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Hirotugu Akaike

1927 - 2009

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Hirotugu Akaike (赤池 弘次, Akaike Hirotsugu; IPA: [akaike çiɾotsɯɡɯ]; November 5, 1927 – August 4, 2009) was a Japanese statistician. In the early 1970s, he formulated the Akaike information criterion (AIC). AIC is now widely used for model selection, which is commonly the most difficult aspect of statistical inference; additionally, AIC is the basis of a paradigm for the foundations of statistics. Akaike also made major contributions to the study of time series. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hirotugu Akaike is the 2,856th most popular religious figure (down from 2,482nd in 2019), the 1,423rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,163rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Japanese Religious Figure. Learn more about Hirotugu Akaike's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hirotugu Akaike ranks 2,856 out of 3,187. Before her are Adam Maida, Jean Margéot, Ján Babjak, William Ellery Channing, Oliver Plunkett, and Ajahn Brahm. After her are Birinus, Cædmon, Roger Mahony, Ignaty Krachkovsky, Chiara Badano, and Raymond E. Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Hirotugu Akaike ranks 351. Before her are Thadée Cisowski, Michel Scheuer, Carmen Basilio, Erol Keskin, Birgit Brüel, and Eliseo Mouriño. After her are José Azcona del Hoyo, Dieter Henrich, Kay Kendall, Vladimir Naumov, Renato Perona, and Lorenza Mazzetti. Among people deceased in 2009, Hirotugu Akaike ranks 272. Before her are Türkan Saylan, Umberto Betti, Koko Taylor, Jean Margéot, Arne Bendiksen, and Test. After her are Juan Carlos Muñoz, Milan Rúfus, César Ruminski, Willy Kernen, Frankie Manning, and Nelson Demarco.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hirotugu Akaike ranks 1,423 out of 6,245. Before her are Chiaki Yamada (1966), Toshikatsu Matsuoka (1945), Mikio Aoki (1934), Toshio Suzuki (1955), Izumi Sakai (1967), and Ichiya Kumagae (1890). After her are Masayuki Maegawa (1984), Kiyotaka Matsui (1961), Haruhiro Yamashita (1938), Yu Suzuki (1958), Takeshi Koshida (1960), and Mami Kaneda (1968).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Hirotugu Akaike ranks 33. Before her are Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930), Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (1902), and Peter Takeo Okada (1941).

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