TY - BOOK ID - 210265 TI - Perspectives in operations research : papers in honor of Saul Gass' 80th birthday AU - Gass, Saul I. AU - Alt, Francis. AU - Fu, Michael C. AU - Golden, Bruce L. PY - 2006 SN - 1280724633 9786610724635 0387399348 038739933X 144194267X PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Operations research. KW - Industrial engineering. KW - Management engineering KW - Simplification in industry KW - Engineering KW - Value analysis (Cost control) KW - Operational analysis KW - Operational research KW - Industrial engineering KW - Management science KW - Research KW - System theory KW - Engineering mathematics. KW - Production management. KW - Engineering economy. KW - Business. KW - Operations Research/Decision Theory. KW - Industrial and Production Engineering. KW - Mathematical and Computational Engineering. KW - Operations Management. KW - Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. KW - Business and Management, general. KW - Trade KW - Economics KW - Management KW - Commerce KW - Industrial management KW - Economy, Engineering KW - Engineering economics KW - Manufacturing management KW - Engineering analysis KW - Mathematical analysis KW - Mathematics KW - Decision making. KW - Production engineering. KW - Applied mathematics. KW - Engineering economics. KW - Management science. KW - Quantitative business analysis KW - Problem solving KW - Operations research KW - Statistical decision KW - Manufacturing engineering KW - Process engineering KW - Mechanical engineering KW - Deciding KW - Decision (Psychology) KW - Decision analysis KW - Decision processes KW - Making decisions KW - Management decisions KW - Choice (Psychology) KW - Decision making KW - Engineering—Data processing. KW - Industrial Management. KW - Operations Research and Decision Theory. KW - Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications. KW - Business and Management. KW - Business administration KW - Business enterprises KW - Business management KW - Corporate management KW - Corporations KW - Industrial administration KW - Management, Industrial KW - Rationalization of industry KW - Scientific management KW - Business KW - Industrial organization UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:210265 AB - The book is an edited volume from leading research scholars in the field of Operations Research, focusing on future perspectives in OR. Each of the contributors offers their perspective looking forward to the further development of the field. The theme will provide pivotal interest in the book because of prominence of the contributors and Saul Gass' position as one of the founders of OR and his involvement in writing about the history of OR. The history of operations research is of considerable interest and this book takes a pivotal perspective of OR's history by examining current trends and the future of the field. ER -