John D. C. Little

John R. Hauser and Glen L. Urban
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John R. Hauser: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Glen L. Urban: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chapter 36 in Profiles in Operations Research, 2011, pp 659-676 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The development of Operations Research (OR) after World War II (WWII) was greatly influenced by OR pioneers who applied their knowledge and experiences to the problems of business and industry. In parallel, they brought OR methods and practices into academia, and created the environment for the development and training of a new cadre of OR practitioners and researchers. In the forefront of this new group, we find John D. C. Little. From being the first to receive a Ph.D. in OR, John went on to leave his own lasting imprint on the field as a progenitor of the field of marketing science and its applications, the person behind the eponymous Little’s Law for queues, an influential academic leader, and a highly successful OR researcher, practitioner, and entrepreneur.

Keywords: Travel Salesman Problem; Traffic Signal; American Market Association; Marketing Science; Marketing Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6281-2_36

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