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Autore |
Kirby M. W |
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Titolo |
Operational research in war and peace [[electronic resource] ] : the British experience from the 1930s to 1970 / / Maurice W. Kirby |
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London, : Imperial College Press |
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Singapore, : distributed by World Scientific, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-86679-2 |
9786611866792 |
1-86094-940-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (478 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Operations research - Great Britain |
Military art and science - Great Britain |
Research, Industrial - Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-436) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Origins of Operational Research: Military and Other Antecedents to 1937; 3 The Beginnings of Operational Research: British Air Strategy, 1920-1940; 4 The Wartime Diffusion of Operational Research, 1940-1945; 5 Operational Research in Bomber Command, 1941-1945; 6 The Postwar Labour Government and Operational Research, 1945-51; 7 Operational Research in Iron and Steel; 8 Operational Research in Coalmining; 9 The Diffusion of Operational Research After 1960: The Corporate Sector |
10 Operational Research in the Public Sector 11 The Institutional Development of Operational Research; Bibliography; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the first of two projected volumes on the history of operational research (OR) in Britain commissioned by the UK Operational Research Society. Based upon a vast array of published and unpublished sources, the book provides an original account of the discipline's pre-war and wartime origins. This serves as a prelude to a wide-ranging analysis of the diffusion of OR into the public and private sectors after 1945. The chapters on the role of OR in iron and steel and coal-mining, and its |
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