Operational Research In War And Peace: The British Experience From The 1930s To 1970

This is the first of two projected volumes on the history of operational research (OR) in Britain commissioned by the UK Operational Research Society. Based upon a vast array of published and unpublished sources, the book provides an original account of the discipline''s pre-war and wartime origins. This serves as a prelude to a wide-ranging analysis of the diffusion of OR into the public and priv...