Robert B. Wilson
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- Born
- 1937
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Rational bargaining and market efficiency
- Strategic analysis of auctions
- Strategic bargaining models and interpretation of strike data
- Theories of bargaining delays
- The bilinear complementarity problem and competitive equilibria of linear economic models
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5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,865x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 76,882x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,817x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,427x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,851x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1937-05-16 ) May 16, 1937 (age 89) , Geneva, Nebraska , U.S.
- Education
- Harvard University ( BA , MBA , DBA )
- Known for
- Game theory in industrial organization , Sequential quadratic programming
- Awards
- Golden Goose Award (2014), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015), Nobel Prize in Economics (2020)
- Fields
- Economist , Management science
- Institutions
- Stanford University
- Thesis
- A simplicial algorithm for concave programming (1963)
- Doctoral advisor
- Howard Raiffa
- Doctoral students
- Claude d'Aspremont Lynden , Peter Cramton , Robert Gibbons , Benjamin Golub , Bengt R. Holmström , Matthew O. Jackson , Paul Milgrom , Jean-Pierre Ponssard , Robert W. Rosenthal , Alvin E. Roth , Yuliy Sannikov
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- date of birth
- 1937-05-16
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Robert Butler "Bob" Wilson, Jr. (born May 16, 1937) is an American economist who is the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus at Stanford University. He was jointly awarded the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, together with his Stanford colleague and former student Paul R. Milgrom, "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats". Two more of his students, Alvin E. Roth and Bengt Holmström, are also Nobel Laureates in their own right.
Wilson is known for his contributions to management science and business economics. His doctoral thesis introduced sequential quadratic programming, which became a leading iterative method for nonlinear programming. With other mathematical economists at Stanford, he helped to reformulate the economics of industrial organization and organization theory using non-cooperative game theory. His research on nonlinear pricing has influenced policies for large firms, particularly in the energy industry, especially electricity.