Operational Research: A multidisciplinary discipline | Rene Victor Valqui Vidal
| | Abstract | This paper is focusing on the following question: What is Operational Research (OR)?
We will show that there is not a single and simple answer. Epistemological assumptions and practical traditions define different types of OR. We have identified three: The technical or hard OR, the practical or soft OR, and the critical OR. Following a historical perspective we will present these three schools. Habermas' theory about the three cognitive interests will provide a framework to understand this development. Finally, some final remarks about the future of OR will be outlined. | | Keywords | Operational Research, hard, soft, critical, creativity | | Type | Technical report | | Year | 2005 | | Publisher | Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, DTU | | Address | Richard Petersens Plads, Building 321, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby | | Series | IMM-Technical Report-2005-14 | | Electronic version(s) | [pdf] | | BibTeX data | [bibtex] | | IMM Group(s) | Operations Research |
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