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Alison Harcourt

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Australian mathematician

AustraliaAcademicsBorn 1929 · age 96
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Alison Grant Harcourt is an Australian mathematician and statistician most well-known for co-defining the branch and bound algorithm along with Ailsa Land whilst carrying out research at the London School of Economics.

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2019Officer of the Order of Australia
Senior Australian of the Year

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Alison Grant Harcourt is an Australian mathematician and statistician most well-known for co-defining the branch and bound algorithm along with Ailsa Land whilst carrying out research at the London School of Economics. She was also part of the team which developed a poverty line as part of the Henderson Inquiry into poverty in Australia and helped to introduce the double randomisation method of ordering candidates used in Australian elections.

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Born 1929 · age 96
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