WHAT IS OPERATIONAL RESEARCH?

More Information about Operational Research

If you’d like to go beyond the information on this site to learn more about O.R. and its potential for your organisation, these materials can help:

Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, Howard Raiffa, Harvard Business School Press

Business Technology: Time to Do More with Less by Bob Evans, Publisher, Information Week

Best Possible Outcome: Operational Research Is Helping Corporations and Government Agencies Tackle Really Thorny Scheduling Problems in Record Time by Prof. Michael Trick, Carnegie Mellon University, Optimize! Magazine

Optimal Results: IT-Powered Advances in Operational Research Can Enhance Business Processes and Boost the Corporate Bottom Line by Gary H. Anthes, Computerworld

A Business Executive’s Guide to Modern O.R. by Dr. Randall S. Robinson, ORMS Today

Making Operational Research a Core Business Competency by Dr. Harlan P. Crowder, ORMS Today

An Executive’s Guide to Operational Research: A special issue of ORMS Today

UPS Slashed the Time It Takes to Determine the Least-Expensive Route by Beth Bacheldor, Information Week

Optimize the Enterprise by Alexandra Barrett, Information Week

Tackling Problems from a Mathematical Perspective by Jeffrey Steele, Chicago Tribune (This is an article summary. The full text is available for purchase on the Chicago Tribune site.)

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