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本文谈如下五个问题: I.OR的性质运筹学这一名词从开始出现到现在已有四十二年(从1938,A.P.Rowe使用这一名词开始算起),它的含义已日渐明确。一般说来,OR就是研究“正在运行或将要运行的体系(operating systems)”的一门科学,说得比较确切些,OR就是研究“可以受人的决定所影响的体系”的一门科学。例如在战争时期,它可以从事于人力、物力如何使用的研究,在和平时期,可以用它来研究生产的规划、布局等等。因此,OR可能有的研究范围极其广阔,
This article addresses the following five questions: I. The nature of I.OR The term operations research has been around for forty-two years from the beginning (up to 1938, when A.P.Rowe used the term), and its meaning has become increasingly clear. In general, OR is a science that studies “the operating systems that are running or are going to be run.” Or rather, OR is a science that studies “systems that can be influenced by people's decisions.” For example, during the war, it could engage in research on how manpower and material resources were used. In peacetime, it could be used to study production planning, layout and so on. Therefore, OR may have a very wide range of research,