Volume 19, Issue 4 (2012)
EIJH 2012, 19(4): 155-182 |
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Abstract: (5430 Views)
This paper examines the historical development of Operations Research (OR) and represents different OR methods (methodologies) developed during its lifetime. Then, considering Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm model of scientific development as a basis for our work, the former and current status of OR are analyzed and the future trend is discussed.
Keywords: Operations Research Methodologies, Kuhn’s Paradigm Model, Hard OR, Soft OR, Critical OR, Postmodern OR, Philosophical Foundations of OR Approaches
Received: 2011/10/4 | Accepted: 2012/04/14 | Published: 2014/02/4
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