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Reminiscences About the Origins of Linear Programming

In: Mathematical Programming The State of the Art

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  • G. B. Dantzig

    (Stanford University, Department of Operations Research)

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The author recalls the early days of linear programming, the contributions of von Neumann, Leontief, Koopmans and others. Linear Programming is viewed as a revolutionary development giving man the ability to state general objectives and to find, by means of the simplex method, optimal policy decisions for a broad class of practical decision problems of great complexity. In the real world, planning tends to be ad hoc because of the many special-interest groups with their multiple objectives. Much work remains to develop a more disciplined infrastructure for decision making in which the full potential of mathematical programming models could be realized.

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  • G. B. Dantzig, 1983. "Reminiscences About the Origins of Linear Programming," Springer Books, in: Achim Bachem & Bernhard Korte & Martin Grötschel (ed.), Mathematical Programming The State of the Art, pages 78-86, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-68874-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-68874-4_4
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