Ailsa Land

Ailsa Land
Born Ailsa Dicken
Alma mater London School of Economics
Known for Branch and bound algorithm
Spouse(s) Frank Land
Scientific career
Institutions London School of Economics

Ailsa Land (born Ailsa Dicken) is an Emeritus Professor of Operational Research in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics. 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.[1][2] She is married to Frank Land who is also an Emeritus Professor at the LSE.[3]

Education

Land obtained her PhD from the London School of Economics in 1956, her dissertation was entitled An Application of the Techniques of Linear Programming to the Transportation of Coal.[4]

Awards and honours

Land was awarded with the Harold Larnder prize by the Canadian Operational Research Society in 1994 for achieving international distinction in operational research.[5]

References

  1. ↑ A. H. Land and A. G. Doig (1960). "An automatic method of solving discrete programming problems". Econometrica. 28 (3). pp. 497–520. doi:10.2307/1910129.
  2. ↑ "Staff News". www.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  3. ↑ "NATIONAL LIFE STORIES AN ORAL HISTORY OF BRITISH SCIENCE Frank Land Interviewed by Thomas Lean" (PDF). British Library Sounds. May–June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Ailsa Land - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.ams.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  5. ↑ "Harold Larnder Prize | Canadian Operational Research Society
    Société canadienne de recherche opérationnelle"    . www.cors.ca. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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