Emerging trends and new frontiers in community operational research

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1178-1191

  Johnson, Michael P ^a   Midgley, Gerald ^b,c,d,e,f   Chichirau, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytics; Community operational research; Community based operations research; Developing countries; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICS; COMMUNITY-BASED; INNOVATIVE RESEARCH; LOCAL DEVELOPMENT; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; SYSTEMS THINKING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 85038857804     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.032     Document Type: Article

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