Operational research in war and peace : the British experience from the 1930s to 1970 / / Maurice W. Kirby
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| Autore: |
Kirby M. W
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| Titolo: |
Operational research in war and peace : the British experience from the 1930s to 1970 / / Maurice W. Kirby
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Imperial College Press |
| Singapore, : distributed by World Scientific, c2003 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 658.4034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Operations research - Great Britain |
| Military art and science - Great Britain | |
| Research, Industrial - Great Britain | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-436) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 Based upon a vast array of published and unpublished sources, the book provides an original account of the discipline's pre-war and wartime origins.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 rapid adoption in the UK corporate sector after 1960, will be of particular interest to practitioners. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Operational research in war and peace |
| ISBN: | 1-281-86679-2 |
| 9786611866792 | |
| 1-86094-940-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809896703321 |
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