| Article ID: | iaor19941116 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page Number: | 2 |
| End Page Number: | 12 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1993 |
| Journal: | Interfaces |
| Authors: | Orden Alex |
| Keywords: | history |
Linear programming refers here to all models in which the constraint structure consists of linear systems of equations or inequalities. This history of the field is a view of (1) The key advances in algorithms and computation; (2) The evolution of LP’s ties with economics, mathematics, management science-operations research, and computer science; (3) The relationship between model builders and algorithm developers; (4) The focal institutions that united the field as it progressed.