| Article ID: | iaor19881300 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 282 |
| End Page Number: | 285 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1989 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Rinnooy Kan Alexander H.G. |
| Keywords: | history |
The paper discusses ways in which Operational Research OR has fulfilled the hopes of the past, is achieving success in the present, and exhibits exciting and demanding challenges for the future.