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Mathematics

D-Index
59
Citations
43643
World Ranking
568
National Ranking
291

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
58
Citations
43382
World Ranking
2413
National Ranking
741

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 1975 - INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize
  • 1975 - US President's National Medal of Science "For inventing linear programming and discovering methods that led to wide-scale scientific and technical applications to important problems in logistics, scheduling, and network optimization, and to the use of computers in making efficient use of the mathematical theory.", Presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1976.
  • 1971 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1962 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

George B. Dantzig was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Throughout their career, they collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Henri Cartan
  • Samuel Eilenberg
  • George F. Kennan
  • Northrop Frye
  • Bray Hammond

Dantzig's work contributed significantly to the development of mathematical methods that found applications in logistics, scheduling, and network optimization, as well as in the use of computers for efficient mathematical problem-solving.

Over the course of their career, Dantzig received multiple awards and recognitions. These included:

  • Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 2002
  • US President's National Medal of Science in 1975, awarded with the citation: "For inventing linear programming and discovering methods that led to wide-scale scientific and technical applications to important problems in logistics, scheduling, and network optimization, and to the use of computers in making efficient use of the mathematical theory." Presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1976.
  • INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize in 1975
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1971
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1962

Best Publications

  • Linear Programming and Extensions

    George Bernard Dantzig

  • The Truck Dispatching Problem

    G. B. Dantzig;J. H. Ramser

  • Decomposition Principle for Linear Programs

    George B. Dantzig;Philip Wolfe

  • Solution of a Large-Scale Traveling-Salesman Problem

    George B. Dantzig;D. Ray Fulkerson;Selmer M. Johnson

  • Linear Programming under Uncertainty

    George B. Dantzig

  • Discrete-Variable Extremum Problems

    George B. Dantzig

  • Chemical Equilibrium in Complex Mixtures

    William B. White;Selmer Martin Johnson;George Bernard Dantzig

  • COMPLEMENTARY PIVOT THEORY OF MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING

    Richard W. Cottle;George B. Dantzig

  • THE DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM FOR LINEAR PROGRAMS

    George B. Dantzig;Philip Wolfe

  • Decision Making and Problem Solving

    Herbert A. Simon;George B. Dantzig;Robin Hogarth;Charles R. Plott

  • THE GENERALIZED SIMPLEX METHOD FOR MINIMIZING A LINEAR FORM UNDER LINEAR INEQUALITY RESTRAINTS

    George Bernard Dantzig;Alexander Orden;Philip Wolfe

  • Linear Programming 1: Introduction

    George B. Dantzig;Mukund N. Thapa

  • Fourier-motzkin elimination and its dual

    George B Dantzig

  • Linear Inequalities and Related Systems.

    George Bernard Dantzig;H. W. Kuhn;Albert W. Tucker

  • Letter to the Editor—A Comment on Edie's “Traffic Delays at Toll Booths”

    George B. Dantzig

  • MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF CARRIERS TO MEET A FIXED SCHEDULE

    G. B. Dantzig;D. R. Fulkerson

  • THE FIXED CHARGE PROBLEM

    Warren M. Hirsch;George B. Dantzig

  • On the continuity of the minimum set of a continuous function

    George B. Dantzig;Jon H. Folkman;Norman Shapiro

  • Solution of a Large-Scale Traveling-Salesman Problem.

    Vasek Chvátal;William J. Cook;George B. Dantzig;Delbert Ray Fulkerson

  • Linear Programming and Extensions.

    S. Vajda;George B. Dantzig

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard W. Cottle
Richard W. Cottle Stanford University
Alan S. Manne
Alan S. Manne Stanford University
Steven F. Maier
Steven F. Maier University of Colorado Boulder
C. S. Holling
C. S. Holling University of Florida
William C. Clark
William C. Clark Harvard University
Suresh P. Sethi
Suresh P. Sethi The University of Texas at Dallas
Peter W. Glynn
Peter W. Glynn Stanford University
Herbert A. Simon
Herbert A. Simon Carnegie Mellon University
Robin M. Hogarth
Robin M. Hogarth Pompeu Fabra University
Amos Tversky
Amos Tversky Stanford University

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