Bertil Matérn
Swedish statistician and mathematician (1917–2007) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bertil Matérn (18 May 1917 – 6 November 2007) was a Swedish statistician. The Matérn covariance function is named after him.
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Bertil Matérn | |
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Born | (1917-05-18)May 18, 1917 Gothenburg, Sweden |
Died | November 6, 2007(2007-11-06) (aged 90) Danderyd, Sweden |
Alma mater | Stockholm University |
Known for | Matérn covariance function |
Spouse | Carin Berglund (m. 1947) |
Children | 2 |
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Thesis | Spatial Variation: Stochastic models and their application to some problems in forest surveys and other sampling investigations (1960) |
Doctoral advisor | Harald Cramér |
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