Q. What do you understand by Operations Research?

Write the application of

Operations Research in your field or you would expect to use it in your field.
The EURO- The Association of European Operational Research Societies web site
(http://www.euro-online.org) described Operations Research (OR) as a scientific approach
to the solution of problems in the management of complex systems which facilitates the
choice and the implementation of more effective solutions which, typically, may involve
complex interactions among the elements of the system, for instance, people, materials and
money.

In the field of mechanical engineering, Operations Research has its major use in production
management. Production managers address both the performance objectives and the
resource constraints of an organization, working toward the establishment of policies that
are most beneficial to the organization as a whole. The function of the manager is to guide
decision making by identifying underlying cause-and-effect relationships, developing and
proposing courses of action, establishing criteria by which to judge their effectiveness, and
evaluating their probable effects. Besides that, it is also useful in design optimization of
products.

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Submitted By: Sanjay Poudel

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