| Article ID: | iaor19991531 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 97 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 215 |
| End Page Number: | 219 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1997 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Dror Moshe |
| Keywords: | manufacturing industries |
The editor of this issue of EJOR explains the origin and motivation for the collection of articles which focus on the industrial mathematical importance of OR. In the special issue a small sample of real-world problems which have been successfully addressed by OR professionals from all over the world is presented.