OR Forum—British Operational Research in World War II

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

Operations Research, 1987, vol. 35, issue 3, 453-470

Abstract: This article offers an overview of British operational research activities during World War II, and is the second in a series on the early history of operations research. The first ( Operations Research 35 , 143–152) traced the scattered beginnings 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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