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'''William E. Walden''',<br/>
an American mathemantician and computer scientist, in the 50s and 60s affiliated with the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University], where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1964 under [[Mathematician#EOThorp|Edward O. Thorp]], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Nebraska_Omaha University of Omaha]. Along with Thorp he co-authored ''A Favorable Side Bet in Nevada Baccarat'' in 1966 <ref> [[Mathematician#EOThorp|Edward O. Thorp]], [[William Walden]] ('''1966'''). ''[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2282821?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents A Favorable Side Bet in Nevada Baccarat]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_the_American_Statistical_Association Journal of the American Statistical Association], Vol. 61, No. 314, Part 1 </ref> <ref>[http://apheat.net/2013/11/06/a-favorable-side-bet-in-nevada-baccarat-by-thorp-and-walden/ Review of “A Favorable Side Bet in Nevada Baccarat,” by Thorp and Walden | A.P. Heat!], November 6, 2013 </ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccarat_%28card_game%29 Baccarat (card game) from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=MANIAC=
During the 50s, at Los Alamos National Laboratory around [[Stanislaw Ulam]], [[Paul Stein]] and [[John Pasta]], William Walden 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>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[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
* [[William Walden]] ('''1964'''). ''Solution of Games by Computation''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University], advisor [[Mathematician#EOThorp|Edward O. Thorp]] <ref>[http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=9461 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - William Walden]</ref>
* [[Mathematician#EOThorp|Edward O. Thorp]], [[William Walden]] ('''1966'''). ''[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2282821?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents A Favorable Side Bet in Nevada Baccarat]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_the_American_Statistical_Association Journal of the American Statistical Association], Vol. 61, No. 314, Part 1
=External Links=
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=9461 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - William Walden]
=References=
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'''William E. Walden''',<br/>
an American mathemantician and computer scientist, in the 50s and 60s affiliated with the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University], where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1964 under [[Mathematician#EOThorp|Edward O. Thorp]], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Nebraska_Omaha University of Omaha]. Along with Thorp he co-authored ''A Favorable Side Bet in Nevada Baccarat'' in 1966 <ref> [[Mathematician#EOThorp|Edward O. Thorp]], [[William Walden]] ('''1966'''). ''[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2282821?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents A Favorable Side Bet in Nevada Baccarat]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_the_American_Statistical_Association Journal of the American Statistical Association], Vol. 61, No. 314, Part 1 </ref> <ref>[http://apheat.net/2013/11/06/a-favorable-side-bet-in-nevada-baccarat-by-thorp-and-walden/ Review of “A Favorable Side Bet in Nevada Baccarat,” by Thorp and Walden | A.P. Heat!], November 6, 2013 </ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccarat_%28card_game%29 Baccarat (card game) from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=MANIAC=
During the 50s, at Los Alamos National Laboratory around [[Stanislaw Ulam]], [[Paul Stein]] and [[John Pasta]], William Walden 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>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[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
* [[William Walden]] ('''1964'''). ''Solution of Games by Computation''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University], advisor [[Mathematician#EOThorp|Edward O. Thorp]] <ref>[http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=9461 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - William Walden]</ref>
* [[Mathematician#EOThorp|Edward O. Thorp]], [[William Walden]] ('''1966'''). ''[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2282821?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents A Favorable Side Bet in Nevada Baccarat]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_the_American_Statistical_Association Journal of the American Statistical Association], Vol. 61, No. 314, Part 1
=External Links=
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=9461 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - William Walden]
=References=
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