R.A.Fisher, design theory, and the Indian connection Export

@article{citeulike:6014666, abstract = {Design Theory, a branch of mathematics, was born out of the experimental statistics research of the population geneticist R. A. Fisher and of Indian mathematical statisticians in the 1930s. The field combines elements of combinatorics, finite projective geometries, Latin squares, and a variety of further mathematical structures, brought together in surprising ways. This essay will present these structures and ideas as well as how the field came together, in itself an interesting story.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Rau, A. R. P.}, citeulike-article-id = {6014666}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.4163}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0910.4163}, day = {21}, eprint = {0910.4163}, keywords = {combinatorics, fisher, history, statistics}, month = {Oct}, posted-at = {2009-10-27 13:16:44}, priority = {2}, title = {R.A.Fisher, design theory, and the Indian connection}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.4163}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6014666 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6014666 N2 - Design Theory, a branch of mathematics, was born out of the experimental statistics research of the population geneticist R. A. Fisher and of Indian mathematical statisticians in the 1930s. The field combines elements of combinatorics, finite projective geometries, Latin squares, and a variety of further mathematical structures, brought together in surprising ways. This essay will present these structures and ideas as well as how the field came together, in itself an interesting story. TI - R.A.Fisher, design theory, and the Indian connection KW - combinatorics KW - fisher KW - history KW - statistics AU - Rau, ARP PY - 2009/Oct/21/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.4163 ER -