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Operations Research

"Operations Research" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A group of techniques developed to apply scientific methods and tools to solve the problems of DECISION MAKING in complex organizations and systems. Operations research searches for optimal solutions in situations of conflicting GOALS and makes use of mathematical models from which solutions for actual problems may be derived. (From Psychiatric Dictionary, 6th ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Operations Research" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Operations Research" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2005 and 2013 and 2017 and 2018
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