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Introduction to Operations Research
IntroductiontoOperationsResearchMatthew IndustrialandSystemsEngineering,LehighUn iversityServiceParts Solutions, IBMC orporationIntroductionto OperationsResearch OperationsResearch?OptimizationProblemsa ndApplicationsPersonalExamplesIntroducti onto OperationsResearch OperationsReseach?OperationsResearch(OR) startedjustbeforeWorld WarII in Britainwiththeestablishmentof teamsof scientiststo studythestrategicandtacticalproblemsinvo lvedin military Operations . Theobjective wasto findthemosteffective utilizationof limitedmilitary resourcesby theuseofquantitative , numerouspeacetimeapplicationsemerged,lea dingtotheuseof ORandmanagementsciencein many OperationsResearch :A schematicdescriptionof a system,theory, orphenomenonthataccountsforitsknownorinf erredpropertiesandmay beusedforfurtherstudyof :A functionallyrelatedgroupof elements, especially:Thehumanbodyregardedasa whole, groupof physiologicallyoranatomicallycomplementa ry organsorparts:thenervoussystem; groupof network of structuresandchannels, asforcommunication,travel, network of relatedcomputersoftware, hardware, OperationsResearch (OR)is thestudyo
Operations Research (OR) is the study of mathematical models for complex organizational systems. Optimization is a branch of OR which uses mathematical techniques such as linear and nonlinear programming to derive values for system variables that will optimize performance. Introduction to Operations Research – p.5
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