Jeffrey Friedman: in Memoriam

Leading the charge in leptin research: an interview with Jeffrey Friedman

Commuting Probability Revisions: The Uniformity Rule: In Memoriam Richard Jeffrey, 1926-2002

A simple rule of probability revision ensures that the final result of a se? quence of probability revisions is undisturbed by an alteration in the temporal order of the learning prompting those revisions. This Uniformity Rule dictates that identical learning be reflected in identical ratios of certain new-to-old odds, and is grounded in the old Bayesian idea that such ratios represent what is ...

In Memoriam-Professor Ajit K.Padhy

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Sara Friedman

Memoriam.

George W. Housner, Carl F Braun Professor of Engineering, emeritus, died after a short illness on 10 November 2008, just a few weeks before his 98th birthday. He was in the retirement home in Pasadena where he had lived for several years. For all of us who knew George, this marked the end of an era. Few people have guided and nurtured a field the way George led earthquake engineering over a per...