OR Forum—The Beginnings of Operations Research: 1934–1941

Joseph F. McCloskey
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Joseph F. McCloskey: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California

Operations Research, 1987, vol. 35, issue 1, 143-152

Abstract: This paper, the first in a series on the history of operations research and management science, traces the scattered beginnings of operations research from World War I up to the activities in Britain before and during the early months of World War II.

Keywords: 601; OR/MS; history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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