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DONALD P. GAVER JR.
Pages 116-119

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... BROWN D ONALD PAUL GAVER JR., emeritus distinguished professor of operations research at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, was an internationally noted mathematician specializing in statistics and operations research. He died February 11, 2018, at age 91.
From page 118...
... He published nearly 120 professional papers on a variety of applied and theoretical problems as well as technical reports, book chapters, and classified technical memoranda. He is credited in the Gaver-Stehfest algorithm for inverting Laplace transforms.  His research was funded by entities such as the National Security Agency, Office of Naval Research, and National Science Foundation.
From page 119...
... GAVER JR. 119 both his national security contributions and his positive influence on generations of naval officers, and in 2012 the Military Applications Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)


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