Ailsa Land | |
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| Born | Ailsa Horton Dicken 14 June 1927 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 16 May 2021 (aged 93) |
| Education | Malvern Collegiate Institute |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Known for | Branch and bound algorithm |
| Spouse | Frank Land |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Operational research |
| Institutions | London School of Economics |
| Thesis | An application of the techniques of linear programming to the transportation of coal (1956) |
Ailsa Horton Land (née Dicken; 14 June 1927 – 16 May 2021)[1] was a Professor of Operational Research in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and was the first woman professor of Operational Research in Britain. 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.[2][3] She was married to Frank Land, who is an Emeritus Professor at the LSE.[4]
- ^ "Ailsa H. Land". History of O.R. Excellence. INFORMS. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ A. H. Land and A. G. Doig (1960). "An automatic method of solving discrete programming problems". Econometrica. 28 (3): 497–520. doi:10.2307/1910129. JSTOR 1910129.
- ^ "Staff News". www.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "NATIONAL LIFE STORIES AN ORAL HISTORY OF BRITISH SCIENCE Frank Land Interviewed by Thomas Lean" (PDF). British Library Sounds. May–June 2010.