What are the most important statistical ideas of the past 50 years?
Didn't read the document, but hopefully it mentions PageRank, the prime example of using probabilistic graphical models to rank nodes in a directed graph. More info: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Probabilistic-Graphical-Models-Principles-Computation/dp/0262013193" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Probabilistic-Graphical-Models-Princi...</a><p>I've heard that Google and Baidu essentially started at the same time, with the same algorithm discovery (PageRank). Maybe someone can comment on if there was idea sharing or if both teams derived it independently.