| Article ID: | iaor20091065 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 151 |
| End Page Number: | 158 |
| Publication Date: | May 2008 |
| Journal: | Discrete Optimization |
| Authors: | Gill Philip E., Murray Walter, Saunders Michael A., Wright Margaret H., Tomlin John A. |
| Keywords: | history |
We pay homage to George B. Dantzig by describing a less well-known part of his legacy – his early and dedicated championship of the importance of systems optimization in solving complex real-world problems.