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

Theses

Click the links below to see theses from the Operations Research Center