M.J.D. Powell

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/M.J.D._Powell

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Leslie_Fox_Prize_for_Numerical_Analysis gptkb:SIAM/ACM_Prize_in_Computational_Science_and_Engineering
gptkbp:birthDate	1936-07-29
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:deathDate	2015-04-19
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:John_Todd
gptkbp:field	numerical analysis optimization
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Michael_James_David_Powell
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	M.J.D. Powell
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:BFGS_method gptkb:L-BFGS_method gptkb:Powell's_method gptkb:COBYLA_algorithm gptkb:NEWUOA_algorithm DFP method
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society gptkb:Royal_Society gptkb:Fellow_of_Pembroke_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:workInstitution	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Revised_Report_on_the_Algorithmic_Language_ALGOL_68
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7