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Saul I. Gass
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College of Business and Management, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
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Carl M. Harris
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Department of Operations Research and Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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- Saul I. Gass, Carl M. Harris
Pages 671-701
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- Saul I. Gass, Carl M. Harris
Pages 703-712
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- Saul I. Gass, Carl M. Harris
Pages 713-729
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Pages 737-737
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Back Matter
Pages 741-753
About this book
Operations Research: 1934-1941," 35, 1, 143-152; "British The goal of the Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Operational Research in World War II," 35, 3, 453-470; Management Science is to provide to decision makers and "U. S. Operations Research in World War II," 35, 6, 910-925; problem solvers in business, industry, government and and the 1984 article by Harold Lardner that appeared in academia a comprehensive overview of the wide range of Operations Research: "The Origin of Operational Research," ideas, methodologies, and synergistic forces that combine to 32, 2, 465-475. form the preeminent decision-aiding fields of operations re search and management science (OR/MS). To this end, we The Encyclopedia contains no entries that define the fields enlisted a distinguished international group of academics of operations research and management science. OR and MS and practitioners to contribute articles on subjects for are often equated to one another. If one defines them by the which they are renowned. methodologies they employ, the equation would probably The editors, working with the Encyclopedia's Editorial stand inspection. If one defines them by their historical Advisory Board, surveyed and divided OR/MS into specific developments and the classes of problems they encompass, topics that collectively encompass the foundations, applica the equation becomes fuzzy. The formalism OR grew out of tions, and emerging elements of this ever-changing field. We the operational problems of the British and U. s. military also wanted to establish the close associations that OR/MS efforts in World War II.
Reviews
` ... collection of high-quality articles covering all aspects of OR in a very broad sense makes this book recommendable to anybody concerned with or interested in OR, in universities as well as in practice.'
Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 46:1 (1997)
Editors and Affiliations
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College of Business and Management, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Saul I. Gass
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Department of Operations Research and Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA
Carl M. Harris
