- John von Neumann Theory Prize
The John von Neumann Theory Prize of the
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences is awarded annually to an individual (or sometimes group) who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to theory inoperations research and the management sciences.The Prize named after mathematician
John von Neumann is awarded for a body of work, rather than a single piece. The Prize was intended to reflect contributions that have stood the test of time. The criteria include significance, innovation, depth, and scientific excellence.The award is $5,000, a medallion and a citation.
The Prize has been awarded since 1975. The first recipient was George B. Dantzig for his work on
linear programming .List of recipients
*2007
Arthur F. Veinott, Jr.
**"for his profound contributions to three major areas of operations research and management science: inventory theory, dynamic programming and lattice programming.
*2006Martin Grötschel ,László Lovász andAlexander Schrijver
**"for their fundamental path-breaking work in combinatorial optimization.
*2005Robert J. Aumann
**"in recognition of his fundamental contributions togame theory and related areas
*2004J. Michael Harrison
**"for his profound contributions to two major areas ofoperations research andmanagement science :stochastic network s andmathematical finance ."
*2003Arkadi Nemirovski and Michael J. Todd
**"for their seminal and profound contributions incontinuous optimization ".
*2002 Donald L. Iglehart andCyrus Derman
**"for their fundamental contributions to performance analysis and optimization of stochastic systems"
*2001Ward Whitt
**"for his contributions toqueueing theory ,applied probability andstochastic modelling "
*2000Ellis L. Johnson andManfred W. Padberg
*1999R. Tyrrell Rockafellar
*1998Fred W. Glover
*1997Peter Whittle
*1996Peter C. Fishburn
*1995Egon Balas
*1994Lajos Takacs
*1993Robert Herman
*1992Alan J. Hoffman andPhilip Wolfe
*1991 Barlow, Proschan
*1990Richard Karp
*1989Harry M. Markowitz
*1988Herbert Simon
*1987Samuel Karlin
*1986Kenneth J. Arrow
*1985Jack Edmonds
*1984Ralph Gomory
*1983Herbert E. Scarf
*1982Abraham Charnes ,William W. Cooper , andRichard J. Duffin
*1981Lloyd Shapley
*1980David Gale ,Harold W. Kuhn , andAlbert W. Tucker
*1979David Blackwell
*1978John F. Nash andCarlton E. Lemke
*1977Felix Pollaczek
*1976Richard Bellman
*1975George B. Dantzig "for his work onlinear programming "There is also an
IEEE John von Neumann Medal awarded by theIEEE annually "for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology."ee also
*
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
*List of prizes
*Prizes named after people
*External links
* [http://www.informs.org/Prizes/vonNeumannDetails.html Official website]
* [http://www.informs.org/index.php?c=470&kat=JvN%3A+Most+Recent+Winner Most recent JvN Theory Prize winner]
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