Or practice: Survey results and reflections of practising informs members

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 994-1003

  Abdel Malek, L ^a   Wolf, C ^a   Johnson, F ^b   Spencer, T ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contemporary OR practice; Operational research; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033442029     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600805     Document Type: Article

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