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George Bernard Dantzig
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American mathematician (1914-2005)
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George Bernard Dantzig (1914–2005) was an American mathematician, computer scientist, statistician, and university teacher. Born in Portland and dying in Stanford, he worked at the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the United States Air Force. He participated in World War II and was educated at the University of Michigan, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Maryland.
His fields of work included the theory of computation and linear programming. He was influenced by Wassily Leontief and served as the doctoral advisor to Ellis L. Johnson and Eric Horvitz. Dantzig received the John von Neumann Theory Prize, the Harold Pender Award, the Harvey Prize, and the National Medal of Science. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Econometric Society.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1914
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Mathematical programming essays in honor of George B. Dantzig
- The simplex method
- A decomposition principle for linear programs
- Stanford Pilot energy/economic model
- Large-scale linear programming
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Key facts
- Born
- George Bernard Dantzig , ( 1914-11-08 ) November 8, 1914, Portland, Oregon , US
- Died
- May 13, 2005 (2005-05-13) (aged 90), Stanford, California , US
- Alma mater
- University of Maryland ( BS ), University of Michigan ( MS ), University of California, Berkeley ( PhD )
- Known for
- Linear programming , Quadratic programming , Stochastic programming , Linear complementarity problem , Max-flow min-cut theorem of networks , Pseudoforest , Vehicle routing problem , Dantzig's simplex algorithm , Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition
- Awards
- John von Neumann Theory Prize (1975) National Medal of Science (1975) , Harvey Prize (1985) , Harold Pender Award (1995)
- Fields
- Mathematics , Operations research , Industrial engineering , Computer science , Economics , Statistics
- Institutions
- U.S. Air Force Office of Statistical Control, RAND Corporation , University of California, Berkeley , Stanford University
- Doctoral advisor
- Jerzy Spława-Neyman
- Doctoral students
- Ilan Adler , Robert Fourer , Alfredo Noel Iusem , Ellis L. Johnson , Thomas Magnanti , Roger J-B Wets , Yinyu Ye
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Portland
- Place of death
- Stanford
- Father
- Tobias Dantzig
- Occupation
- statistician
- Educated at
- University of Maryland
- Employer
- RAND Corporation
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Jerzy Neyman
- Field of work
- linear programming
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- George B Dantzig 1936.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1914-11-08
- date of death
- 2005-05-13
- cause of death
- diabetes
- member of
- Econometric Society
- Commons category
- George B. Dantzig
- Erdős number
- 2
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- George Bernard Dantzig
- influenced by
- Wassily Leontief
- birth name
- George Bernard Dantzig
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
George Bernard Dantzig (/ˈdæntsɪɡ/; November 8, 1914 – May 13, 2005) was an American mathematical scientist who made contributions to industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, economics and statistics.
Dantzig is known for his development of the simplex algorithm, an algorithm for solving linear programming problems, and for his other work with linear programming. In statistics, Dantzig solved two open problems in statistical theory, which he had mistaken for homework after arriving late to a lecture by Polish mathematician-statistician Jerzy Spława-Neyman.
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