A World in Which Nothing Ever Happens Twice
作者:
RivettPatrick,
期刊:
Journal of the Operational Research Society
(Taylor Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 34,
issue 8
页码: 677-683
ISSN:0160-5682
年代: 1983
DOI:10.1057/jors.1983.161
出版商: Taylor&Francis
关键词: control;education;methodology;modelling;philosophy;simulation
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
AbstractThe paper discusses the difficulties caused by the non-repeatable nature of all operational research studies. The author regrets the anecdotal nature of much of our research and makes a plea for more documentation of case studies rather than word of mouth folklore. Simulation is shown to be a powerful tool for experimental replication and is especially valuable in that it offers a better approach than mathematical modelling. In a final section, doubt is cast on the usefulness of much of the teaching of O.R.
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