Takács, Lajos, 1924-2015
URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Lajos Ferenc
Variants
- Takács, Lajos, 1924-
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1924-08-21
Death Date
- 2015-12-04
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1966
- Affiliation End: 1987
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1959
- Affiliation End: 1966
- Organization: Columbia University
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia
Birth Place
- Hungary
Associated Language
- English
Associated Language
- Hungarian
Field of Activity
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Takács, Lajos, 1924-
Sources
- found: LCCN 67-13529: His Combinatorial methods in the theory of stochastic processes, 1967(hdg.: Takács, Lajos, 1924- )
- found: LC data base, 10-7-83(hdg.: Takács, Lajos, 1924- ; usage: Lajos Takács)
- found: Schulte & Mahon-Murphy Funeral Home website, viewed February 7, 2024(Dr. Lajos Ferenc Takacs; died December 4, 2015; Dr. Takacs was a highly respected professor of statistics and probability at Case Western Reserve University from 1966-1987; during his extensive career, he authored over 200 mathematical publications, including five books on stochastic processes, queueing theory and probability) - https://www.schultemahonmurphy.com/obituaries/Dr-Lajos-Ferenc-Takacs?obId=4271369
- found: The Daily (Case Western Reserve University campus newspaper), dateline December 9, 2015, viewed online February 7, 2024:"Services for Professor Emeritus Lajos Takács to be held Dec. 11" (Takács was a pioneer in queuing theory and an elected member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; he consulted in the research laboratories at Hungary's premier telephone, telegraph and technology company, Tungsram; he was involved in early experiments to detect microwave echoes; he helped calculate the distance to the moon and to study the nature of the photon; he was an assistant professor of mathematical statistics at Columbia University from 1959-1966; during his years at Columbia, he published three books: Stochastic Processes, Introduction to the theory of queues, and Combinatorial methods in the theory of stochastic processes) - https://thedaily.case.edu/services-for-professor-emeritus-lajos-takacs-to-be-held-dec-11/
- found: Queueing systems: theory and applications, January 2016, viewed online February 7, 2024:obituary, pages 1-4 (Lajos Takács died in Cleveland Heights, Ohio; he was born August 21, 1924, in Hungary; he published in English and Hungarian) - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11134-016-9473-2
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1983-10-14: new
- 2024-02-09: revised
Alternate Formats