ABSTRACT
Mathematical Methods and Programming Over twenty years ago I heard Danzig present the principles of linear programming at a seminar at the London School of Economics. An eminent neoclassical economist remarked (with dismay) that this technique would be particularly applicable to socialist countries, should make them more efficient. The reason, as he saw it, was that they, unlike us, had an objective function, or an authority that could define the objective, and programming techniques would enable the authority to calculate the most effective means to achieve the given (determined) ends.
