Industrial engineering : rooting for roots, hankering for heroes

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dc.contributor.author Kruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944-
dc.date.accessioned 2012-11-27T07:32:42Z
dc.date.available 2012-11-27T07:32:42Z
dc.date.issued 2003
dc.description.abstract The “roots” of Industrial Engineering are certainly extensive, diverse and deep. Similarly, there are numerous historical “heroes” that made significant contributions to the development of the Industrial Engineering discipline. For the sake of argument, this article will assume that Industrial Engineering has at least two identifiable main roots, namely Determinism and Stochastism. The article attempts to trace the early history of the stochastic root which is very closely linked to the history of probability and statistics and hence games of chance, gambling and divinity. Therefore, the life and times, contributions and personalities of some of the heroes and villains, champions and sad cases of the stochastic world, will be briefly discussed in a somewhat light-hearted, but not necessarily flippant, manner. en_US
dc.description.abstract Die “wortel en tak” van Bedryfsingenieurswese is sekerlik van groot omvang, van diverse aard en diep gesetel. Verskeie historiese “helde” het betekenisvolle bydraes gemaak tot die ontwikkeling van die Bedryfsingenieurswesevakgebied. Ter wille van betoogvoering sal in hierdie artikel aanvaar word dat Bedryfsingenieurswese uit minstens twee identifiseerbare sub-vakgebiede bestaan naamlik : Die Determinisme en die Stogasme. ’n Poging word aangewend om die vroeë geskiedenis van die stogasme na te speur wat op sy beurt aaneengesnoer is met die geskiedenis van die waarskynlikheidsleer en statistiek en dus toevalspelle, dobbelary en wiggelary. Die lewenswyse, tydsgewrig, bydraes en persoonlikheidseienskappe van ’n aantal helde en skurke, kampioene en prulle van die stogastiese wêreld word kortliks bespreek, op ’n ietwat lighartige maar nie noodwendig ligsinnige wyse. en_US
dc.description.uri http://sajie.journals.ac.za en_US
dc.format.extent 11 pages en_US
dc.format.medium PDF en_US
dc.identifier.citation Kruger, PS 2003, 'Industrial engineering : rooting for roots, hankering for heroes', The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 137-147. [http://sajie.journals.ac.za] en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1012-277X (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2224-7890 (online)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20522
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering en_US
dc.rights Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering en_US
dc.subject Determinism en_US
dc.subject Stochastism en_US
dc.title Industrial engineering : rooting for roots, hankering for heroes en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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