Roger Mead Explained

Roger Mead (1938 – 10 August 2015) was an English statistician and Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics at the University of Reading.^[1] He is known for his paper with John Nelder on the widely-used Nelder–Mead method^[2] and for his work on statistical methods for agriculture and the design of experiments.^[1] He was made an Honorary Life Member of the International Biometric Society in 2014.^[3]

Books

• Statistical methods in agriculture and experimental biology (with Robert Curnow). 1983
• The design of experiments: statistical principles for practical applications. 1988
• Statistical principles for the design of experiments: applications to real experiments (with Steven G. Gilmour and Andrew Mead). 2012

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Roger Mead (1938 - 2015) - University of Reading . University of Reading . 17 August 2015 . www.reading.ac.uk. en-gb. 8 January 2021 .
2. Nelder. J. A.. Mead. R.. 1965-01-01. A Simplex Method for Function Minimization. The Computer Journal. en. 7. 4. 308–313. 10.1093/comjnl/7.4.308. 0010-4620.
3. Web site: Death of Roger Mead . The International Biometric Society . 8 January 2021 .