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James V. Zidek is an innovative researcher who has made fundamental contributions in statistical decision theory and developed theoretical foundations for the problems of decision making by multiple decision makers and of forming an aggregate opinion for a panel of experts. In recent work focusing on environmental science, he has developed novel approaches to designing monitoring networks and to interpolating a multivariate spatial random field, such as several air pollutants measured at a network of monitoring stations, thereby allowing improved estimation of the exposure of individuals for use in the evaluation of the health impacts of air pollution.

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James V. Zidek has made innovative contributions to statistical decision theory, and to the problems of decision making by multiple decision makers and of forming an aggregate opinion from a panel of experts. He has developed novel approaches to designing monitoring networks and to interpolating a multivariate spatial random field.