Cyrus Derman
Cyrus Derman (born July 16, 1925 in Philadelphia , † April 27, 2011 in Carmel (New York) ) is an American mathematician who dealt with probability theory and operations research . He was a professor at Columbia University .
He was the son of a shopkeeper who immigrated from Lithuania and wanted to be a concert violinist in his youth. Derman earned his bachelor's degree in 1948 and his master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania (majoring in mathematics and music) in 1949 and received his doctorate in mathematical statistics from Columbia University in 1954 with Theodore Edward Harris (Some contributions to Markov chain theory). In 1953 he was an instructor at Syracuse University and from 1955 Professor of Operations Research at Columbia University. In 1992 he retired.
He is particularly known for work on the theory of Markov decision-making processes.
In 1961/62 he was visiting professor at the Technion and visiting professor at Stanford, Berkeley, Imperial College London and the University of California, Davis.
In 2002 he received the John von Neumann Theory Prize . He was a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the American Statistical Association .
Fonts
- Finite state Markov decision processes, Academic Press 1970
- with Leon J. Gleser, Ingram Olkin: A guide to probability theory and application: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1973
- with Leon Gleser, Ingram Olkin: Probability models and applications, Macmillan 1980
- with Morton Klein: Probability and statistical inference for engineers; a first course, Oxford University Press 1959
- with Sheldon M. Ross: Statistical aspects of quality control, Academic Press 1997
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ↑ Cyrus Derman in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Derman, Cyrus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 2011 |
| Place of death | Carmel (New York) |