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Operations research (OR) is the professional discipline that deals with the application of scientific methods to decision making. OR draws upon ideas from engineering, management, mathematics and psychology to contribute to a wide variety of application domains; the field is closely associated with several other fields in the "decision sciences" -- applied mathematics, computer science, economics, statistics, industrial engineering, financial engineering and systems engineering.

Operations research is distinguished by its broad applicability and by the wide variety of career opportunities and work styles it embraces. OR specialists may be theoreticians or practitioners; they may work in academia, in industry or in public service, teaching, conducting research, or consulting by developing and applying OR methods.

The Center brings together faculty with various research interests from the following departments:

• Sloan School of Management
• Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Mathematics
• Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Urban Studies and Planning
• Ocean Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering

Collections in this community

• Operations Research Center Working Papers

Sub-communities within this community

• Theses - Operations Research