"Operations Research" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of techniques developed to apply scientific methods and tools to solve the problems of DECISION MAKING in complex organizations and systems. Operations research searches for optimal solutions in situations of conflicting GOALS and makes use of mathematical models from which solutions for actual problems may be derived. (From Psychiatric Dictionary, 6th ed)
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D009874
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H01.770.644.333 L01.906.394
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Operations Research" by people in Profiles.
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Advancing the strategic use of HIV operations research to strengthen local policies and programmes: the Research to Prevention Project. J Int AIDS Soc. 2015; 18:20029.
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A Monte Carlo investigation of homogeneity tests of the odds ratio under various sample size configurations. Biometrics. 1989 Mar; 45(1):171-81.