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Descriptor
English
:
Operations Research
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Investigación Operativa
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Pesquisa Operacional
Synonyms
English
:
Research, Operations
Tree Number:
H01.770.644.333
L01.906.394
SP4.122.408.594
Definition
English
:
A group of
techniques
developed to apply scientific
methods
and tools to solve the problems of
DECISION MAKING
in complex
organizations
and systems.
Operations research
searches for optimal
solutions
in situations of conflicting GOALS and makes use of mathematical models from which
solutions
for actual problems may be derived. (From Psychiatric
Dictionary
, 6th ed)
See Related
English
:
Decision Theory
Game Theory
Information Theory
History Note
English
:
66
Record Number:
10056
Unique Identifier:
D009874
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