Operations research, operational research, or simply OR, is the use of mathematical models, statistics and algorithms to aid in decision-making. It is most often used to analyze complex real-world systems, typically with the goal of improving or optimizing performance. It is one form of applied mathematics.

Related categories: Systems theory, Model theory

Subcategories

There are 2 subcategories to this category.

O

• Optimization algorithms

S

• Scheduling (computing)

Articles in category "Operations research"

There are 32 articles in this category.

Russell L. Ackoff B Backtracking Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett C C. West Churchman Constraint satisfaction problem D George Dantzig W. Edwards Deming E Economic order quantity F Jay Wright Forrester G General Algebraic Modeling System

G cont. Granger causality H Archibald Vivian Hill I Inventory L Frederick Lanchester Linear programming Little's law Logistics M Management science Mathematical model N Network flow Nonlinear programming

O Operations research Optimization (mathematics) P Peace gaming Q Queueing theory S Scheduling Simplex algorithm Simulation Anthony Stafford Beer Stochastic programming System dynamics Y Frank Yates