Letter to the Editor---What is a System?

Malcolm W. Hoag
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Malcolm W. Hoag: The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California

Operations Research, 1957, vol. 5, issue 3, 445-447

Abstract: When a scientist of almost any specialty asks what Operations Research or Systems Analysis is, we can take it for granted that he knows the meaning of research and analysis. But this leaves an embarrassing question.

Date: 1957
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