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The development (rather than the history) of operations research as a science consists of the development of its methods, concepts, and techniques. Operations research is neither a method nor a technique; it is or is becoming a science and as such is defined by a combination of the phenomena it studies.
Russell L. Ackoff (1956) "The development of operations research as a science" in; Operations Research Vol 4. pp.265-295 | ||