George Dantzig - Work

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Freund wrote further that "through his research in mathematical theory, computation, economic analysis, and applications to industrial problems, has contributed more than any other researcher to the remarkable development of linear programming".

Dantzig's seminal work allows the airline industry, for example, to schedule crews and make fleet assignments. Based on his work tools are developed "that shipping companies use to determine how many planes they need and where their delivery trucks should be deployed. The oil industry long has used linear programming in refinery planning, as it determines how much of its raw product should become different grades of gasoline and how much should be used for petroleum-based byproducts. It's used in manufacturing, revenue management, telecommunications, advertising, architecture, circuit design and countless other areas".

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