Cyrus Derman
Cyrus Derman · Technology & Engineering
Developer of Markov decision processes for sequential decisions; von Neumann Theory Prize (2002)
1925, United States — 2011, United States
United States
Cyrus Derman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Developer of Markov decision processes for sequential decisions; von Neumann Theory Prize (2002)
Derman was an American mathematician and statistician at Columbia University who did fundamental work on Markov decision processes — sequential decision-making under uncertainty — and authored a defining book on the subject, sharing the 2002 von Neumann Theory Prize. He is documented as Jewish in Jewish biographical references.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the von Neumann Theory Prize
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Developer of Markov decision processes for sequential decisions; von Neumann Theory Prize (2002)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the von Neumann Theory Prize
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