Understanding the process of operational research : collected readings

Partial table of contents: A DISCIPLINE EMERGES: 1935--45. Operational Research (P. Blackett). Reminiscences of Operational Research in World War II by Some of Its Practitioners (D. Christopherson & E. Baughan). A History of Operations Research (F. Trefethen). CLASSICAL OR--GROWTH AND STABILITY: 1945--75. A Comparison of Operational Research in the U.S.A. and in Great Britain (R. Ackoff). Internal Organization (R. Tomlinson). Operations Research in Perspective (H. Miser). CRITIQUE AND REVISION: 1975--85. OR/MS: Dead or Dying? RX for Survival (J. Hall & S. Hess). The Future of Operational Research Is Past (R. Ackoff). The Changing Role of O.R. (N. Tobin, et al.). Could OR Be a Science? (M. Dando, et al.). A Materialist Analysis of Operational Research (J. Rosenhead & C. Thunhurst). OUT OF THE DEBATE: 1985--90. Discussion and Recommendations (Committee on the Future Practice of Operational Research). Operations Research: The Next Decade (Committee on the Next Decade in Operations Research (CONDOR)). OR as a Technology: Some Issues and Implications (P. Keys). Conclusion: Towards the Future. Subject Index.