Chapter 1

History of Operations Research

Saul I. Gass
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, sgass@rhsmith.umd.edu

Arjang A. Assad
School of Management, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, aassad@buffalo.edu

Abstract
We discuss the history of operations research (OR) from the following perspectives: the origins and people of OR; the major sites of early United States OR research; the best stories from contributors to early OR; and lessons learned, or how history informs OR today.

Key words: operations research; history; perspectives

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Citation information:

Gass, S. I., A.A. Assad. History of operations research. J. Geunes, ed. INFORMS TutORials in Operations Research, Vol. 8. INFORMS, Hanover, MD, pp. 1--14