| LC control no. | n 83826723 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Takács, Lajos, 1924-2015 |
| Variant(s) | Takács, Lajos, 1924- |
| Associated country | Hungary United States |
| Associated place | New York (N.Y.) Cleveland (Ohio) |
| Birth date | 1924-08-21 |
| Death date | 2015-12-04 |
| Place of birth | Hungary |
| Place of death | Cleveland Heights (Ohio) |
| Field of activity | Queuing theory Stochastic processes Mathematical statistics |
| Affiliation | Case Western Reserve University Columbia University Magyar Tudományos Akadémia |
| Profession or occupation | Statisticians University and college faculty members |
| Found in | LCCN 67-13529: His Combinatorial methods in the theory of stochastic processes, 1967 (hdg.: Takács, Lajos, 1924- ) LC data base, 10-7-83 (hdg.: Takács, Lajos, 1924- ; usage: Lajos Takács) 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> 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/> 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> |
| Associated language | eng hun |
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