Richard C. Larson, Mitsui Professor, explores the role of operations research in everyday life and the concept of model thinking ...

A first introduction to probability and statistics. This course will provide background to understand and produce rigorous statistical analysis including estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis ...

IN spite of the frequency with which operational research has been referred to recently, there are extremely few published discussions from which the layman can obtain an idea of what it is 1. Its ...

Business managers face an endless list of complex issues every day. They must make decisions about financing, where to build a plant, how much of a product to manufacture, how many people to hire, and ...

In his article, "Leveraging Information for a Competitive Advantage," in the May-June 2014 issue of "Army Sustainment," Col. Jeffery C. Powell argued that "the Army must hire, train, and organize a ...

This program is offered by the Department of Management Science and Information Systems (MSIS). It is the continuation of the previous concentration in Management Science and the program of Operations ...

For years, operational planners have relied on generic software to build the plans that guide every mission within the Department of Defense. Unspecialized tools like Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and ...