esian ▁analysis ▁and ▁econ ometric ▁model ing . ▁ ▁In ▁Bay esian ▁analysis , ▁Z ell ner ▁not ▁only ▁provided ▁many ▁applications ▁of ▁it ▁but ▁also ▁a ▁new ▁information - the or etic ▁deriv ation ▁of ▁rules ▁that ▁are ▁ 1 0 0 % ▁efficient ▁information ▁processing ▁rules ▁— ▁this ▁class ▁includes ▁Bay es ' s ▁theorem . ▁In ▁econ ometric ▁model ing , ▁he , ▁in ▁association ▁with ▁Franz ▁Pal m , ▁developed ▁the ▁struct ural ▁time - series ▁approach ▁for ▁construct ing ▁new ▁models ▁and ▁for ▁checking ▁the ▁ade qu acy ▁of ▁old ▁models . ▁In ▁addition , ▁he ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁many ▁important ▁applied ▁econ ometric ▁and ▁statistical ▁studies . ▁ ▁Born ▁in ▁Brook lyn , ▁New ▁York , ▁to ▁Ukrain ian ▁imm igr ant ▁parents , ▁Z ell ner ▁earned ▁his ▁A . B . ▁in ▁physics ▁from ▁Harvard ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁and ▁his ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁econom ics ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Ber keley , ▁under ▁super vision ▁of ▁George ▁K uz net s , ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁He ▁held ▁honor ary ▁degrees ▁from ▁the ▁Aut onom ous ▁University ▁of ▁Madrid ▁in ▁Spain , ▁the ▁Univers idade ▁T éc nica ▁de ▁Lis boa ▁in ▁Portugal , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁K iel ▁in ▁Germany , ▁and ▁the ▁Er as mus ▁School ▁of ▁Econom ics ▁at ▁Er as mus ▁University ▁Rot ter dam ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁H . G . B . ▁Alexander ▁Dist