1. Operational Research: methods and applications.
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Petropoulos, Fotios, Laporte, Gilbert, Aktas, Emel, Alumur, Sibel A., Archetti, Claudia, Ayhan, Hayriye, Battarra, Maria, Bennell, Julia A., Bourjolly, Jean-Marie, Boylan, John E., Breton, Michèle, Canca, David, Charlin, Laurent, Chen, Bo, Cicek, Cihan Tugrul, Cox Jr, Louis Anthony, Currie, Christine S.M., Demeulemeester, Erik, Ding, Li, and Disney, Stephen M.
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OPERATIONS research ,RESEARCH methodology ,RESEARCH personnel ,EARTHQUAKES - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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