Operations Research Education: Some Requirements and Deficiencies

Seth Bonder
Additional contact information
Seth Bonder: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Operations Research, 1973, vol. 21, issue 3, 796-809

Abstract: In recent years some operations researchers have directed their introspection to the education of prospective OR analysts, with a resultant critical appraisal: they are ill prepared to solve problems. The purpose of this paper is to continue this introspection by presenting some conjectures on the education of the OR analyst. After examining the problem-solving process briefly and defining some requisite terminology, it gives a premise on which educational requirements for the OR analyst rest, suggests areas in which his education is deficient, discusses some reasons for these deficiencies, and notes some possible courses of remedial action.

Date: 1973
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/opre.21.3.796 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:inm:oropre:v:21:y:1973:i:3:p:796-809

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Operations Research from INFORMS Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Asher ().