D. R. Fulkerson

Delbert Ray Fulkerson
Born(1924-08-14)August 14, 1924
DiedJanuary 10, 1976(1976-01-10) (aged 51)
Alma materSouthern Illinois University, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Known forFord–Fulkerson algorithm
Children2 sons
AwardsLester R. Ford Award (1967)[1] of the Mathematical Association of America
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsRAND Corporation, Cornell University
Doctoral advisorCyrus MacDuffee
Doctoral studentsJon 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.

  1. ^ Fulkerson, D. R. (1966). "Flow networks and combinatorial operations research" (PDF). Amer. Math. Monthly. 73 (2): 115–138. doi:10.2307/2313544. JSTOR 2313544. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2015-02-04.