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Mark Wells

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=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 chessChess]] 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=

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