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 jean-claude falmagne université libre de bruxelles
jean-claude falmagne

jean-claude falmagne -lrb- born february 4 , 1934 , in brussels , belgium -rrb- is a mathematical psychologist whose scientific contributions deal with problems in reaction time theory , psychophysics , philosophy of science , measurement theory , decision theory , and educational technology .
together with jean-paul doignon , he developed knowledge space theory , which is the mathematical foundation for the aleks software for the assessment of knowledge in various academic subjects , including k-12 mathematics , chemistry , and accounting .
