Herman F. Karreman

Herman F. Karreman, "Programming the Supply of a Strategic Material — Part I. A Nonstochastic Model," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 7, pp. 261-279 (1960).

With regard to the Karreman paper, it was cited as "a careful translation of an operational situation into precise mathematical form ... (which) shows considerable originality and insight. There is almost constant interplay between the physical system and mathematical model during this process.... The problem considered is a significant one involving tremendous expenditures and therefore correspondingly great savings." The Committee felt the paper was a well-rounded study, involving a "thorough and lucid discussion of the operational situation ..., the construction of a precise formal language and mathematical model of the physical system, analysis of the model leading to a solution of the problem, and numerical computations of the results of the analysis."