Operational Research — managers beslissen met behulp van de wetenschap *

In: Statistica Neerlandica, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 1-17

Abstract

SummaryThis paper is an introduction to six short lectures about the theme "choice and chance", implicated in different fields of human activity. It throws some light on the history, the methods and the importance of Operations Research. Attention is paid to the elements of the way which leads from putting the problem to taking the decision. A general illustration is given by means of a simplified example. Some remarks are made about post‐war development, task and future of O.R.