LP from the '40s to the '90s

David Orden

Interfaces, 1993, vol. 23, issue 5, 2-12

Abstract: Linear programming refers here to all models in which the constraint structure consists of linear systems of equations or inequalities. This history of the field is a view of (1) The key advances in algorithms and computation; (2) The evolution of LP's ties with economics, mathematics, management science-operations research, and computer science; (3) The relationship between model builders and algorithm developers; (4) The focal institutions that united the field as it progressed.

Keywords: programming: linear; professional: MS/OR history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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