Samuel Kaplan, 1922–2004

Kaplan–Meier Estimator

The Kaplan–Meier estimator is a nonparametric estimator which may be used to estimate the survival distribution function from censored data. The estimator may be obtained as the limiting case of the classical actuarial (life table) estimator, and it seems to have been first proposed by Böhmer [2]. It was, however, lost sight of by later researchers and not investigated further until the importa...

Statement for Matthew Kaplan

Academic research is offers a fascinating opportunity to shape the technology of the future. My own research has focused non-photorealistic rendering (NPR). Whereas traditional rendering attempts to photorealistically simulate the world around us, NPR includes many diverse topics such as simulating traditional artistic media for both rendering and user interaction and exploring alternative meth...

Samuel Dales

Subsequent to the demons t ra t ion tha t the major h i s tocompa t ib i l i t y molecu la r complex (MHC) 1 is a necessary de t e rminan t in i m m u n e specific ki l l ing by cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTL) in virus-infected target cells (1), e luc ida t ion of the p h e n o m e n o n of M H C restr ict ion has been sought th rough several different exper imen ta l approaches. O n the basis of d...

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