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Robert L. Winkler

Robert L. Winkler

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
70
Citations
22668
World Ranking
762
National Ranking
361

Mathematics

D-Index
68
Citations
22456
World Ranking
308
National Ranking
170

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Robert L. Winkler is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study with a focus on Engineering and Decision Sciences. Within these broader areas, their work covers subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research, Molecular Biology, Finance, and Oncology.

The scientist's main research topics include Forecasting Techniques and Applications, Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling, Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Semiconductor materials and devices, Energy Load and Power Forecasting, and Stock Market Forecasting Methods.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Robert L. Winkler include Leopoldo Molina-Luna, Ilia Tsetlin, Anil Gaba, Dajun Yang, and Alexander Zintler.

The researcher's recent papers include:

  • Forecasting: theory and practice, 2022, BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca)
  • The M5 uncertainty competition: Results, findings and conclusions, 2021, International Journal of Forecasting
  • RUNX1 isoform disequilibrium promotes the development of trisomy 21-associated myeloid leukemia, 2022, Blood
  • Newly updated activity results of alrizomadlin (APG-115), a novel MDM2/p53 inhibitor, plus pembrolizumab: Phase 2 study in adults and children with various solid tumors., 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Forecasting: theory and practice, 2022, International Journal of Forecasting

Robert L. Winkler frequently publishes in several prominent venues including:

  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • International Journal of Forecasting
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Operations Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Professional recognition includes being named a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 2006 and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 1983.

Best Publications

  • The accuracy of extrapolation (time series) methods: Results of a forecasting competition

    S. Makridakis;A. Andersen;A. Andersen;R. Carbone;R. Fildes;R. Fildes

  • Combining Probability Distributions From Experts in Risk Analysis

    Robert T. Clemen;Robert L. Winkler

  • Scoring Rules for Continuous Probability Distributions

    James E. Matheson;Robert L. Winkler

  • Statistics; probability, inference, and decision

    William Lee Hays;Robert L. Winkler

  • A General Framework for Forecast Verification

    Allan H. Murphy;Robert L. Winkler

  • Averages of Forecasts: Some Empirical Results

    Spyros Makridakis;Robert L. Winkler

  • An Introduction to Bayesian Inference and Decision

    Robert L. Winkler

  • The Assessment of Prior Distributions in Bayesian Analysis

    Robert L. Winkler

  • Combining Probability Distributions from Dependent Information Sources

    Robert L. Winkler

  • The Consensus of Subjective Probability Distributions

    Robert L. Winkler

  • The Combination of Forecasts

    Robert L. Winkler;Spyros Makridakis

  • “Good” Probability Assessors

    Robert L. Winkler;Allan H. Murphy

  • Interactive Elicitation of Opinion for a Normal Linear Model

    Joseph B. Kadane;James M. Dickey;Robert L. Winkler;Wayne S. Smith

  • Combining Economic Forecasts

    Robert T. Clemen;Robert L. Winkler

  • Reliability of Subjective Probability Forecasts of Precipitation and Temperature

    Allan H. Murphy;Robert L. Winkler

  • Probability Forecasting in Meteorology

    Allan H. Murphy;Robert L. Winkler

  • Limits for the Precision and Value of Information from Dependent Sources

    Robert T. Clemen;Robert L. Winkler

  • Diagnostic verification of probability forecasts

    Allan H. Murphy;Robert L. Winkler

  • Uncertainty in probabilistic risk assessment

    Robert L. Winkler

  • The Optimizers Curse: Skepticism and Postdecision Surprise in Decision Analysis

    James E. Smith;Robert L. Winkler

  • Scoring Rules and the Evaluation of Probability Assessors

    Robert L. Winkler

Frequent Co-Authors

Spyros Makridakis
Spyros Makridakis University of Nicosia
Joseph B. Kadane
Joseph B. Kadane Carnegie Mellon University
Thomas S. Wallsten
Thomas S. Wallsten University of Maryland, College Park
Ralph L. Keeney
Ralph L. Keeney Duke University
Ward Edwards
Ward Edwards University of Southern California
Richard W. Katz
Richard W. Katz National Center for Atmospheric Research
Marco Scarsini
Marco Scarsini Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies
Sarah Lichtenstein
Sarah Lichtenstein Oregon Research Institute
Giovanni Parmigiani
Giovanni Parmigiani Harvard University
Baruch Fischhoff
Baruch Fischhoff Carnegie Mellon University

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