Lloyd Shapley

Lloyd Shapley
Shapley in 1980
Born
Lloyd Stowell Shapley

(1923-06-02)June 2, 1923
DiedMarch 12, 2016(2016-03-12) (aged 92)
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
Princeton University (PhD)
Known forShapley value
Shapley–Shubik power index
stochastic games
Bondareva–Shapley theorem
Shapley–Folkman lemma & theorem
Gale–Shapley algorithm
potential game
core, kernel, and nucleolus
market games
authority distribution
multi-person utility
non-atomic games
SpouseMarian Louise Shapley (since 1955)[2]
AwardsNobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2012)
Bronze Star Medal(1944)
Golden Goose Award (2013)
John von Neumann Theory Prize (1981)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, economics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
RAND Corporation
Princeton University
ThesisAdditive and non-additive set functions (1953)
Doctoral advisorAlbert W. Tucker[1]
Websitewww.econ.ucla.edu/shapley/

Lloyd Stowell Shapley (/ˈʃæpli/; June 2, 1923 – March 12, 2016) was an American mathematician and Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist. He contributed to the fields of mathematical economics and especially game theory. Shapley is generally considered one of the most important contributors to the development of game theory since the work of von Neumann and Morgenstern.[3] With Alvin E. Roth, Shapley won the 2012 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design."[4][5]

  1. ^ Lloyd Shapley at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ Jain, C (March 15, 2016). "Spouse - source from NYTimes". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Roth, A.E., Introduction to the Shapley Value, in "The Shapley Value: Essays in Honor of Lloyd S. Shapley", Cambridge University Press, 1988.
  4. ^ "Lloyd Shapley, a Nobel laureate in economics, has died". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  5. ^ Roth, Al (March 12, 2016). "Lloyd S. Shapley 1923– 2016". Nature. 532 (7598): 178. Bibcode:2016Natur.532..178R. doi:10.1038/532178a. PMID 27075091. S2CID 4469185. Retrieved March 13, 2016.