Military Operations Research---A Personal Retrospect

William F. Whitmore
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William F. Whitmore: Lockheed Missiles and Space Division, Sunnyvale, California

Operations Research, 1961, vol. 9, issue 2, 258-265

Abstract: Several instances, drawn from personal experiences since 1945, are presented in which military operations research has had an impact on national policy decisions. An attempt is made to identify instances of failure to influence higher authority, as well as admitted successes. Failures to transmit past experience are noted, with resultant need for rediscovery of results and tactics. The predominant point of view is that of the “scientific analyst,” working as liason with operational staffs, as opposed to that of the worker in large OR teams. Admittedly, these latter provided the analyst with his working capital, but the personal relation between analyst and operational commander is frequently decisive for the acceptance of the work of the larger group.

Date: 1961
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