AI and or in management of operations: History and trends

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-28

  Kobbacy, K A H ^a   Vadera, S ^a   Rasmy, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Operational research; Operations management

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

FAULT DIAGNOSIS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PROCESS PLANNING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 33845580428     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602132     Document Type: Article

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