Ailsa Land
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| Born | Ailsa Dicken |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Known for | Branch and bound algorithm |
| Spouse | Frank Land |
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| Institutions | London School of Economics |
Ailsa Land (born Ailsa Dicken) is an Emeritus Professor of Operational Research in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics. She is most well-known for co-defining the branch and bound algorithm along with Alison Doig whilst carrying out research at the London School of Economics in 1960.[1][2] She is married to Frank Land who is also an Emeritus Professor at the LSE.[3]
Education
Land obtained her PhD from the London School of Economics in 1956, her dissertation was entitled An Application of the Techniques of Linear Programming to the Transportation of Coal.[4]
Awards and honours
Land was awarded with the Harold Larnder prize by the Canadian Operational Research Society in 1994 for achieving international distinction in operational research.[5]
References
- ^ A. H. Land and A. G. Doig (1960). "An automatic method of solving discrete programming problems". Econometrica. Vol. 28, no. 3. pp. 497–520. doi:10.2307/1910129.
- ^ "Staff News". www.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "NATIONAL LIFE STORIES AN ORAL HISTORY OF BRITISH SCIENCE Frank Land Interviewed by Thomas Lean" (PDF). British Library Sounds. May–June 2010.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help)CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ "Ailsa Land - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.ams.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "Harold Larnder Prize | Canadian Operational Research Society
Société canadienne de recherche opérationnelle". www.cors.ca. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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