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war, peace and terrorism
war and society
planning, strategy, and command and control
systems analysis
Preferred term
operations research
Definition
- A general approach to the scientific study of the activities (operations) of complex systems such as large corporations. Quantitative criteria are often used, and techniques are usually drawn from several disciplines, to make decisions about ways to increase the efficiency of the system as a whole. [Source: Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology; Operations Research (OR)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/operations_research
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