100. výročí úmrtí Francise Galtona
A Journey from Statistics and Probability to Risk Theory An interview with Ludger Rüschendorf
About “Correlations” (1937).
About one problem of Bernoulli and Euler from the theory of statistical estimation.
We consider some results by D. Bernoulli and L. Euler on the method of maximum likelihood in parametric estimation. The statistical analysis is made by considering a parametric family with a shift parameter.
About statistics as a discipline in India.
About the history of teaching probability theory and statistics. (Sur l'histoire de l'enseignement des probabilités et des statistiques.)
Alfred J. Lotka and the mathematics of population.
Anders Hald (1913--2007): writings on the history of probability and statistics.
Aus der Vorgeschichte der Mathematischen Statistik.
Biography of Børge Jessen, 19.06.1907 – 20.03.1993.
Biography of Professor João Tiago Praça Nunes Mexia
Borel and the St. Petersburg martingale.
Borel, probability and La Revue du Mois.
Bruno de Finetti: the origin of his subjectivism. (Bruno de Finetti: l'origine de son subjectivisme.)
By the way: the use of a probabilistic argumentation of Nicole Oresme. (A propos de l'utilisation par Nicole Oresme d'une argumentation “probabiliste”.)
Commentary on Lévy's lecture notes to the Ecole Polytechnique (1919).
Condorcet and Borda in 1784. Misfits and documents.
Condorcet's theory of voting
Condorcet believed that the purpose of voting is to make a choice that is “best” for society. According to his view, there is one choice that is objectively best, another that is second-best, and so forth. Unfortunately, voters sometimes make mistakes ; they misperceive what is best. In designing a voting rule, therefore, the objective should be to choose the alternative that is most likely to be best. Condorcet solved this problem using a form of maximum likelihood estimation. The procedure that...
Controversy in case of the interpretation of a probabilistic theorem of Nicole Oresme. (À propos d'une controverse au sujet de l'interprétation d'un théorème “probabiliste” de Nicole Oresme.)
Document 1: Summary of the scientific work of Mr. Jean Ville (May 1955).