Operations research at Bell Laboratories through the 1970s: Part I

Operations Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-215

  Dawson, Cree S ^a   Mccallum Jr , Charles J ^b   Murphy, R Bradford ^a   Wolman, Eric ^c  

^a NA ^*

^b First USA Bank   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COIN OPERATED TELEPHONES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUEUEING THEORY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

BELL LABORATORIES; COIN COLLECTION PROCEDURES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0034156197     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.48.2.205.12383     Document Type: Article

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