Understanding the process of operational research : collected readings /

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Other Authors: Keys, Paul, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1995.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Operational Research / P. M. S. Blackett
  • 2. Reminiscences of Operational Research in World War II by Some of its Practitioners / Derman Christopherson and E. C. Baughan
  • 3. A History of Operations Research / Florence N. Trefethen
  • 4. A Comparison of Operational Research in the U.S.A. and in Great Britain / R. L. Ackoff
  • 5. Early OR in the Steel Company of Wales / H. G. Jones
  • 6. Internal Organization / R. C. Tomlinson
  • 7. Operations Research in Perspective / Hugh J. Miser
  • 8. The General Nature of Operations Research / C. W. Churchman, R. L. Ackoff and E. L. Arnoff
  • 9. OR/MS: Dead or Dying? RX for Survival / John R. Hall, Jr. and Sidney W. Hess
  • 10. The Future of Operational Research is Past / Russell L. Ackoff
  • 11. The Changing Role of O.R. / N. R. Tobin, K. Rapley and W. Teather
  • 12. Problem Construction and the Influence of OR / Colin Eden
  • 13. Could OR be a Science? / M. R. Dando, A. Defrenne and R. G. Sharp.
  • 14. The Craft of Applied Systems Analysis / Giandomenico Majone
  • 15. A Materialist Analysis of Operational Research / Jonathan Rosenhead and Colin Thunhurst
  • 16. Discussion and Recommendations / Commission on the Future Practice of Operational Research
  • 17. Operations Research: the Next Decade / Committee on the Next Decade in Operations Research (CONDOR)
  • 18. Present Positions and Future Prospects in Management Science / M. C. Jackson
  • 19. OR as Technology: Some Issues and Implications / P. Keys
  • Conclusion: Towards the Future.