It is a new discipline developed in the early 1930s. Its main purpose is to provide scientific basis for managers' decision-making, and it is one of the important methods to realize effective management, correct decision-making and modern management.
This subject is an interdisciplinary subject of applied mathematics and formal science, which uses statistics, mathematical models and algorithms to find the best or near-best solution to complex problems. Operational research is often used to solve complex problems in real life, especially to improve or optimize the efficiency of existing systems.
The basic knowledge of operational research includes real analysis, matrix theory, stochastic process, discrete mathematics and algorithm basis. Application, mostly related to warehousing, logistics, algorithms and other fields. Therefore, operational research is closely related to applied mathematics, industrial engineering, computer science, economic management and other majors.
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Logistics is the overall arrangement of resources, and decision makers make decisions and provide the best solutions to achieve the most effective management. High-speed and reliable calculation is the basic guarantee to solve problems in operational research. Widely used in industrial and commercial enterprises, military departments, civil affairs and other industries.
It is generally believed that operational research is a branch of modern applied mathematics, which mainly refines some general operational research problems in production, management and other events, and then solves them by mathematical methods. The former provides models, while the latter provides theories and methods.
The idea of operational research has been produced in ancient times. When the enemy and I are at war, we must make the best plan to deal with the enemy on the basis of understanding the situation of both sides. This is the saying that "strategic planning wins the battle thousands of miles away".
However, as a mathematical discipline, it is too late to solve the selection and arrangement of the optimal method by pure mathematics. It can also be said that operational research is a branch that began to rise in the 1940s.