D. B. West
Encyclopedia
Douglas Brent West is a professor of graph theory
at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
. He received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1978; his advisor was Daniel Kleitman
. He is the "W" in G. W. Peck
, a pseudonym for a group of six mathematicians that includes West. He is the editor of the journal Discrete Mathematics
.
Graph theory
In mathematics and computer science, graph theory is the study of graphs, mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects from a certain collection. A "graph" in this context refers to a collection of vertices or 'nodes' and a collection of edges that connect pairs of...
at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
. He received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
in 1978; his advisor was Daniel Kleitman
Daniel Kleitman
Daniel J. Kleitman is a professor of applied mathematics at MIT. His research interests include combinatorics, graph theory, genomics, and operations research.- Biography :...
. He is the "W" in G. W. Peck
G. W. Peck
G. W. Peck is a pseudonymous attribution used as the author or co-author of a number of published mathematics academic papers. Peck is sometimes humorously identified with George Wilbur Peck, a former governor of the US state of Wisconsin....
, a pseudonym for a group of six mathematicians that includes West. He is the editor of the journal Discrete Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics (journal)
Discrete Mathematics is a journal in the broad area of discrete mathematics, combinatorics, graph theory and their applications, published by Elsevier. It publishes both short notes, full length contributions, as well as survey articles. In addition, DM publishes a number of special issues each...
.
Books
- Introduction to Graph Theory - Second edition, Douglas B. West. Published by Prentice Hall 1996, 2001. ISBN 0-13-014400-2
- Mathematical Thinking: Problem-Solving and Proofs Second edition, John P D'Angelo and Douglas West. Published by Prentice Hall 1999. ISBN 0130144126
Research work
- Spanning trees with many leaves, DJ KleitmanDaniel KleitmanDaniel J. Kleitman is a professor of applied mathematics at MIT. His research interests include combinatorics, graph theory, genomics, and operations research.- Biography :...
, DB West - SIAM Journal on Discrete MathematicsSIAM Journal on Discrete MathematicsSIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics is a peer-reviewed mathematics journal published quarterly by SIAM.The journal includes articles on pure and applied discrete mathematics....
, 1991. - Class of Solutions to the Gossip Problem, Part II, DB West - Discrete Mathematics, 1982.
- The interval number of a planar graph: three intervals suffice, ER Scheinerman, DB West - Journal of combinatorial theory. Series B, 1983.