Operations analysis in the U.S. Army Eight Air Force in World War II: Charles W. Mc Arthur History of Mathematics, Volume 4 American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, 1990, xxiv + 349 pages, $81.00, ISBN 0-8218-0158-9

Charles W. McArthur, ,Operations Analysi

Charles W. McArthur, ,Operations Analysis in the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force in World War II History of Mathematics 4 (1990) xxiv+349 Providence (Amer. Math. Soc.) and London (London Math. Soc.).

✍ Robin E. Rider 📂 Article 📅 1994 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 117 KB

Throughout the history of operations research (OR), the military context has proven crucial: in the founding of the field, both in Britain and in the United States; in giving employment for its practitioners; and in providing challenging problems for them to tackle (and sometimes solve). Among recen