LP FROM THE 40S TO THE 90S

Linear programming refers here to all models in which the constraint structure consists of linear systems of equations or inequalities. This history of the field is a view of (1) The key advances in algorithms and computation; (2) The evolution of LP's ties with economics, mathematics, management science-operations research, and computer science; (3) The relationship between model builders and algorithm developers; (4) The focal institutions that united the field as it progressed.