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  • 1.  Piece on how Operations Researchers think

    Posted 08-19-2014 09:48

    I'm trying without luck to locate a short piece I saw sometime within the last 2-3 years, somewhere, about how Operations Researchers think.  I have no idea if it was in print or online, INFORMS-connected or just somewhere on the Web, and am wondering if anyone out there knows of it.

    It was along the lines of 10 or so ways in which OR people think differently than most.  It was not overtly humorous (not the "10 ways you know you might be an Operations Researcher" post that's easy to find), but included points like optimizing things, using heuristics, questioning assumptions, etc.  

    Does that ring a bell with anyone?

    It put me very much in mind of remarks by  Prof. Timothy Taylor about how economists think differently, and I was thinking of combining those two sources and my own ideas on how statisticians think into an short informal presentation for marketing researchers on "how Marketing Scientists think".

    Thanks! 



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    David Lyon
    Principal
    Aurora Market Modeling, LLC
    Kittery ME
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  • 2.  RE: Piece on how Operations Researchers think

    Posted 08-20-2014 18:30
    Hi David,

    it may be unrelated but this reminds me of Laura McLay's blog "punk rock OR", entry from May 15, 2014: http://punkrockor.wordpress.com/page/2/ and a follow-up discussion (on twitter?!). Maybe the blog post contains a pointer to more related material you are looking for.

    Best, Marco


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    Marco Luebbecke
    Profess_OR
    RWTH Aachen University
    Aachen
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