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Some Thoughts for Model Builders in the Management and Social Sciences

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  • Arnold Reisman

    (Department of Operations Research, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106)

Abstract

The development of specialized models in management science, industrial engineering, operations research, and econometrics, begun out of necessity, is degenerating into a habit. The literature is replete with models that fit a specific type problem like a glove but are useless for problems that differ in type. All these works need synthesis. Model builders should generalize upon previous works to integrate, systematize or categorize the specialized models within their fields.

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  • Arnold Reisman, 1987. "Some Thoughts for Model Builders in the Management and Social Sciences," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 17(5), pages 114-120, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:17:y:1987:i:5:p:114-120
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.17.5.114
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