| Article ID: | iaor1990375 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 41 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 1 |
| End Page Number: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1990 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Hutchins A.R. . |
A software engineering tool, viz. data analysis, is proposed as a method for constructing the data structures needed for software development in the field of operational research. An introduction to entity-relationship modelling is given, and the technique is applied to two areas, namely critical path analysis and simulation.