Michael Bahir Maschler (; July 22, 1927 – July 20, 2008) was an Israeli

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well known for his contributions to the field of

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. He was a professor in the

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and the Center for the Study of Rationality at the

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. In 2012, the

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i Chapter of the

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founded the Maschler Prize, an annual prize awarded to an outstanding research student in game theory and related topics in Israel.

Biography

Michael B. Maschler was born in

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on July 22, 1927.

Selected publications

For a complete list of English and Hebrew publications, see Michael Maschler: In Memoriam, above. * "The Bargaining Set for Cooperative Games", with R.J. Aumann, 1964, in ''Advances in Game Theory'' * "The Core of a Cooperative Game", with M. Davis, 1965, ''Naval Research Logistics Quarterly'' * "Game-Theoretic Aspects of Gradual Disarmament", with R.J. Aumann, 1966, ''Mathematica'' * "Some Thoughts on the Minimax Principle" with R.J. Aumann, 1972, ''Management Science'' * "An Advantage of the Bargaining Set over the Core", 1976, ''JET'' * "Geometric Properties of the Kernel, Nucleolus and Related Solution Concepts", with B. Peleg and L.S. Shapley, 1979, ''Mathematics of Operations Research'' * "Superadditive Solution for the Nash bargaining Game", with M. Perles, 1981, ''IJGT'' * "Game Theoretic Analysis of a Bankruptcy Problem from the Talmud", with R.J. Aumann, 1985, ''JET'' * "The Consistent Shapley Value for Hyperplane Games", with G. Owen, 1989, ''IJGT'' * "The Consistent Shapley Value for Games without Side Payments", with G. Owen, 1992, in Selten, editor, Rational Interaction * "The Bargaining Set, Kernel and Nucleolus", 1992, in Aumann and Hart, editors, Handbook of Game Theory * Repeated Games with Incomplete Information, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1995, with R.J. Aumann * Insights into Game Theory: An Alternative Mathematical Experience, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, with Ein-Ya Gura.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maschler, Michael 1927 births 2008 deaths Fellows of the Econometric Society Game theorists Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israeli Jews Israeli mathematicians Jewish scientists Burials at Har HaMenuchot