Melvin Dresher
Polish-American mathematician (1911-1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Melvin Dresher (born Dreszer; March 13, 1911 – June 4, 1992) was a Polish-born American mathematician, notable for developing, with Merrill Flood, the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma while at RAND in 1950 (Albert W. Tucker gave the game its prison-sentence interpretation, and thus the name by which it is known today).[1][2]
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Melvin Dresher | |
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Born | (1911-03-13)March 13, 1911 |
Died | June 4, 1992(1992-06-04) (aged 81) Kern, California, US |
Education | Lehigh University Yale University |
Known for | Prisoner's dilemma |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Michigan State College War Production Board National Defense Research Committee Catholic University of America RAND |
Doctoral advisor | Øystein Ore |
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