Mathematician:William Wager Cooper
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Mathematician
American operations researcher known for developing the field of linear programming.
Nationality
American
History
- Born: July 23, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama
- Died: June 20, 2012
Theorems and Definitions
Publications
- 1952: Blending Aviation Gasolines -- a Study in Programming Interdependent Activities in an Integrated Oil Company (Econometrica Vol. 20: pp. 135 – 159) (with A. Charnes and B. Mellon) www.jstor.org/stable/1907844
- 1953: Scheduling of Manufactured Product (abstract) (Econometrica Vol. 21: pp. 480 – 481) (with A. Charnes)
- 1953: An Introduction to Linear Programming (with A. Charnes and A. Henderson)
- 1954: The Stepping Stone Method of explaining Linear Programming Calculations in Transportation Problems (Manag. Sci. Vol. 1: pp. 49 – 69) (with A. Charnes)
- 1962: Programming with Linear Fractional Functionals (Naval Research Logistics Quarterly Vol. 9: pp. 181 – 186) (with A. Charnes)