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'''Mark Brimhall Wells''',<br/>
an American mathemantician and computer scientist, since the 50s affiliated with the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], the [[University of California, Berkeley]], where he received his Ph.D. in 1961 on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_algebra Boolean algebra] under advisor [[Mathematician#DHLehmer|Derrick H. Lehmer]], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University].
=MANIAC=
During the 50s, at Los Alamos National Laboratory around [[Stanislaw Ulam]], [[Paul Stein]] and [[John Pasta]], Mark Wells was involved in the development of the [[MANIAC I|chess-playing program]] to play [[Los Alamos chess]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MANIAC_I MANIAC I] <ref>[[James Kister]], [[Paul Stein]], [[Stanislaw Ulam]], [[William Walden]], [[Mark Wells]] ('''1957'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=320868.320877&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Experiments in Chess]''. [[ACM#Journal|Journal of the ACM]], Vol. 4, No. 2</ref>. Mark Wells further launched the development of the MADCAP, a high-level programming language and compiler, which was a critical development because it provided a convenient way to communicate with the MANIAC <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_L._Anderson Herbert L. Anderson] ('''1986'''). ''Metropolis, Monte Carlo, and the MANIAC''. [http://la-science.lanl.gov/ Los Alamos Science], [http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/pubs/00326886.pdf pdf]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81339535819&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Mark Brimhall Wells - ACM author profile page]</ref> <ref>[http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/w/Wells:Mark_B= dblp: Mark B. Wells]</ref>
==1957 ...==
* [[James Kister]], [[Paul Stein]], [[Stanislaw Ulam]], [[William Walden]], [[Mark Wells]] ('''1957'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=320868.320877&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Experiments in Chess]''. [[ACM#Journal|Journal of the ACM]], Vol. 4, No. 2
==1960 ...==
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1961'''). ''Simplification of Normal Form Expressions for Boolean Functions of Many Variables''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of California, Berkeley]], advisor [[Mathematician#DHLehmer|Derrick H. Lehmer]]
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1961'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=366062.366080&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 MADCAP: a scientific compiler for a displayed formula textbook language]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 4, No. 1
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1962'''). ''Application of a Finite Set Covering Theorem to the Simplification of Boolean Function Expressions''. [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/ifip/ifip1962.html#Wells62 IFIP Congress]
==1970 ...==
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1971'''). ''[http://www.librarything.com/work/369604 Elements of Combinatorial Computing]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsevier Elsevier], ISBN-13: 978-0080160917
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1972'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=807009&dl=ACM&coll=DL&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 A Review of Two-dimensional Programming Languages]''. [[ACM#SIGPLAN|ACM SIGPLAN Notices]], Vol. 7, No. 10
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1977'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1499402.1499472&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Implementation and application of a function data type]''. [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/afips/ncc77.html#Wells77 AFIPS '77]
* [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/k/Kahaner:David_K= David K. Kahaner], [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1979'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=355815.355821&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 An Experimental Algorithm for N-Dimensional Adaptive Quadrature]''. [[ACM#TOMS|ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software]], Vol. 5, No. 1
==1980 ...==
* [http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81408597743&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Rollo Silver], [[Mark Wells]], [http://public.csusm.edu/shauninn/ Shaun-Inn Wu], [http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100274567&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Margaret A. Hug] ('''1986'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=885694.885703&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 A concurrent N ≤ 8 Queens' algorithm using Modcap]''. [[ACM#SIGPLAN|ACM SIGPLAN Notices]], Vol. 21, No. 9
==1990 ...==
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1990'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=382080.382628&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Identifiers and static name abstraction]''. [[ACM#SIGPLAN|ACM SIGPLAN Notices]], Vol. 25, No. 5
=External Links=
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=32096 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Mark Wells]
* [http://lanl-the-rest-of-the-story.blogspot.de/2008/07/lanl-unable-to-release-history-report.html LANL: The Rest of the Story] by [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/roger-snodgrass/0/1a2/196 Roger Snodgrass], Los Alamos Monitor Editor, July 16, 2008
=References=
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'''Mark Brimhall Wells''',<br/>
an American mathemantician and computer scientist, since the 50s affiliated with the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], the [[University of California, Berkeley]], where he received his Ph.D. in 1961 on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_algebra Boolean algebra] under advisor [[Mathematician#DHLehmer|Derrick H. Lehmer]], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University].
=MANIAC=
During the 50s, at Los Alamos National Laboratory around [[Stanislaw Ulam]], [[Paul Stein]] and [[John Pasta]], Mark Wells was involved in the development of the [[MANIAC I|chess-playing program]] to play [[Los Alamos chess]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MANIAC_I MANIAC I] <ref>[[James Kister]], [[Paul Stein]], [[Stanislaw Ulam]], [[William Walden]], [[Mark Wells]] ('''1957'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=320868.320877&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Experiments in Chess]''. [[ACM#Journal|Journal of the ACM]], Vol. 4, No. 2</ref>. Mark Wells further launched the development of the MADCAP, a high-level programming language and compiler, which was a critical development because it provided a convenient way to communicate with the MANIAC <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_L._Anderson Herbert L. Anderson] ('''1986'''). ''Metropolis, Monte Carlo, and the MANIAC''. [http://la-science.lanl.gov/ Los Alamos Science], [http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/pubs/00326886.pdf pdf]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81339535819&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Mark Brimhall Wells - ACM author profile page]</ref> <ref>[http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/w/Wells:Mark_B= dblp: Mark B. Wells]</ref>
==1957 ...==
* [[James Kister]], [[Paul Stein]], [[Stanislaw Ulam]], [[William Walden]], [[Mark Wells]] ('''1957'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=320868.320877&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Experiments in Chess]''. [[ACM#Journal|Journal of the ACM]], Vol. 4, No. 2
==1960 ...==
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1961'''). ''Simplification of Normal Form Expressions for Boolean Functions of Many Variables''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of California, Berkeley]], advisor [[Mathematician#DHLehmer|Derrick H. Lehmer]]
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1961'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=366062.366080&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 MADCAP: a scientific compiler for a displayed formula textbook language]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 4, No. 1
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1962'''). ''Application of a Finite Set Covering Theorem to the Simplification of Boolean Function Expressions''. [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/ifip/ifip1962.html#Wells62 IFIP Congress]
==1970 ...==
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1971'''). ''[http://www.librarything.com/work/369604 Elements of Combinatorial Computing]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsevier Elsevier], ISBN-13: 978-0080160917
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1972'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=807009&dl=ACM&coll=DL&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 A Review of Two-dimensional Programming Languages]''. [[ACM#SIGPLAN|ACM SIGPLAN Notices]], Vol. 7, No. 10
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1977'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1499402.1499472&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Implementation and application of a function data type]''. [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/afips/ncc77.html#Wells77 AFIPS '77]
* [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/k/Kahaner:David_K= David K. Kahaner], [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1979'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=355815.355821&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 An Experimental Algorithm for N-Dimensional Adaptive Quadrature]''. [[ACM#TOMS|ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software]], Vol. 5, No. 1
==1980 ...==
* [http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81408597743&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Rollo Silver], [[Mark Wells]], [http://public.csusm.edu/shauninn/ Shaun-Inn Wu], [http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100274567&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Margaret A. Hug] ('''1986'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=885694.885703&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 A concurrent N ≤ 8 Queens' algorithm using Modcap]''. [[ACM#SIGPLAN|ACM SIGPLAN Notices]], Vol. 21, No. 9
==1990 ...==
* [[Mark Wells|Mark B. Wells]] ('''1990'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=382080.382628&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=628969023&CFTOKEN=30690604 Identifiers and static name abstraction]''. [[ACM#SIGPLAN|ACM SIGPLAN Notices]], Vol. 25, No. 5
=External Links=
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=32096 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Mark Wells]
* [http://lanl-the-rest-of-the-story.blogspot.de/2008/07/lanl-unable-to-release-history-report.html LANL: The Rest of the Story] by [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/roger-snodgrass/0/1a2/196 Roger Snodgrass], Los Alamos Monitor Editor, July 16, 2008
=References=
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