The Method of Maximum Likelihood and the Wald Theory of Decision Functions

Consistent Estimates Based on Partially Consistent Observations

Jerzy Neyman, Elizabeth L. Scott · Econometrica · 1948 · 2.7K citations

Computing, Biostatistics, Econometrics +11

Statistical Decision Functions

Abraham Wald · The Annals of Mathematical Statistics · 1949 · 2.2K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Decision Theory +7

Mathematical Methods of Statistics.

F. N. David, H. Cramer · Biometrika · 1947 · 1.8K citations

Natural Sciences, Biostatistics, Mathematics +12

Proceedings of the Second Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability.

F. N. David, J. Neyman · Biometrika · 1952 · 150 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Probability Theory +13

Minimax Estimates of the Mean of a Normal Distribution with Known Variance

J. Wolfowitz · The Annals of Mathematical Statistics · 1950 · 58 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Optimization +10