Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Harvey M. Wagner

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Profiles in Operations Research

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ((ISOR,volume 147))

  • 1695 Accesses

Abstract

The second wave of researchers and practitioners in operations research (OR)—roughly speaking, those born in the mid-1920s through the mid-1930s—consisted of graduates of academic programs that included some courses in the principles of OR. Typically, they specialized in mathematics or statistics or economics, but were also exposed to OR topics that had filtered into academic programs, especially linear programming (LP), inventory management, and simulation. Harvey Wagner’s entry into OR followed this path, augmented by a long-term arrangement as an OR advisor to a major management consulting firm. Harvey then proceeded to make important contributions to LP, inventory theory, and management consulting. He wrote a pioneering text in OR, Principles of Operations Research with Applications to Managerial Decision (1969), for which he received the 1969 Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) Lanchester Prize for the best publication in OR.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Bayus B, Souza G, Wagner HM (2004) Production and inventory under competition. Manage Sci 50(4):537–549

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Business Week Online (2004) The bottom line on women at the top. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2004/nf20040126_3378_db035.htm. Accessed 24 Dec 2009

  • Catalyst Inc. (2004) http://www.catalyst.org/file/44/the%20bottom%20line%20connecting%20corporate%20performance%20and%20gender%20diversity.pdf. Accessed 1 Aug 2009

  • Duguay C, Todd M, Wagner HM (1973) Linear programming with relative bounded variables. Manage Sci 19(7):751–759

    Google Scholar 

  • Edwards J, Wagner HM, Wood W (1985) Blue Bell trims its inventory. Interfaces 15(1):34–52

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Giglio R, Glaser G, Wagner HM (1964) Preventive maintenance scheduling by mathematical programming. Manage Sci 10(2):316–334

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Giglio R, Wagner HM (1964) Approximate solutions to the three-machine scheduling problem. Oper Res 12(2):305–324

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Goldstine H (1972) The computer from Pascal to von Neumann. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ

    Google Scholar 

  • Horen J, Wagner HM, Yuan J (1975) Optimal multi-product production scheduling and employment smoothing with deterministic demands. Manage Sci 21(11):1250–1262

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jacobs R, Wagner HM (1989a) Reducing inventory systems costs by using robust demand estimators. Manage Sci 35(7):771–787

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jacobs R, Wagner HM (1989b) Lowering inventory systems costs by using regression-derived estimators of demand variability. Decis Sci 20(3):558–574

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kass GV (1980) An exploratory technique for investigating large quantities of categorical data. J Appl Stat 29(2):119–127

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lippman S, Rolfe A, Wagner HM, Yuan J (1967a) A theory of production scheduling and employment smoothing. Manage Sci 14(3):127–158

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lippman S, Rolfe A, Wagner HM, Yuan J (1967b) Algorithms for optimal production scheduling and employment smoothing. Oper Res 15(6):1011–1029

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Morse P, Kimball G (1951) Methods of operations research. Wiley, New York, NY

    Google Scholar 

  • O’Hagan M, Lundh B, Wagner HM (1965) An empirical study of exactly and approximately optimal inventory policies. Manage Sci 11(7):690–723

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Post J (2005) Operations research soldiers on. Yale Daily News, February 24

    Google Scholar 

  • Rubin D, Wagner HM (1990) Shadow prices: tips and traps for managers and instructors. Interfaces 20(4):150–157

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Samuelson P (1961) Economics: an introductory analysis, 5th edn. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY

    Google Scholar 

  • Shapiro J, Wagner HM (1967) A finite renewal algorithm for knapsack and turnpike models. Oper Res 15(2):319–341

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Story A, Wagner HM (1963) Computational experience with integer programming for job shop scheduling. In: Muth J, Thompson G (eds) Industrial scheduling. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, pp 207–219

    Google Scholar 

  • Veinott A (ed) (1965) Mathematical studies in management science. Macmillan, New York, NY

    Google Scholar 

  • Veinott A, Wagner HM (1965) Computation of optimal (s,S) policies. Manage Sci 11(5):525–552

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1956) An eclectic approach to the pure theory of customer behavior. Econometrica 24 (October ):451–466

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1957) A linear programming solution to dynamic Leontief type models. Manage Sci 3(3):234–254

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1958a) A Monte Carlo study of estimates of simultaneous linear structural equations. Econometrica 26(1):117–133

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1958b) The simplex method for beginners. Oper Res 6(2):190–199

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1958c) A practical guide to the dual theorem. Oper Res 6(3):368–384

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1958d) The dual simplex algorithm for bounded variables. Naval Res Logistics Q 5(3):257–261

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1959a) Linear programming techniques for regression analysis. J Am Stat Assoc 54(285):206–212

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1959b) An integer linear programming model for machine scheduling. Nav Res Logistics Q 6(2):131–140

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1960) A model of inventory in a complex organization. In: West Churchman C, Verhulst M (eds) Management sciences, models and techniques, vol 1. Pergamon, New York, NY, pp 489–517

    Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1962) Statistical management of inventory system. Wiley, New York, NY

    Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1969) Principles of operations research with applications to managerial decisions. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

    Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1970) Principles of management science with applications to executive decisions. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

    Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1971) The ABC’s of OR. Oper Res 19(6):1259–1281

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (1974) The design of production and inventory systems for multi-facility and multi-warehouse companies. Oper Res 12(6):278–291

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (2002) And then there were none. Oper Res 50(1):217–226

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM (2008) Personal communication

    Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM, Vargas V, Kathuria N (1993) The accuracy of linear programming production planning models. In: Sarin R (ed) Perspectives in operations management: essays in honor of Elwood S. Buffa, Kluwer, Boston, MA, pp 359–387

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner HM, Whitin TM (1958a) Dynamic version of the economic lot size model. Manage Sci 5(1):89–96

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Whitin TM (1953) The theory of inventory management. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Shaler Stidham Jr

Authors
  1. Shaler Stidham Jr
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. , School of Management, University at Buffalo, State University, Jacobs Management Center 160, Buffalo, 14260-4000, New York, USA

    Arjang A. Assad

  2. Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, Van Munching Hall, College Park, 20742-1915, Maryland, USA

    Saul I. Gass

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Stidham, S. (2011). Harvey M. Wagner. In: Assad, A., Gass, S. (eds) Profiles in Operations Research. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 147. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6281-2_40

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation