Delbert Ray Fulkerson | |
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| Born | August 14, 1924 Tamms, Illinois, US |
| Died | January 10, 1976 (aged 51) Ithaca, New York, US |
| Alma mater | Southern Illinois University, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Known for | Ford–Fulkerson algorithm |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Awards | Lester R. Ford Award (1967)[1] of the Mathematical Association of America |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | RAND Corporation, Cornell University |
| Doctoral advisor | Cyrus MacDuffee |
| Doctoral students | Jon Folkman, Robert G. Bland |
Delbert Ray Fulkerson (/ˈfʌlkərsən/; August 14, 1924 – January 10, 1976) was an American mathematician who co-developed the Ford–Fulkerson algorithm, one of the most well-known algorithms to solve the maximum flow problem in networks.
- ^ Fulkerson, D. R. (1966). "Flow networks and combinatorial operations research" (PDF). Amer. Math. Monthly. 73 (2): 115–138. doi:10.2307/2313544. JSTOR 2313544.