Lawrence M. Wein

Introduction to the 50th Anniversary Issue of Operations Research
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: iii. [PDF]  

Kenneth J. Arrow

The Genesis of "Optimal Inventory Policy"
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 1-2. [PDF] [References]  

Robert E. Bixby

Solving Real-World Linear Programs: A Decade and More of Progress
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 3-15. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Alfred Blumstein

Crime Modeling¹
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 16-24. [PDF] [References]  

Seth Bonder

Army Operations Research—Historical Perspectives and Lessons Learned
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 25-34. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

W. W. Cooper

Abraham Charnes and W. W. Cooper (et al.): A Brief History of a Long Collaboration in Developing Industrial Uses of Linear Programming
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 35-41. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

George B. Dantzig

Linear Programming
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 42-47. [PDF]  

Stuart Dreyfus

Richard Bellman on the Birth of Dynamic Programming
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 48-51. [PDF]  

Saul I. Gass

The First Linear-Programming Shoppe
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 61-68. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Ralph E. Gomory

Early Integer Programming
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 78-81. [PDF] [References]  

K. Brian Haley

War and Peace: The First 25 Years of or in Great Britain
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 82-88. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Charles C. Holt

Learning How to Plan Production, Inventories, and Work Force
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 96-99. [PDF]  

Ronald A. Howard

Comments on the Origin and Application of Markov Decision Processes
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 100-102. [PDF] [References]  

Wayne P. Hughes

Navy Operations Research
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 103-111. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Jim Jackson

How Networks of Queues Came About
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 112-113. [PDF]  

Glenn Kent

Looking Back: Four Decades of Analysis
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 122-124. [PDF]  

Leonard Kleinrock

Creating a Mathematical Theory of Computer Networks
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 125-131. [PDF] [References]  

Harold W. Kuhn

Being in the Right Place at the Right Time
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 132-134. [PDF] [References]  

Richard Charles Larson

Public Sector Operations Research: A Personal Journey
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 135-145. [PDF] [References]  

John D. C. Little

Philip M. Morse and the Beginnings
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 146-148. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

John F. Magee

Operations Research at Arthur D. Little, Inc.: The Early Years
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 149-153. [PDF] [References]  

Harry M. Markowitz

Efficient Portfolios, Sparse Matrices, and Entities: A Retrospective
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 154-160. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Richard E. Nance and Robert G. Sargent

Perspectives on the Evolution of Simulation
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 161-172. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

G. F. Newell

Memoirs on Highway Traffic Flow Theory in the 1950s
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 173-178. [PDF] [References]  

Howard Raiffa

Decision Analysis: A Personal Account of How It Got Started and Evolved
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 179-185. [PDF] [References]  

Herbert E. Scarf

Inventory Theory
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 186-191. [PDF] [References]  

Martin Shubik

Game Theory and Operations Research: Some Musings 50 Years Later
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 192-196. [PDF] [References]  

Shaler Stidham, Jr.

Analysis, Design, and Control of Queueing Systems
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 197-216. [PDF] [References]  

Harvey M. Wagner

And Then There Were None
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 217-226. [PDF] [References]  

Peter Whittle

Applied Probability in Great Britain
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 227-239. [PDF] [References]  

Contributors
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 240-247. [PDF]  

50th Anniversary Issue of Operations Research:

Charles D. Flagle

Some Origins of Operations Research in the Health Services
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 52-60. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Denos C. Gazis

The Origins of Traffic Theory
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 69-77. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

William W. Hogan

Energy Modeling for Policy Studies
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 89-95. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Samuel Karlin

Interdisciplinary Meandering in Science
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2002 50: 114-121. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

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