Bruno de Finetti
Bruno De Finetti | |
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| Born | 13 June 1906 |
| Died | 20 July 1985 (aged 79) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | Politecnico di Milano |
| Known for | De Finetti diagram De Finetti's theorem Kolmogorov–Nagumo–de Finetti mean Dutch book theorems Infinite divisibility Mean-variance analysis Predictive inference |
| Awards | ICM Speaker (1928) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Italian National Institute of Statistics Assicurazioni Generali University of Trieste University of Padua Sapienza University of Rome |
Bruno de Finetti (13 June 1906 – 20 July 1985) was an Italian probabilist statistician and actuary, noted for the "operational subjective" conception of probability. The classic exposition of his distinctive theory is the 1937 "La prévision: ses lois logiques, ses sources subjectives", which discussed probability founded on the coherence of betting odds and the consequences of exchangeability.