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In 1970, Harcourt took study leave in Sweden, where she co-authored two papers on theoretical chemistry—"A simple demonstration of Hund’s Rule for the helium 2S and 2P States" and "Wavefunctions for 4-electron 3-centre bonding"—with her husband, the chemist
Richard Harcourt.
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holding one of the first two positions in every state. Harcourt and Clark made a submission to the Joint Select
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in recognition of her "distinguished service to mathematics and computer science through pioneering research and development of integer linear programming".
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to introduce a more rigorous double randomisation method. Harcourt and Clark published a paper about their analysis and recommendations for the
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Harcourt retired as an academic from the
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Harcourt, R.D.; Harcourt, Alison (May 1973). "A simple demonstration of the origin of hund's rule for the helium 2S and 2P states".
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In the mid-1960s, she joined a team headed by the sociologist Ronald
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Harcourt, Richard D.; Harcourt, Alison (1974). "Wavefunctions for "4-electron, 3-centre" bonding units".
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A. H. Land and A. G. Doig (1960). "An automatic method of solving discrete programming problems".
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CLARK, R.M.; HARCOURT, A.G. (September 1991). "Randomisation and the 1975 Senate Ballot Draw".
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problems. The algorithm is the backbone idea behind all modern
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