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Technology & Engineering

Richard Bellman

Who

Richard Bellman · Technology & Engineering

What

Invented dynamic programming.

When

1920, New York City, United States — 1984, Los Angeles, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Richard Bellman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Invented dynamic programming.

How & why

Bellman invented dynamic programming, a method for solving complex optimization problems that underpins fields from operations research and economics to computer science and bioinformatics; he also named the 'curse of dimensionality.' The Bellman equation is central to modern control theory and reinforcement learning. He was born to a Jewish family.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science

Contributions & Sources

Invented dynamic programming.

1920

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science