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George Bernard Dantzig
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American mathematician (1914-2005)
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George Bernard Dantzig (1914–2005) was an American mathematician, computer scientist, statistician, and university teacher. Born in Portland and deceased in Stanford, he held citizenship in the United States. His professional career included positions at the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the United States Air Force. He participated in World War II and died of diabetes from natural causes.
Dantzig’s field of work included theory of computation and linear programming. He received the John von Neumann Theory Prize, Harold Pender Award, Harvey Prize, and National Medal of Science. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and Econometric Society. Educated at the University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Maryland, he was advised by Jerzy Neyman and supervised doctoral students Ellis L. Johnson and Eric Horvitz. Notable works include *The simplex method*, *A decomposition principle for linear programs*, *Stanford Pilot energy/economic model*, and *Large-scale linear programming*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1914
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Mathematical programming essays in honor of George B. Dantzig
- The simplex method
- A decomposition principle for linear programs
- Stanford Pilot energy/economic model
- Large-scale linear programming
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1911-06-29
- Active to
- 1975-12-24
Discography
- On a Note of Triumph1945
- Symphony no. 5 in E “Lenore”1970
- The Planets1970
- The Impressionists1971
- The Fantasy Film World of Bernard Herrmann1974
- The Film Music Of Bernard Herrmann: "The Twisted Nerve", "The Bride Wore Black", "Hangover Square"1974
- Piano Concerto No.11975
- Violin Concerto In A Major (In The Popular Style) / Song Sonata For Violin And Piano / Hexapoda (Five Studies In Jitteroptera)1976
- Torn Curtain1977
- The Magnificent Ambersons: Music From the 1942 Motion Picture Score1990
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,963x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,666x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,959x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,711x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,660x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- George Bernard Dantzig , ( 1914-11-08 ) November 8, 1914, Portland, Oregon , US
- Died
- May 13, 2005 (2005-05-13) (aged 90), Stanford, California , US
- Alma mater
- University of Maryland ( BS ), University of Michigan ( MS ), University of California, Berkeley ( PhD )
- Known for
- Linear programming , Quadratic programming , Stochastic programming , Linear complementarity problem , Max-flow min-cut theorem of networks , Pseudoforest , Vehicle routing problem , Dantzig's simplex algorithm , Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition
- Awards
- John von Neumann Theory Prize (1975) National Medal of Science (1975) , Harvey Prize (1985) , Harold Pender Award (1995)
- Fields
- Mathematics , Operations research , Industrial engineering , Computer science , Economics , Statistics
- Institutions
- U.S. Air Force Office of Statistical Control, RAND Corporation , University of California, Berkeley , Stanford University
- Doctoral advisor
- Jerzy Spława-Neyman
- Doctoral students
- Ilan Adler , Robert Fourer , Alfredo Noel Iusem , Ellis L. Johnson , Thomas Magnanti , Roger J-B Wets , Yinyu Ye
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
George Bernard Dantzig (/ˈdæntsɪɡ/; 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 Polish mathematician-statistician Jerzy Spława-Neyman.
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