William J. Cook
加拿大滑铁卢大学教授,美国国家工程院院士,美国数学学会、美国工业与应用数学学会以及美国运筹学和管理学研究协会会员。主要研究领域为整数规划与组合优化,曾出版多部研究旅行商问题的专著,其中与人合著的The Taveling Salesman Problem:A Computational Study获2007年Lanchester奖。
"News of the general linear-programming model, and the simplex algorithm for its solution, was delivered by George Dantzig in 1948 at a meeting held at the University of Wisconsin. The event was a defining moment for Dantzig, who has described often its proceedings. Like many good stories, repeated t"