| Journal: | Pesquisa operacional |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000313137 |
| ISSN: | 0101-7438 |
| Authors: | Vidal, Rene Victor Valqui1 |
| Institutions: | 1Technical University of Denmark, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Lyngby. Brasil |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Season: | Ene-Abr |
| Volumen: | 26 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 69-90 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | This paper is focusing on the following question: What is Operational Research (OR)? We will show that there is not a single and simple answer. Epistemological assumptions and practical traditions define different types of OR. We have identified three: The technical or hard OR, the practical or soft OR, and the critical OR. Following a historical perspective we will present these three schools. Habermas' theory about the three cognitive interests will provide a framework to understand this development. Finally, some final remarks about the future of OR will be outlined |
| Disciplines: | Matemáticas |
| Keyword: | Matemáticas aplicadas, Investigación de operaciones, Creatividad, Multidisciplinariedad, Perspectiva |
| Keyword: | Mathematics, Applied mathematics, Operational research, Creativity, Multidisciplinarity, Perspective |
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