BS 7802:1995 Glossary of terms used in operational research
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This British Standard has been prepared under the direction of Technical
Committee MS/2. It was decided that the time was opportune to produce a
glossary of Operational Research (OR) terms in view of the wide application of
OR techniques in industry, commerce and the public services. This standard
complements several related BSI glossaries dealing with management and
scientific disciplines.
The term Operational Research (OR) was first used to describe the application of
scientific methods to military operations and is known as operations research or
management science in North America. In the late 1940s, many civilian OR
groups were set up in industries such as steel, coal and oil, where the
mathematical approach was applied to operations in areas such as purchasing,
stock control and production scheduling. Operational Research then spread
rapidly into all areas of manufacturing and service industry, the financial sector
and government departments. A number of academic OR departments were
founded and OR is now taught both as a subject in itself and as part of more
broadly based studies such as business, accountancy, computing and engineering.
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