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Author:   Paul Keys
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9780471952695

ISBN 10:   0471952699
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   22 November 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Partial table of contents: A DISCIPLINE EMERGES: 1935-45. Operational Research (P. Blackett). Reminiscences of Operational Research in World War II by Some of Its Practitioners (D. Christopherson & E. Baughan). A History of Operations Research (F. Trefethen). CLASSICAL OR--GROWTH AND STABILITY: 1945-75. A Comparison of Operational Research in the U.S.A. and in Great Britain (R. Ackoff). Internal Organization (R. Tomlinson). Operations Research in Perspective (H. Miser). CRITIQUE AND REVISION: 1975-85. OR/MS: Dead or Dying? RX for Survival (J. Hall & S. Hess). The Future of Operational Research Is Past (R. Ackoff). The Changing Role of O.R. (N. Tobin, et al.). Could OR Be a Science? (M. Dando, et al.). A Materialist Analysis of Operational Research (J. Rosenhead & C. Thunhurst). OUT OF THE DEBATE: 1985-90. Discussion and Recommendations (Committee on the Future Practice of Operational Research). Operations Research: The Next Decade (Committee on the Next Decade in Operations Research (CONDOR)). OR as a Technology: Some Issues and Implications (P. Keys). Conclusion: Towards the Future. Subject Index.

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About the author Paul Keys graduated from St Andrews University with a degree in Pure and Applied Mathematics. He became a research assistant at the School of Geography, University of Leeds where his work focused on urban modelling and systems analysis. He is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Hull in systems methodologies and OR. He has written many papers in the area and has edited several collections. He is also Director of Undergraduate Programmes in the Department of Management Systems and Sciences.

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