This volume presents a selection of 24 of George Dantzig's papers, arranged in nine groups. Each group opens with a non-technical summary, introducing the specific area and discussing the current significance of Dantzig's work in that field. The headings of the groups are: 1. Mathematical statistics; 2. The simplex method of linear programming; 3. Large-scale linear programming; 4. Special applications and economic modeling; 5. Linear programming under uncertainty; 6. Network optimization; 7.

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... teger linear programming and linear inequalities; 8. Nonlinear programming; 9. Complementarity problems. There is also a list of George Dantzig's publications, containing 148 items.