Herbert Scarf
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Herbert Scarf was an influential American economist and mathematician known for his work on general equilibrium theory, fixed-point theorems, and integer programming.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Herbert Eli Scarf | 1 |
| Herbert Scarf canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Scarf Context triple: [Tjalling C. Koopmans, notableStudent, Herbert Scarf]
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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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William Karush
William Karush was an American mathematician best known for his early formulation of the Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions, a cornerstone of nonlinear optimization theory.
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C.
Ralph E. Gomory
Ralph E. Gomory is an American mathematician and former IBM research executive known for his pioneering work in integer programming and for leadership in industrial research and science policy.
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D.
Tjalling C. Koopmans
Tjalling C. Koopmans was a Dutch-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his contributions to econometrics and optimal resource allocation theory.
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E.
Lawrence Klein
Lawrence Klein was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in developing econometric models for forecasting economic trends.
- 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: Herbert Scarf Target entity description: 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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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.
William Karush
William Karush was an American mathematician best known for his early formulation of the Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions, a cornerstone of nonlinear optimization theory.
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C.
Ralph E. Gomory
Ralph E. Gomory is an American mathematician and former IBM research executive known for his pioneering work in integer programming and for leadership in industrial research and science policy.
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D.
Tjalling C. Koopmans
Tjalling C. Koopmans was a Dutch-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his contributions to econometrics and optimal resource allocation theory.
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E.
Lawrence Klein
Lawrence Klein was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in developing econometric models for forecasting economic trends.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
ⓘ
economist ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Frederick W. Lanchester Prize
ⓘ
linked to:
Lanchester Prize
INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize ⓘ
linked to:
John von Neumann Theory Prize
John von Neumann Theory Prize ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Terje Hansen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-01-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-11-15 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Salomon Bochner ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Princeton University
ⓘ
Temple University ⓘ |
| employer |
RAND Corporation
ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Scarf ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
ⓘ
fixed-point theory ⓘ game theory ⓘ general equilibrium theory ⓘ integer programming ⓘ mathematics ⓘ operations research ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Herbert ⓘ |
| influenced | computational general equilibrium analysis ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gerard Debreu
ⓘ
linked to:
Gérard Debreu
Kenneth Arrow ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Scarf’s lemma in game theory and economics
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work on fixed-point theorems ⓘ work on general equilibrium theory ⓘ work on integer programming ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
ⓘ
Econometric Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name |
Herbert Eli Scarf
ⓘ
linked to:
Herbert Scarf
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Scarf algorithm
ⓘ
Scarf’s lemma ⓘ The Computation of Economic Equilibria ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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linked to:
Philadelphia
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| placeOfDeath |
Sag Harbor, New York, United States
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linked to:
Sag Harbor, New York
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| positionHeld |
Professor of Economics at Yale University
ⓘ
Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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linked to:
New Haven, Connecticut
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Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Herbert Scarf