Jacques Benders and his decomposition algorithm

Journal Article (2025)
Author(s)

Karen Aardal (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Cor Hurkens (Eindhoven University of Technology)

Jan Karel Lenstra (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI))

Research Group
Discrete Mathematics and Optimization
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2025.107361 Final published version
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Publication Year
2025
Language
English
Research Group
Discrete Mathematics and Optimization
Journal title
Operations Research Letters
Volume number
63
Article number
107361
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Abstract

Benders is a household name in optimization, but as a person he was hardly known beyond his circle of colleagues and students. In this brief paper, we review his life and work.