Delbert Ray Fulkerson | |
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Born | Tamms, Illinois, US | August 14, 1924
Died | January 10, 1976 Ithaca, New York, US | (aged 51)
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.