Jun 10, 2026
Duffield Engineering
The leading journal for theoretical work in operations research, Mathematics of Operations Research, is marking its 50th anniversary in 2026. As part of its celebration of reaching this milestone, the journal has published a list of its 50 most influential papers, citing one paper from each calendar year since 1976.
Faculty and alumni of Cornell are well-represented on the list, with most coming from the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering. The eleven papers below come from five decades and have at least one Cornell-affiliated author (where the non-Cornell co-authors are indicated as well for each reference).
1977 New Finite Pivoting Rules for the Simplex Method, faculty member Robert Bland.
