The death of mathematician George Dantzig is a scientific watershed. Dantzig developed "linear programming" and the simplex method, used to solve complex efficiency problems for large organizations.

George B. Dantzig, the mathematician who invented the field of linear programming, which revolutionized the way government and private enterprise planned, scheduled and generally conducted their ...

GEORGE B. DANTZIG, pioneer in operations research and management science, mathematician, professor, educator, consultant, author, and “father” of linear programming, died on May 13, 2005, at the age ...