Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1141835 Discrete Optimization 2008 12 Pages PDF
Abstract

George Dantzig created the simplex algorithm for linear programming, perhaps the most important algorithm developed in the 20th century. This paper traces a single historical thread: Dantzig’s work on linear programming and its application and extension to combinatorial optimization, and the investigations it has stimulated about the performance of the simplex algorithm and the intrinsic complexity of linear programming and combinatorial optimization.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Control and Optimization
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