Operational Research: methods and applicationsShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Journal of the Operational Research Society, ISSN 0160-5682, E-ISSN 1476-9360, Vol. 75, no 3, p. 423-617Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods, models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This encyclopedic article consists of two main sections: methods and applications. The first summarises the up-to-date knowledge and provides an overview of the state-of-the-art methods and key developments in the various subdomains of the field. The second offers a wide-ranging list of areas where Operational Research has been applied. The article is meant to be read in a nonlinear fashion and used as a point of reference by a diverse pool of readers: academics, researchers, students, and practitioners. The entries within the methods and applications sections are presented in alphabetical order. The authors dedicate this paper to the 2023 Turkey/Syria earthquake victims. We sincerely hope that advances in OR will play a role towards minimising the pain and suffering caused by this and future catastrophes.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. Vol. 75, no 3, p. 423-617
Keywords [en]
Review, encyclopedia, theory, practice, principles, optimisation, programming, systems, simulation, decision making, models
National Category
Computer and Information Sciences
Research subject
Computer and Information Sciences Computer Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-129719DOI: 10.1080/01605682.2023.2253852ISI: 001132343500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85181676484OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-129719DiVA, id: diva2:1862635
2024-05-302024-05-302024-10-24Bibliographically approved