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THE CENTRAL TOPIC OF THE DECEMBER 2003 ISSUE OF OR/MS TODAY WAS THE MARKETING campaign for the OR/MS profession, a campaign that touts OR/MS as the 'The Science of Better' […]

Analysis of quantitative European relations using two-dimensional simplex diagrams is presented. Insight is also provided into quantitative similarities and dissimilarities between member states of the European Union.

History of European culture with focus on European philosophy from the Greek pre-Socratic times onwards, is presented.

A hierarchical typology of four systems approaches is presented to demonstrate the wide variety of systems approaches as a basis for methodological pluralism. Each of the approaches is presented in an exchange between a master and a scholar. These four approaches are the introspection of analytic reduction, the extraspection of synthetic integration, the construction of creative design and the contemplation of holistic meditation.

Operations research pioneer Russell L. Ackoff passed away on Oct. 29 due to complications following hip replacement surgery. He was 90. Russ, as he was called by his friends, served […]

Operations Research is concerned with scientifically deciding how to best design and operate man-machine systems, usually under conditions requiring the allocation of scarce resources. [1, p. 1] Russ Ackoff [2, [...]

MY MAIN CONCERN is the increasingly obvious worldwide divide of the OR/MS community into two subsets: subset M: 'O.R. mathematicians,' and subset ST: 'Social technologists,' a term used by Hylton […]