Operations research at CSIR: A brief history through cases

Operations research at CSIR: A brief history through cases

Apart from work in the mining industry during the 1950s, the first real Operations Research (OR) group in South Africa was established at CSIR in the early 1960s. Those initially involved in this group played a significant role in establishing OR at various universities in South Africa. The OR group...

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Main Authors: HW Ittmann, FE van Dyk, IA Meyer, SJJ van Rensburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) 2007-06-01
Series:ORiON
Online Access:http://orion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/48
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spelling doaj-8b44d4a7ded9415f8b0eaaa7c78f94b12020-11-24T20:59:59ZengOperations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA)ORiON2224-00042007-06-0123110.5784/23-1-4848Operations research at CSIR: A brief history through casesHW Ittmann0FE van Dyk1IA Meyer2SJJ van Rensburg3Logistics and Quantitative Methods, Built Environment, CSIRLogistics and Quantitative Methods, Built Environment, CSIRLogistics and Quantitative Methods, Built Environment, CSIRLogistics and Quantitative Methods, Built Environment, CSIRApart from work in the mining industry during the 1950s, the first real Operations Research (OR) group in South Africa was established at CSIR in the early 1960s. Those initially involved in this group played a significant role in establishing OR at various universities in South Africa. The OR group at CSIR did, however, continue and today the group still exists. This paper presents a brief history of this group and endeavours to provide a glimpse of some of the projects conducted over the many years since its establishment.http://orion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/48
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