Essays in Production, Project Planning and Scheduling A Festschrift

From the Preface:This festschrift is devoted to recognize the career of a man who not only witnessed the growth of operations research from its inception, but also contributed significantly to this growth. Dr. Salah E. Elmaghraby received his doctorate de

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Volume: 200

Series Editor Frederick S. Hillier Stanford University, CA, USA

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P. Simin Pulat • Subhash C. Sarin • Reha Uzsoy Editors

Essays in Production, Project Planning and Scheduling A Festschrift in Honor of Salah Elmaghraby

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Editors P. Simin Pulat College of Engineering The University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA

Reha Uzsoy Dept of Industrial & Systems Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina USA

Subhash C. Sarin Dept of Industrial & Systems Engineering Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA

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Preface

This festschrift is devoted to recognize the career of a man who not only witnessed the growth of operations research from its inception, but also contributed significantly to this growth. Dr. Salah E. Elmaghraby received his doctorate degree from Cornell University in 1958, and since then, his scholarly contributions have enriched the fields of production