Julian Ernst Besag, 26 March 1945 -- 6 August 2010, a biographical memoir

11/28/2017

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by   Peter J. Diggle, et al.

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Julian Besag's contributions to the discipline of statistics are profound. They have been, and continue to be, of far-reaching consequence. Julian's research work had authority and great originality. He seldom wrote the last word on a subject, but was there at the start of many of the key developments in modern stochastic modelling. His record of publication is rather concise, but the work therein is very deliberate, and densely and painstakingly written. He had very high standards over what he put his name to.