OR Forum—The Origin of Operational Research

Harold Larnder

Operations Research, 1984, vol. 32, issue 2, 465-476

Abstract: This paper presents an account of the events in the years just preceding and during the second world war that led up to the concept and practice of operational research as it is now generally understood.

Keywords: 460 origins of OR applications for radar; 601 origin of operational research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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