A collection of links describing what OR is all about:
an interdisciplinary science which deploys scientific methods like mathematical modeling, statistics, and algorithms to decision making in complex real world problems which are concerned with coordination and execution of the operations within an organization
- Princeton OR department (elegantly said, in my opinion)
a discipline dedicated to solving the problems arising from the complexity of the human society, from the activities and aspirations of the human beings… our problems do not originate in physics or chemistry…[but] from economics and history… the only tools we have at our command are derived from mathematics, in fact, the mathematics of the last 50 years
An exciting area of applied mathematics called Operations Research combines mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics, engineering, economics, and social sciences to solve real-world business problems.
- Michael Trick’s OR blog (a comprehensive OR resource)
