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= Harold Kuhn
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<Harold W. Kuhn> connected <game theory> with continuous and discrete <optimization>. His work with <Albert W. Tucker> supplied the1951 nonlinear-programming formulation behind the <Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions>, while his1955 <Hungarian algorithm> addressed the <assignment problem>. He also developed <extensive-form games> and the relation between <mixed strategies> and <behavioral strategies>.https://www.princeton.edu/news/2014/07/05/harold-kuhn-princeton-mathematician-who-advanced-game-theory-dies-88[Princeton University obituary, research on nonlinear programming, extensive games and the1955 assignment paper]{ref} These contributions distinguish three mathematical questions: local constrained optimality, a discrete cost-minimizing assignment, and which randomized decisions can represent a player's information-dependent plan.
Biography: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2014/07/05/harold-kuhn-princeton-mathematician-who-advanced-game-theory-dies-88
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