Public sector operations research: A personal journey

Operations Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 135-145

  Larson, Richard Charles ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION THEORY; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLANNING; PUBLIC WORKS;

PUBLIC SECTOR OPERATION RESEARCH;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036238543     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.50.1.132.17784     Document Type: Article

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