "A Statistician Reads the Sports Pages". Chance. 20 (3): 49–56. doi:10.1080/09332480.2007.10722861. ISSN 0933-2480. S2CID 208915106.
  3. ↑ "Willard James - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  4. ↑ "Willard D James | Transparent California". transparentcalifornia.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  5. ↑ "Faculty and Administration - California State University, Long Beach - Acalog ACMS™". catalog.csulb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-13.


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