Melvin Dresher

Melvin Dresher
Melvin Dresher, early 1940s
Born(1911-03-13)March 13, 1911
DiedJune 4, 1992(1992-06-04) (aged 81)
EducationLehigh University
Yale University
Known forPrisoner's dilemma
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsMichigan State College
War Production Board
National Defense Research Committee
Catholic University of America
RAND
Doctoral advisorØystein Ore

Melvin Dresher (born Dreszer; March 13, 1911 – June 4, 1992) was a Polish-born American mathematician, notable for developing, alongside Merrill Flood, the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma while at RAND in 1950 (Albert W. Tucker gave the game its prison-sentence interpretation, and thus the name by which it is known today).[1][2]

  1. ^ Taylor, Timothy (2020-01-17). "CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: The Prisoner's Dilemma: Celebrating its 70th Anniversary". CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  2. ^ Kuhn, Steven (2019), Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), "Prisoner's Dilemma", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2019 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 2023-12-23