Frank P. Kelly
Frank P. Kelly of the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, England, was named the 1991 winner of the Lanchester Prize for his paper, "Loss Networks," The Annals of Applied Probability.
The award citation reads in part: "In a series of six major papers ... published during 1985-91 culminating in the survey paper, 'Loss Networks,' Frank P. Kelly has taken the leap from the theory of Erlang which aptly described the village telephone exchange of 1917, to a theory that is fully capable of the analysis of today's global telecommunications network ... This work of Frank P. Kelly is highly original, has very important applications, contains deep theoretical insights of great mathematical beauty and makes an important contribution to the field of operations research."
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