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Dyson, Robert G., O’Brien, Frances and Shah, Devan B. (2021) Soft OR and practice : the contribution of the founders of Operation Research. Operations Research, 69 (3). pp. 727-738. doi:10.1287/opre.2020.2051 ISSN 0030-364X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2020.2051
Abstract
This paper explores the work of some 43 founders of operations research. In particular, it considers the links between soft operations research (OR) and these founders. Several of the founders were direct influencers of the soft OR proponents, whereas others related to the context, process, and content of soft OR. Coupled with the deductive and inductive reasoning approaches of soft OR, it is argued that soft OR is a legitimate branch of OR. The paper also focuses on the embeddedness of the founders, and the soft OR proponents, in practice and argues that, for academics, engagement with practice has been and will continue to be an important driver for the health and development of operations research.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology > T Technology (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Operational Research & Management Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Operations research, Decision making, Problem solving, Analysis of variance, Operations research -- History, Industrial engineers -- Biography, Mathematicians -- Biography, Economists -- Biography | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Operations Research | ||||||||
Publisher: | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (I N F O R M S) | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0030-364X | ||||||||
Official Date: | 22 June 2021 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 69 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 727-738 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1287/opre.2020.2051 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2021, INFORMS | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 July 2020 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 10 July 2020 | ||||||||
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