George Dantzig

Dantzig with President [[Gerald Ford]] in 1976 George Bernard Dantzig (; November 8, 1914 – May 13, 2005) was an American mathematical scientist who made contributions to industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics.

Dantzig is known for his development of the simplex algorithm, an algorithm for solving linear programming problems, and for his other work with linear programming. In statistics, Dantzig solved two open problems in statistical theory, which he had mistaken for homework after arriving late to a lecture by Jerzy Neyman.

At his death, Dantzig was the Professor Emeritus of Transportation Sciences and Professor of Operations Research and of Computer Science at Stanford University. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Studies in optimization /

    Studies in optimization / by Dantzig, George Bernard, 1914-2001

    Published 1974
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    Mathematics of the decision sciences /

    Mathematics of the decision sciences /

    Published 1970
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