IFORS Hall of Fame (operations research)
Jewish recipients of the IFORS Hall of Fame (operations research) documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 52% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.
12 documented recipients
George Dantzig1914
Developed the simplex algorithm for linear programming.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science
Richard Bellman1920
Invented dynamic programming.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science
Leonid Kantorovich1912
Founded linear programming; Nobel laureate in economics.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science
Ralph Gomory1984
Invented the cutting-plane method of integer programming; von Neumann Theory Prize (1984)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the von Neumann Theory Prize
Kenneth Arrow1972
General Equilibrium Theory
Source: Nobel Prize Economics 1972
Howard Raiffa1924
Pioneer of decision theory, negotiation analysis, and applied game theory
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Political Philosophy & Science
John von Neumann1945
Computer Architecture and Game Theory
Source: Manhattan Project / Princeton
Herbert Simon1978
Research into decision-making processes within economic organizations
Source: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Economics 1978
Russell Ackoff1919
Pioneer of operations research and systems thinking; IFORS Hall of Fame
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish members of the IFORS Hall of Fame
Egon Balas1995
Holocaust survivor who founded disjunctive programming in integer optimization; von Neumann Theory Prize (1995)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the von Neumann Theory Prize
Abraham Charnes1982
Co-founder of applied linear programming and data envelopment analysis; von Neumann Theory Prize (1982)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the von Neumann Theory Prize
William Cooper1982
Co-creator of data envelopment analysis and goal programming; von Neumann Theory Prize (1982)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the von Neumann Theory Prize