Presidents' Symposium: OR, A Post Mortem
Operations Research · 1987 · Volume 35 · Issue 3
Abstract
This note traces the devolution of operations research from its original state as a market-oriented profession through the stage of output orientation to its current status as largely input-oriented, and points out that this descent has taken the profession away from the most important needs of the organizations it could serve.
Keywords
601, 603 OR, a post mortem
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