Front Cover; Further Developments in Operational Research; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. The Decision Support Role of Operational Research in Corporate Planning; INTRODUCTION; CORPORATE PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL RESEARCH-THE PAST; MODELLING FOR TACTICAL ANALYSIS-RESOURCE APPLICATION; STRATEGIC MODELLING; CORPORATE PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL RESEARCH-THE FUTURE; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Risk Analysis; INTRODUCTION; RISK ANALYSIS MODELS AND COMPUTATION PROCEDURES; RISK ANALYSIS METHODS; RISK ANALYSIS COMPUTER SOFTWARE; RISK ANALYSIS METHOD DESIGN; OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

CONCLUSIONAcknowledgements; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Network Based Planning Techniques: A Critical Review of Published Developments; INTRODUCTION; UNCERTAIN ACTIVITY DURATIONS; TIME-COST RELATIONSHIPS; RESOURCE CONSTRAINED PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Statistical Forecasting; INTRODUCTION; THE REQUIREMENTS OF A FORECASTING EXERCISE; EXTRAPOLATIVE MODELS; CAUSAL MODELS; SIGNIFICANCE OF FORECASTING COMPETITIONS; CONCLUSION AND THE NEXT TEN YEARS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Graphs, Networks and Applications; INTRODUCTION; NETWORK FLOWS; MINIMUM COST FLOWS AND CAPACITATED TRANSSHIPMENT PROBLEMS

PERFECT GRAPHSPERFECTLY ORDERABLE GRAPHS; HYPERGRAPHS; REAL DECOMPOSITION OF POLYHEDRA AND SCHEDULING; A TELECOMMUNICATION PROBLEM; PSEUDO-BOOLEAN PROGRAMMING AND GRAPHS; THE STRUCTION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. A Behavioural Science Perspective on Operational Research Practice; INTRODUCTION; ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE; BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE AS A TOOL FOR OR; BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE AND OPERATIONAL RESEARCH AS ADJACENT DISCIPLINES; BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE VIEWS OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH AS A PHENOMENON; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS