Richard Ernest Bellman | |
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| Born | Richard Ernest Bellman August 26, 1920 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 19, 1984 (aged 63) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Dynamic programming Stochastic dynamic programming Curse of dimensionality Linear search problem Bellman equation Bellman–Ford algorithm Bellman's lost-in-a-forest problem Bellman–Held–Karp algorithm Grönwall–Bellman inequality Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation |
| Awards | John von Neumann Theory Prize (1976) IEEE Medal of Honor (1979) Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1984) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics and Control theory |
| Institutions | University of Southern California Rand Corporation Stanford University |
| Thesis | On the Boundedness of Solutions of Non-Linear Differential and Difference Equations[1] |
| Doctoral advisor | Solomon Lefschetz[1] |
| Doctoral students | Christine Shoemaker[1] |
Richard Ernest Bellman[2] (August 26, 1920 – March 19, 1984) was an American applied mathematician, who introduced dynamic programming in 1953, and made important contributions in other fields of mathematics, such as biomathematics. He founded the leading biomathematical journal Mathematical Biosciences, as well as the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.