He is known for Weiszfeld's algorithm for minimizing the sum of distances to a set of points, and for founding The Institute of Management Sciences.
[1][2][3] Endre Weiszfeld was born on November 4, 1916, the middle son of a Jewish family in Budapest, where his father was the owner of a shoe store.
Naval Ordnance Test Station in 1948, where he headed their missile guidance and control division, and in 1953 moved again to Hughes Aircraft.
His alias "Zepartzatt Gozinto" began during this period, when he visited the RAND Corporation and, during a presentation there, made a joke that was misinterpreted by attendee George Dantzig.
Through the 1950s and 1960s, Vázsonyi continued to work on management science problems at several other companies, including the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, Roe Alderson, and a second stint at NAA.
In the late 1970s, threatened with forced retirement at Rochester as he neared age 65,[10] he moved again to St. Mary's University, Texas.
While working in the aerospace industry, Vázsonyi attended meetings of the Operations Research Society of America, but found it to be too remote from the business interests of his employers.
[1] As well as his 2002 autobiography, Which Door Has the Cadillac: Adventures of a Real-Life Mathematician,[17] Vázsonyi was the author of several technical books, including: