Abraham Charnes

Thinkers1917 to 1992Operations researcher

Works

  • Management Models and Industrial Applications of Linear Programming, 1961

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Known for

A mathematician and operations researcher who, with William W. Cooper, developed chance-constrained programming and data envelopment analysis. Their two-volume 1961 book set out how to apply linear programming to management problems, including how far a solution holds as its inputs change.

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