We've probably all had people ask, "Operations research, what is that?" What are the best quick definitions describing operations research? The kind that you'd give to someone if …

OR can be used for minimizing waste and cost or maximizing income, profits or efficiency. Given the current economic environment, does anyone know of models where a goal is to maxi …

I run an "OR Implementations" course where students do a project. Normally the project requires modeling a linear or integer program, implementing it (within AIMMS this year), and …