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in Washington, D.C., and returned to MIT for another two years. In 1960 he was appointed professor of business administration at the
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wrote the article "Dynamic version of the economic lot size model.", which would become the seminal work on the
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Economic lot sizing: an O (n log n) algorithm that runs in linear time in the Wagner-Whitin case
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1953. "Classical theory, Graham's theory, and linear programming in international trade."
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After graduation Whitin started his academic career as associate professor at
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The Economics of Inventory Management: Essays Honoring Thomson M. Whitin
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Born and raised in Northbridge, Massachusetts, Whitin graduated from
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Whitin died aged 90 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, in December 2013.
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1958. "Dynamic version of the economic lot size model." With
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Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow: Production and capital
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1961. "A family of inventory models" with G. Hadley,
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in its Economics Department. In 1953 he moved to the
75: 56: 34: 18: 307:Current Research Interests in Production Economics 230:1952. "Inventory control in theory and practice." 323:"Thomson M. Whitin, 90, Tiverton, Little Compton" 215:. With G. Hadley. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall 292:Michael C. Lovell and Attila Chikàn eds. (1988) 317: 315: 157:. In 1963 he moved back to Connecticut to the 8: 460:United States Navy personnel of World War II 202:Dynamic Problems in the Theory of the Firm 26: 15: 191:. (1957, 1970) Princeton University Press 130:, where he became gunnery officer on the 269: 450:People from Northbridge, Massachusetts 425:MIT Sloan School of Management faculty 147:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7: 196:Inventory Control Research: A Survey 155:University of California at Berkeley 122:, in 1940 and received his AB from 455:Fellows of the Econometric Society 239:The Quarterly Journal of Economics 220:Inventory Control and Price Theory 189:The Theory of Inventory Management 14: 440:Haas School of Business faculty 415:American operations researchers 325:. Eastbayri.com. Archived from 208:. Rand Corp Santa Monica Calif. 254:, Vol. 5, pp. 89–96, 1958 232:Quarterly Journal of Economics 1: 305:Robert W. Grubbström (2012) " 213:Analysis of Inventory Systems 435:Princeton University faculty 134:-class aircraft carrier USS 126:in 1943. He then joined the 445:Wesleyan University faculty 430:Princeton University alumni 296:. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1988 476: 49:Northbridge, Massachusetts 25: 151:Atomic Energy Commission 98:, known for his work on 88:Thomson McLintock Whitin 20:Thomson McLintock Whitin 226:Articles, a selection: 241:67.4. p. 520-544. 170:dynamic lot-size model 80:Dynamic lot-size model 68:Tiverton, Rhode Island 277:Kenneth Joseph Arrow 143:Princeton University 124:Princeton University 104:inventory management 92:management scientist 164:In 1958 Whitin and 159:Wesleyan University 96:Wesleyan University 420:Kent School alumni 371:Whitin, Thomson M. 259:Management Science 251:Management Science 389:Thomson M. Whitin 347:Wagelmans, Albert 136:Bon Homme Richard 120:Kent, Connecticut 100:inventory control 85: 84: 467: 377: 368: 362: 344: 338: 337: 335: 334: 319: 310: 303: 297: 290: 284: 274: 206:Harvey M. Wagner 166:Harvey M. Wagner 63: 60:December 9, 2013 45:January 12, 1923 44: 42: 30: 16: 475: 474: 470: 469: 468: 466: 465: 464: 395: 394: 385: 380: 369: 365: 351:Stan Van Hoesel 345: 341: 332: 330: 321: 320: 313: 304: 300: 291: 287: 275: 271: 267: 181: 112: 71: 65: 61: 52: 46: 40: 38: 21: 12: 11: 5: 473: 471: 463: 462: 457: 452: 447: 442: 437: 432: 427: 422: 417: 412: 407: 397: 396: 393: 392: 384: 383:External links 381: 379: 378: 363: 339: 311: 298: 285: 268: 266: 263: 262: 261: 255: 242: 235: 224: 223: 216: 209: 198: 192: 180: 177: 111: 108: 83: 82: 77: 76:Known for 73: 72: 66: 64:(aged 90) 58: 54: 53: 47: 36: 32: 31: 23: 22: 19: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 472: 461: 458: 456: 453: 451: 448: 446: 443: 441: 438: 436: 433: 431: 428: 426: 423: 421: 418: 416: 413: 411: 408: 406: 403: 402: 400: 390: 387: 386: 382: 376: 372: 367: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 343: 340: 329:on 2013-12-16 328: 324: 318: 316: 312: 308: 302: 299: 295: 289: 286: 282: 278: 273: 270: 264: 260: 256: 253: 252: 247: 243: 240: 236: 233: 229: 228: 227: 221: 217: 214: 210: 207: 203: 199: 197: 193: 190: 186: 185: 184: 178: 176: 173: 171: 167: 162: 160: 156: 152: 148: 144: 139: 137: 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 109: 107: 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 81: 78: 74: 69: 59: 55: 50: 37: 33: 29: 24: 17: 375:worldcat.org 374: 366: 355:Antoon Kolen 342: 331:. Retrieved 327:the original 301: 293: 288: 280: 272: 249: 238: 231: 225: 219: 212: 201: 195: 188: 182: 179:Publications 174: 163: 140: 135: 131: 113: 87: 86: 62:(2013-12-09) 410:2013 deaths 405:1923 births 246:H.M. Wagner 234:, Nov 1952. 116:Kent School 399:Categories 391:, obituary 333:2013-12-17 265:References 41:1923-01-12 128:U.S. Navy 110:Biography 183:Books: 283:. p. 27 279:(1985) 204:. With 353:, and 218:1967. 211:1963. 200:1957. 194:1954. 187:1953. 70:, U.S. 51:, U.S. 132:Essex 248:in: 102:and 57:Died 35:Born 373:on 357:. " 118:in 401:: 349:, 314:^ 172:. 106:. 336:. 222:. 43:) 39:(

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Northbridge, Massachusetts
Tiverton, Rhode Island
Dynamic lot-size model
management scientist
Wesleyan University
inventory control
inventory management
Kent School
Kent, Connecticut
Princeton University
U.S. Navy
Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Atomic Energy Commission
University of California at Berkeley
Wesleyan University
Harvey M. Wagner
dynamic lot-size model
Harvey M. Wagner
H.M. Wagner
Management Science
Management Science
Kenneth Joseph Arrow
Current Research Interests in Production Economics


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