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| Author: | Pidd, M. Dunning-Lewis, P. |
| Title: | Innovative research in OR/MS? |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research
2001 : JAN 1, VOL. 128:1, p. 1-13 |
| Index terms: | PHILOSOPHY RESEARCH MODELS INNOVATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper is a contribution to the continuing debate about research priorities and publications in OR/MS. It categorizes research publications in several different ways. First it uses approaches suggested in the information systems and operation management literature. It then takes previous examination of leading OR/MS journals to gain a different perspective on the same issues. Finally, it uses a multi-faceted view of OR/MS to try to capture its full richness. These analysis confirm the view that much published research in OR is unengaged and focuses on decision mathematics or optimization, apparently for its own sake. That is, most papers published in the leading OR/MS journals take little or no account of how their findings might be used in practice, nor do they express much concern about this issue. |
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