Harold J. Larson

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Harold J. Larson is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Harold J. Larson has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Statistics and Probability, 2 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 2 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Harold J. Larson's work include Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference (2 papers), Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (2 papers) and Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (2 papers). Harold J. Larson is often cited by papers focused on Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference (2 papers), Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (2 papers) and Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (2 papers). Harold J. Larson collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Harold J. Larson's co-authors include Bruno O. Shubert, T. A. Bancroft, R. M. Cormack, Michael C. Costanza, Henry W. Block, Otto Dykstra, R. L. Plackett, Andrew Westlake, Glen Meeden and Michael Goldstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Technometrics and Biometrics.

In The Last Decade

Harold J. Larson

25 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Random variables and stochastic processes 1974 2026 1991 2008 1979 1974 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Random variables and stochastic processes
    1979 3.7k citations Harold J. Larson, Bruno O. Shubert Wiley eBooks profile →
  2. Introduction to The Theory of Statistics.
    1974 570 citations Harold J. Larson et al. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Harold J. Larson United States 12 1.6k 1.1k 624 567 513 28 4.5k
Bruno O. Shubert United States 7 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 638 1.0× 561 1.0× 515 1.0× 11 4.0k
Irwin Miller United States 13 2.5k 1.5× 1.4k 1.2× 885 1.4× 614 1.1× 663 1.3× 21 7.7k
R. W. Hamming United States 21 941 0.6× 353 0.3× 720 1.2× 500 0.9× 513 1.0× 53 5.8k
Richard P. Brent Australia 32 961 0.6× 956 0.9× 1.7k 2.7× 555 1.0× 535 1.0× 193 7.3k
Charles F. Van Loan United States 12 1.4k 0.9× 874 0.8× 912 1.5× 1.1k 1.9× 942 1.8× 22 7.2k
Josef Stoer Germany 27 936 0.6× 417 0.4× 486 0.8× 599 1.1× 279 0.5× 77 9.0k
Michael T. Heath United States 31 700 0.4× 1.2k 1.1× 668 1.1× 817 1.4× 212 0.4× 96 6.7k
Donald L. Snyder United States 31 746 0.5× 423 0.4× 741 1.2× 721 1.3× 308 0.6× 180 6.2k
Åke Björck Sweden 31 1.0k 0.6× 390 0.4× 770 1.2× 897 1.6× 533 1.0× 50 7.8k
Todd K. Moon United States 16 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.9× 795 1.4× 808 1.6× 138 4.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Harold J. Larson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harold J. Larson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Harold J. Larson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Harold J. Larson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Harold J. Larson. Harold J. Larson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Larson, Harold J.. (1992). Least squares estimation of linear splines with unknown knot locations. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 13(1). 1–8. 8 indexed citations
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Larson, Harold J., et al.. (1986). PWMA field test.
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Goldstein, Michael & Harold J. Larson. (1984). Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistical Inference.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 147(4). 614–614. 1 indexed citations
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Costanza, Michael C. & Harold J. Larson. (1983). Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistical Inference. (3rd ed.). Journal of the American Statistical Association. 78(384). 1000–1000. 22 indexed citations
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Larson, Harold J. & Bruno O. Shubert. (1979). Random variables and stochastic processes. Wiley eBooks. 3664 indexed citations breakdown →
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Larson, Harold J. & Bruno O. Shubert. (1979). Random noise, signals, and dynamic systems. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Cormack, R. M. & Harold J. Larson. (1977). Introduction to the Theory of Statistics. International Statistical Review. 45(2). 204–204. 23 indexed citations
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Plackett, R. L. & Harold J. Larson. (1976). Introduction to the Theory of Statistics.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 139(1). 128–128. 12 indexed citations
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Dykstra, Otto & Harold J. Larson. (1976). Statistics: An Introduction. Technometrics. 18(4). 502–502. 16 indexed citations
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Larson, Harold J., et al.. (1975). Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistical Inference.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 138(2). 259–259. 18 indexed citations
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Larson, Harold J., et al.. (1975). Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistical Inference.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 70(350). 492–492. 18 indexed citations
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Larson, Harold J., et al.. (1974). Introduction to The Theory of Statistics.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 137(1). 95–95. 570 indexed citations breakdown →
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Block, Henry W. & Harold J. Larson. (1972). Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistical Inference.. American Mathematical Monthly. 79(9). 1046–1046. 20 indexed citations
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Larson, Harold J., et al.. (1970). Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistical Inference. Technometrics. 12(1). 175–175. 19 indexed citations
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Meeden, Glen & Harold J. Larson. (1970). Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistical Inference. Biometrics. 26(4). 870–870. 1 indexed citations
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Larson, Harold J. & Donald R. Barr. (1969). Objective identification procedures for the naval oil analysis program. Calhoun: The Naval Postgraduate School Institutional Archive (Naval Postgraduate School). 1 indexed citations
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Larson, Harold J.. (1966). Conditional distribution of true reliability after corrective action. Calhoun: The Naval Postgraduate School Institutional Archive (Naval Postgraduate School). 1 indexed citations
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Larson, Harold J.. (1966). Least Squares Estimation of the Components of a Symmetric Matrix. Technometrics. 8(2). 360–362. 8 indexed citations
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Larson, Harold J. & T. A. Bancroft. (1963). Sequential Model Building for Prediction in Regression Analysis, I. The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 34(2). 462–479. 20 indexed citations
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Larson, Harold J., et al.. (1963). Biases in Prediction by Regression for Certain Incompletely Specified Models. Biometrika. 50(3/4). 391–391. 2 indexed citations

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