Jaap Wessels

Jaap Wessels
Born(1939-01-19)19 January 1939
Amsterdam
Died30 July 2009(2009-07-30) (aged 70)
Alma materEindhoven University of Technology
University of Amsterdam
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorJacques F. Benders
Doctoral students

Jacobus (Jaap) Wessels (19 January 1939 – 30 July 2009) was a Dutch mathematician and Professor of Stochastic Operations Research at the Eindhoven University of Technology,[1] known for his contributions in the field of Markov decision processes.[2]

  1. ^ Jo van Nunen and Jaap van der Wal. "Jaap Wessels–his life with stochastic processes." Statistica Neerlandica 54.2 (2000): 116-126.
  2. ^ In memoriam prof.dr. Jaap Wessels in: Cursor/I week 37, 2009. Accessed September 18, 2010.