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Applied probability before 1964, and after 2014

Part of:Probability theory and stochastic processesHistory of mathematics and mathematicians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

J. F. C. Kingman
J. F. C. Kingman*
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Email address: john.kingman@bristol.ac.uk.
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Abstract

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This paper is an edited version of a talk given in Sheffield as part of the celebration of fifty years of the Applied Probability Trust and its journals. I sought to sketch the background to the Trust's formation in the development of different applications of probability during the previous century, and to draw lessons for the future of the discipline and therefore of its journals.

Keywords

Applied probabilityhistory of probabilityfuture directions

MSC classification

Primary:60-01: Instructional exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.)
Secondary:01A60: 20th century01A67: Future prospectives

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Type
Part 1. Historical reflections
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 51 , Issue A: Celebrating 50 Years of The Applied Probability Trust , December 2014, pp. 5 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 2014 

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