The OR Forum is an area of the journal Operations Research, published by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The purpose of the Forum area is spelled out in its mission statement:
The purpose of the OR Forum area is to stimulate discussion about the field of Operations Research and interesting new research challenges. The OR Forum area invites thought-provoking work that challenges the reader to reconsider and revaluate past research streams as well as to consider new emerging areas of research. Analysis of prospects in areas not traditionally covered by Operations Research are strongly encouraged, as are provocative papers that take a strong stand on policy issues. Possible submissions may also include critical reviews of research in a specialized field and closely reasoned commentary on the practice within an area. The work should be accessible and of interest to a significant portion of the readership of Operations Research.
Published work will often be accompanied by supplemental commentary that enhance or dispute the theses developed and an online forum will provide opportunity to continue the discussion after publication. Authors are encouraged to contact the Area Editor early in the process of developing their work to determine suitability for consideration in this area. The Area Editor will seek nominations from the other Area Editors at Operations Research to identify suitable papers to be published and discussed in the OR Forum from among those manuscripts already through the standard review process.
This site is an adjunct to the published papers in the journal. At this site, we invite commentary and discussion of each of the OR Forum’s papers. There is no set time-limit to this discussion, and interested readers are invited to check back periodically for updates.
All comments and posts are moderated for content by the Area Editor, Edieal Pinker (ed.pinker@simon.rochester.edu) .
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