Model World: Tales from the Time Line—The Definition of OR and the Origins of Monte Carlo Simulation

Saul I. Gass () and Arjang A. Assad ()
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Saul I. Gass: Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
Arjang A. Assad: Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

Interfaces, 2005, vol. 35, issue 5, 429-435

Abstract: OR began in the 1930s, and many of the leading figures in various sciences and mathematics contributed to its definition and progress.

Keywords: professional: OR/MS history; simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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