620-261 Introduction to Operations Research Semester I, 2005

What is OR?

Many people do not know what OR is so do not feel bad if you are one of them. It is never too late to learn.

The following links will lead you to web sites of major professional OR societies where you can find more information about this discipline.

(Very) Roughly speaking, OR is the science of decision making.

• ASOR
• INFORMS
• IFORS
• ORS
• Carrer in OR (prepared by ASOR)

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Created: 27 February 2005
Last modified: 27 February 2005
Authorised by: Moshe Sniedovich, Department of Mathematics and Statistics.