Advances in Sensitivity Analysis and Parametric Programming:

The standard view of Operations Research/Management Science (OR/MS) dichotomizes the field into deterministic and probabilistic (nondeterministic, stochastic) subfields. This division can be seen by reading the contents page of just about any OR/MS textbook. The mathematical models that help to defi...

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Other Authors: Gal, Tomas (Editor), Greenberg, H.J (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1997
Edition:1st ed. 1997
Series:International Series in Operations Research & Management Science 6
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Online Access:BTU01
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Summary:The standard view of Operations Research/Management Science (OR/MS) dichotomizes the field into deterministic and probabilistic (nondeterministic, stochastic) subfields. This division can be seen by reading the contents page of just about any OR/MS textbook. The mathematical models that help to define OR/MS are usually presented in terms of one subfield or the other. This separation comes about somewhat artificially: academic courses are conveniently subdivided with respect to prerequisites; an initial overview of OR/MS can be presented without requiring knowledge of probability and statistics; text books are conveniently divided into two related semester courses, with deterministic models coming first; academics tend to specialize in one subfield or the other; and practitioners also tend to be expert in a single subfield. But, no matter who is involved in an OR/MS modeling situation (deterministic or probabilistic - academic or practitioner), it is clear that a proper and correct treatment of any problem situation is accomplished only when the analysis cuts across this dichotomy
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XXIII, 581 p)
ISBN:9781461561033
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4615-6103-3

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