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OR and Systems

Management of Messes

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It is entirely appropriate that a session on ‘OR and Systems’ be titled ‘Management of Messes’. The title reflects a relationship between the two ‘disciplines’. This condition has both negative and positive features.

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  1. Department of Management Systems and Sciences, Hull University, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK

    R. L. Flood

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  2. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

    S. A. Cropper

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Flood, R.L. (1989). OR and Systems. In: Jackson, M.C., Keys, P., Cropper, S.A. (eds) Operational Research and the Social Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0789-1_31

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