Profiles in operations research. Pioneers and innovators

DOI10.1007/978-1-4419-6281-2zbMATH Open1248.90003OpenAlexW2493187659WikidataQ56550842 ScholiaQ56550842MaRDI QIDQ992773FDOQ992773

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Publication date: 10 September 2010

Published in: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6281-2

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Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest (00B15) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc. pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-06) Schools of mathematics (01A72) History of operations research and mathematical programming (90-03)

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