Russell Lincoln Ackoff

Maurice W. Kirby and Jonathan Rosenhead
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Maurice W. Kirby: Lancaster University
Jonathan Rosenhead: London School of Economics

Chapter 21 in Profiles in Operations Research, 2011, pp 387-402 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Russell Lincoln Ackoff had a distinguishedand influential career in two disciplines and in (at least) two continents. With his mentor, colleague, and friend, West Churchman, he established the path-breaking Operations Research Group at Case Institute of Technology. In 1957, they were joint authors (with Leonard Arnoff) of the famous textbook Introduction to Operations Research, the first integrated operations research (OR) text. A founding member of the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA), Russ served as its president (1956) and was the recipient of ORSA’s Kimball Medal. He was awarded the Silver Medal of the U.K. Operational Research Society (ORS) and was inducted into the International Federation of Operational Research Societies’ (IFORS) Hall of Fame.

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Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6281-2_21

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