On the history of the shortest path problem (Q1946017)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6155087
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    On the history of the shortest path problem
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6155087

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      On the history of the shortest path problem (English)
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      17 April 2013
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      This paper looks at the history of a variety of shortest path problems. While the author mentions some primitive societies, he deals mainly with the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A diversity of techniques and approaches are discussed including matrix methods, linear programming, and ideas from Bellman, Ford, Dantzig, Dijkstra and a group of researchers at the Case Institute of Technology.
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      shortest path
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      history
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      algorithm
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