Michael Bahir Maschler | |
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| Born | July 22, 1927 Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) |
| Died | July 20, 2008 (aged 80) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Known for | Game theory |
| Awards | Frederick W. Lanchester Prize (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Doctoral advisor | Stefan Bergman (Stanford University) Michael Fekete (Hebrew University) |
| Doctoral students | Anna Sfard |
Michael Bahir Maschler (Hebrew: מיכאל בהיר משלר) (July 22, 1927 – July 20, 2008) was an Israeli mathematician well known for his contributions to the field of game theory. He was a professor in the Einstein Institute of Mathematics and the Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. In 2012, the Israeli Chapter of the Game Theory Society founded the Maschler Prize, an annual prize awarded to an outstanding research student in game theory and related topics in Israel.[1]