Stylitism, Synergism, And Syncretism: The interface of computer science and operations research

ABSTRACT

In 1970 I authored a paper dealing with the interface of Operations Research and Computer Science, which was presented at the 37th Meeting of ORSA on April 20-22, 1970. [NANCR70]. That paper, which included the thoughts and opinions of several eminent computer scientists, has proved to be interesting reading some eight years later. My view of the interface between the two disciplines has changed but slightly in that time; nevertheless, certain intersections of the two disciplines are now more clearly defined. Nevertheless, the belief that I have a better picture of the computer science and operations research interface is probably as illusory now as it was in 1970.

REFERENCES

• 1: Ackoff, R.L. and M.W. Sasieni. Fundamentals of Operations Research, John Wiley: New York, 1969.
• 2: Aronofsky, J. S. "Introduction," Progress in Operations Research, Volume III, John Wiley: New York, 1969, 3-15.
• 3: Bhat, U.N. "Sixty Years of Queueing Theory," Management Science, 15 (6): February 1969, B-280-B-294.
• 4: Edward G. Coffman, Jr. , Peter J. Denning, Operating Systems Theory, Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, 1973
• 5: Denning, Peter J. "Operating Systems Principles and Undergraduate Computer Science Curricula," Technical Report TR-99, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, September 1971.
• 6: Engel, Joseph H. "The Philosopical Underpinnings of Computers and Operations Research," Computers and Operations Research, 1 (1): March 1974, 3-7.
• 7: George E. Forsythe, A university's educational program in computer science, Communications of the ACM, v.10 n.1, p.3-11, Jan. 1967 [doi>10.1145/363018.363038]
• 8: Forsythe, G.E. "Let's Not Discriminate Against Good Work in Design or Experimentation," Proceedings of AFIPS 1969 SJCC. 538-539.
• 9: R. W. Hamming, One Man's View of Computer Science, Journal of the ACM (JACM), v.16 n.1, p.3-12, Jan. 1969 [doi>10.1145/321495.321497]
• 10: Heany, D.F. "Is TIMS Talking to Itself?" Management Science, 12 (4): December 1965, B-146-B-155.
• 11: King, W.R. "On the Nature and Form of Operations Research," Operations Research, 15 (6): November-December 1967, 1177-1180.
• 12: Kleijnen, Jack P.C. "Computers and Management Science: Their Interface Today and Tomorrow," Tilburg School of Business Administration, November 1973.
• 13: Kleijnen, Jack P.C. "The Interdependence of Operations Research and Computing: A Survey," Tilburg School of Business Administration, March 1975.
• 14: Kleijnen, Jack P.C. "Computers and Operations Research: A Survey," Katholieke Hogeschool Tilburg Reeks "Ten Discussie," February 1976.
• 15: Kleijnen, Jack P.C. "Operations Research and Computers," to appear in Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, Jack Belzer, et.al. (ed.), Marcel Dekker, Inc.: New York, September 1977.
• 16: Mjosund, A. "The Synergy of Operations Research and Computers," Operations Research, 20(5): September-October 1972, 1057-1064.
• 17: Nance, Richard E. "Operations Research and Computer Science - The Interface," Technical Report CP 70004, Computer Science/Operations Research Center, Southern Methodist University, March 1970.
• 18: Kristen Nygaard , Ole-Johan Dahl, The development of the SIMULA languages, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, v.13 n.8, p.245-272, August 1978 [doi>10.1145/960118.808391]
• 19: Perlis, A.L. "University Education in Computing Science," Proceedings of the 1967 Stony Brook Conference, Academic Press: New York, 1968, 70.
• 20: Saul Rosen, Electronic Computers: A Historical Survey, ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), v.1 n.1, p.7-36, March 1969 [doi>10.1145/356540.356543]
• 21: Stahlknecht, P. "Quo Vadis, Operations Research?" Elektronische Datenverarbeitung (Electric Data Processing), 9: January 1967, 16-19.
• 22: Woolsey, G. "Prolegomena on Promoting Practice or Pecksniff, Götz von Berlichingen, Symptoms & Reality," Interfaces, 8(3): May 1978, 7-12.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education

General Terms:
Theory