Fang Kaitai
Chinese mathematician and statistician (born 1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fang Kaitai (Chinese: 方开泰; born 1940), also known as Kai-Tai Fang, is a Chinese mathematician and statistician who has helped to develop generalized multivariate analysis, which extends classical multivariate analysis beyond the multivariate normal distribution to more general elliptical distributions.[7][8] He has also contributed to the design of experiments.
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Fang Kaitai | |||||||||
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Born | 1940 (age 83–84) Taizhou, Jiangsu, China | ||||||||
Alma mater | Peking University | ||||||||
Known for | Elliptical distributions Generalized multivariate analysis Uniform experimental designs | ||||||||
Awards | Elected Member of the ISI; Fellow of the IMS, HKSS,[1][2] and ASA;[3] President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Work, HKBU;[2] most excellent book in China (Government Information and Publication Administration).[2] | ||||||||
Scientific career | |||||||||
Fields | Mathematics Statistics | ||||||||
Institutions | Hong Kong Baptist University, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||||
Doctoral advisor | Pao-Lu Hsu[4] | ||||||||
Other academic advisors | Minyi Yue | ||||||||
Notable students | A. M. Elsawah, Chen Hang-feng, Fan Jianqing, Quan Hui, Wu Yue-hua, Xu Jing-Iun, Zhang Hong-qing[5][6] | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 方開泰 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 方开泰 | ||||||||
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