An Annotated Timeline of Operations Research An Informal History /

An Annotated Timeline of Operations Research: An Informal History recounts the evolution of Operations Research (OR) as a new science - the science of decision making. Arising from the urgent operational issues of World War II, the philosophy and methodology of OR has permeated the resolution of dec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gass, Saul I. (Autor), Assad, Arjang A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
Colección:International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 75
Temas:
Economics.
Computer science.
Mathematical optimization.
Operations research.
Engineering mathematics.
Economics/Management Science.
Economics/Management Science, general.
Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.
Mathematics of Computing.
Optimization.
Operations Research, Mathematical Programming.
Operations Research/Decision Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Operations research precursors from 1564 to 1873
  • Operations research precursors from 1881 to 1935
  • Birth of operations research from 1936 to 1946
  • Expansion of operations research from 1947 to 1950
  • Mathematical, algorithmic and professional developments of operations research from 1951 to 1956
  • International activities, algorithms, applications, and operations research texts and monographs from 1957 to 1963
  • Methods, applications and publications from 1964 to 1978
  • Methods, applications, technology, and publications from 1979 to 2004.

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