The practice of operational research in Taiwan

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1330-1337

  Chen, S P ^a   Wei, T S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Practice of OR MS; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; NEURAL NETWORKS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036905867     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601424     Document Type: Review

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