George Kozmetsky

Lawrence Secrest, David V. Gibson and John Sibley Butler
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Lawrence Secrest: University of Texas
David V. Gibson: University of Texas
John Sibley Butler: University of Texas

Chapter 19 in Profiles in Operations Research, 2011, pp 343-362 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract George Kozmetsky played an essential role in the establishment and development of operations research (OR) and management science (MS) in the U.S. He was one of a small of number of visionaries who, during the early 1950s, recognized the importance of quantitative wartime research to business and organizations. He wrote an early treatise that spelled out the impact of computers on management and organizations. George played a key role in applying OR and MS to business and society by his uncanny talent for translating OR/MS academic research findings and theory into practical applications, as well as identifying promising new applications and fertile research areas for OR/MS researchers. He was instrumental in the founding of The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS) and served as its president in 1958.

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Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6281-2_19

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