Roger Mead (1938 – 10 August 2015) was an English statistician and Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics at the University of Reading.[1] He is known for his paper with John Nelder on the widely-used Nelder–Mead method[2] and for his work on statistical methods for agriculture and the design of experiments.[1][3] He was made an Honorary Life Member of the International Biometric Society in 2014.[3]
Books
[edit]- Statistical methods in agriculture and experimental biology (with Robert Curnow). 1983 ISBN 9780412242304
- The design of experiments: statistical principles for practical applications. 1988 ISBN 9780521245128
- Statistical principles for the design of experiments: applications to real experiments (with Steven G. Gilmour and Andrew Mead). 2012 ISBN 0521862140
References
[edit]- ^ a b University of Reading (17 August 2015). "Professor Roger Mead (1938 - 2015) - University of Reading". www.reading.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ Nelder, J. A.; Mead, R. (1 January 1965). "A Simplex Method for Function Minimization". The Computer Journal. 7 (4): 308–313. doi:10.1093/comjnl/7.4.308. ISSN 0010-4620.
- ^ a b "Death of Roger Mead". The International Biometric Society. Retrieved 8 January 2021.