| 41. | Ackoff was a pioneer in the field of operations research, systems thinking and management science.
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| 42. | The article appeared in the journal Operations Research in May 1993 with Yoshida's name first.
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| 43. | At the time of his death, he was professor emeritus of operations research and statistics.
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| 44. | In operations research, derivatives determine the most efficient ways to transport materials and design factories.
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| 45. | Operations research grew out of WWII military logistics efforts.
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| 46. | While serving in the Navy, he shifted his focus to applied mathematics in operations research.
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| 47. | Some of the techniques used derive from operations research.
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| 48. | This arrangement continued until April 1966 at which time the Military Operations Research Society was incorporated.
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| 49. | In 1966 he joined the Stanford faculty as Professor of Operations Research and of Computer Science.
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| 50. | He's an operations research analyst with the engineering directorate, so numbers are vital to his work.
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