Operational Research and the environment |
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| Authors: | P Van Beek L Fortuin L N Van Wassenhove |
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| Institution: | (1) Agricultural University of Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands;(2) CQM B.V., Eindhoven, The Netherlands;(3) INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France |
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| Abstract: | The discipline of Operational Research (OR) is primarily concerned with improving the effectiveness and efficiency of decision processes. These processes take place everywhere in society: industry, banking, agriculture, government, politics. Frequent use of mathematical optimization models is typical of OR. Since the early '80s these models are increasingly packaged in a  user-friendly way, as Decision Support Systems. In the following we will illustrate how OR can be used to describe and solve a number of environmental problems. |
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| Keywords: | Operational research decision support systems environment |
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