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Engr 510 Lec Term Paper
Engr 510 Lec Term Paper
I. INTRODUCTION
Operations Research (OR) is one of the vital discipline that is typically applied
in almost all real-life problems involving production, business, engineering, statistics
and other allied fields.
Particularly in Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering (ABE), the application
of OR have a huge connection with it. Various ABE problems such as pelletized
biofeed production, agro-industrial manufacturing as well as water consevation
management are some of the on-the-field problems where we can apply our knowlege
in OR.
Furthermore, having a deeper understanding with the History and Application
of OR will give us a comprehensive view of what OR really is, as well as its origin and
its indispensable contributions in the past centuries and beyond.
II. OBJECTIVE
After finishing this term paper, the students were able to:
III. METHODOLOGY
1. We went to the CLSU University Library and searched for various history and
appilication of OR that involves in the real-world problems.
2. I’ve also read various related literatures in the internet as an electornic references
focusing in the history and cotemporary applications of OR in the industry.
3. Finally, I’ve listed all the significant informations gathered from different
researches.
IV. RESULTS & DISCUSSION
Following the end of the war OR spread, although it spread in different ways in
the UK and USA. Various dates and developments in connection with OR was
discussed as follows:
attempting to integrate radar data with ground based observer data for
fighter interception, was the start of OR
The experimental radar station at Bawdsey Research Station was brought
into operation and the information derived from it was fed into the general
air-defense warning and control system.
1937
From the early warning point of view this exercise was encouraging, but
the tracking information obtained from radar, after filtering and
transmission through the control and display network, was not very
satisfactory.
The term "operational research" [RESEARCH into (military)
1938 OPERATIONS] was coined as a suitable description of this new branch of
applied science.
In the summer of 1939 Britain held what was to be its last pre-war air
defense exercise.
1939
This exercise showed a great improvement in the operation of the air
defense warning and control system
OR was applied in the Battle of Britain.
1940 This is held by some to be the most strategic contribution to the course of
the war made by OR (as the aircraft and pilots saved were consequently
available for the successful air defense of Britain)
In 1941, an Operational Research Section (ORS) was established in
1941 Coastal Command, which was to carry out some of the most well-known
OR work in World War II.
1949 In India, Regional Research Laboratory located at Hyderabad was the first
Operations Research unit
committee on Operations Research formed by the National Research
Council of USA,
1951
The first book on “Methods of Operations Research”, by Morse and
Kimball, was published
1952 Operations Research Society of America came into being.
Operations Research unit was established in Indian Statistical Institute,
1953 Calcutta, with the objective of using Operations Research methods in
National Planning and Survey
1955 Operations Research Society of India was formed, which is one of the first
members of International Federation of Operations Research societies.
The growth of operations research has not limited to the U.S.A. and U.K.,
Present it has reached many countries of the world.
and
Beyond Today Operations Research is a popular subject in management institutes
and schools of mathematics.
V. CONCLUSION
Nowadays. its diverse applications was also widen and involves its deep
connection even with the inter-disciplinary fields aiming to provide optimization
ensuring an ideal output (either maximum or minumum) under various constraints and
limited resources.
Moreover, OR applications was found out to have a deeper relation with the
fields of business and engineering. Various business processes is modelled under OR
considerations as well as different engineering data, which is analyzed using OR
modelling techniques.
VI. REFERENCES
Mishra P.N. 2004. Quantitative Techniques for Managers. Retrived on August 31, 2018
at www.pondiuni.edu.in/storage/dde/downloads/mbaii_qt.pdf