The founders of linear programming are often regarded as George B. Dantzig and John Von Neumann. However, the history of linear programming dates back at least as far as to Josephs Fourier’s works on linear inequalities in the early 1820’s. This article is a preliminary (very preliminary and very subjective) brief overview of the development of linear programming and closely related fields from Fourier’s initial formulation to the present, including a brief discussion of current open problems.
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