| Article ID: | iaor1991295 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 61 |
| End Page Number: | 73 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1990 |
| Journal: | Interfaces |
| Authors: | Orchard-Hays William |
| Keywords: | history |
In this history of LP solvers, the author’s efforts from the early days of working with card-programmed calculators and mainframes up to the large systems in use today are described. The impovements in solvers paralleled the improvements in computers, and what were large problems in the early days are small problems today.