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OR Practice: survey results and reflections of practising INFORMS members

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  • L Abdel-Malek

    (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

  • C Wolf

    (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

  • F Johnson

    (AT & T)

  • T Spencer

    (AT & T)

Abstract

In the 1970s, several articles, mostly expressing views of Operational Research pioneers and academicians appeared discussing the state of OR practice. Motivated by the current developments and advances in computing and information technologies, this paper extends these works by directly surveying the practising population of INFORMS to obtain opinions about the state of OR practice today, and the implications for the future. Additionally, in order to better assess the state of OR practice, interviews were held with a sample of successful practitioners to obtain further input on the results of the survey. Despite some problems, most of the practising community seems to agree that the practice of operational research is still growing. In obtained responses, the community emphasised the importance of communication skills and the need for more integration between information technology and operational research methods in order for OR to achieve its real potential.

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  • L Abdel-Malek & C Wolf & F Johnson & T Spencer, 1999. "OR Practice: survey results and reflections of practising INFORMS members," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 50(10), pages 994-1003, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:50:y:1999:i:10:d:10.1057_palgrave.jors.2600805
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600805
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    1. ManMohan S. Sodhi & Christopher S. Tang, 2008. "The OR/MS Ecosystem: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 56(2), pages 267-277, April.
    2. Maurice W. Kirby, 2007. "Paradigm Change in Operations Research: Thirty Years of Debate," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 55(1), pages 1-13, February.
    3. Mingers, John & Rosenhead, Jonathan, 2004. "Problem structuring methods in action," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 152(3), pages 530-554, February.
    4. G Royston, 2009. "One hundred years of Operational Research in Health—UK 1948–2048," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 60(1), pages 169-179, May.
    5. Wu, Yen-Chun Jim & Huang, I.C., 2007. "Operations research practice on logistics management in Taiwan: An academic view," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 182(1), pages 428-435, October.
    6. Ranyard, J.C. & Fildes, R. & Hu, Tun-I, 2015. "Reassessing the scope of OR practice: The Influences of Problem Structuring Methods and the Analytics Movement," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 245(1), pages 1-13.
    7. Robert Fildes & John Ranyard, 2000. "Internal OR Consulting: Effective Practice in a Changing Environment," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 30(5), pages 34-50, October.

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