Thanks for stopping by! I'm a graduate student in operations research(O.R.) with a background in mathematics, computer science, actuarial science, and physics. This is the place where I'll be posting my random thoughts and updates.
Don't worry if you aren't familiar with operations research! The field doesn't have great name recognition, especially here in the Midwest. This is partly because O.R. is very interdisciplinary by nature. Some universities have their O.R. programs in the industrial engineering department; while other schools put O.R. in the math or business departments. Adding to the confusion is the fact that O.R. is known colloquially by any number of terms. Some popular synonyms are 'management science,' 'decision science,' and 'analytics.'
To help cut through the confusion, here is my simplistic one-sentence definition of Operations Research:
An applied branch of mathematics which aims to improve decision-making through the analysis and optimization of systems constrained by at least one resource.
For a more complete description, here is a link to an informational website run by The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences: http://www.scienceofbetter.org/what/index.htm
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