Philip Starr Wolfe

Alan J. Hoffman
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Chapter 34 in Profiles in Operations Research, 2011, pp 627-642 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the early 1950s, even though there were few university departments of operations research(OR), some students found the subject attractive due to the influence of a faculty advisor, specific work experience, or the intellectual challenges OR presented. In Phil Wolfe’s case, all played a role.

Keywords: Operation Research; Simplex Method; Simplex Algorithm; Rand Corporation; Watson Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6281-2_34

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