Lloyd Shapley
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Lloyd Shapley was an American mathematician and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory and the theory of stable matching.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lloyd Shapley canonical | 4 |
| Lloyd S. Shapley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6710792 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lloyd Shapley Context triple: [David Gale, notableStudent, Lloyd Shapley]
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A.
Harold W. Kuhn
Harold W. Kuhn was an American mathematician and game theorist best known for his work on nonlinear programming and the Kuhn–Tucker conditions.
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B.
Herbert Scarf
Herbert Scarf was an influential American economist and mathematician known for his work on general equilibrium theory, fixed-point theorems, and integer programming.
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C.
John Harsanyi
John Harsanyi was a Hungarian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory and welfare economics, particularly his work on modeling rational behavior and social choice under uncertainty.
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D.
Kenneth Arrow
Kenneth Arrow was a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his foundational contributions to social choice theory and general equilibrium economics.
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E.
Gérard Debreu
Gérard Debreu was a French economist and mathematician best known for his rigorous formulation of general equilibrium theory, for which he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lloyd Shapley Target entity description: Lloyd Shapley was an American mathematician and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory and the theory of stable matching.
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A.
Harold W. Kuhn
Harold W. Kuhn was an American mathematician and game theorist best known for his work on nonlinear programming and the Kuhn–Tucker conditions.
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B.
Herbert Scarf
Herbert Scarf was an influential American economist and mathematician known for his work on general equilibrium theory, fixed-point theorems, and integer programming.
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C.
John Harsanyi
John Harsanyi was a Hungarian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory and welfare economics, particularly his work on modeling rational behavior and social choice under uncertainty.
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D.
Kenneth Arrow
Kenneth Arrow was a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his foundational contributions to social choice theory and general equilibrium economics.
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E.
Gérard Debreu
Gérard Debreu was a French economist and mathematician best known for his rigorous formulation of general equilibrium theory, for which he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
economics
ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
John von Neumann Theory Prize
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
David Gale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Herbert Scarf NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Shubik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-06-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-03-12 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Ralph Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer |
RAND Corporation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Shapley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic theory
ⓘ
game theory ⓘ mathematics ⓘ |
| fullName | Lloyd Stowell Shapley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alvin E. Roth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
market design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gale–Shapley algorithm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shapley value NERFINISHED ⓘ Shapley–Shubik power index NERFINISHED ⓘ assignment games ⓘ core of a cooperative game ⓘ stable matching theory ⓘ stochastic games ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeField | Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Gale–Shapley deferred acceptance algorithm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shapley value NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | College admissions and the stability of marriage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parent | Harlow Shapley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tucson, Arizona, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor at UCLA ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith | Alvin E. Roth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Classics in Game Theory
this entity surface form:
Lloyd S. Shapley