| Article ID: | iaor19881299 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 277 |
| End Page Number: | 281 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1989 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Hansen Pierre |
| Keywords: | history |
The Operational Research OR crisis is discussed with special reference to the analysis of Russell Ackoff. It is argued that the classical paradigm of Operational Research OR based on mathematical programming remains a valid one.