Elena S. Wentzel

Hardcover

256 Pages

MIR Publishers Moscow

In the high-stakes world of decision-making, intuition is rarely enough. At the crossroads of every major industry—from the deployment of military hardware to the delicate flow of a hospital’s emergency room—lies a hidden science that turns chaos into strategy: Operations Research.

For decades, Operations Research (OR) has been the secret engine driving modern efficiency. Yet, for many, it remains a mysterious landscape with shifting borders. Is it a branch of mathematics? A cousin of cybernetics? Or the key to universal problem-solving?

In this masterfully crafted guide, the author strips away the academic "curiosity dressing" and stiff formality often found in technical texts. Instead, she invites you on a journey through the methodology of choice. Drawing on a lifetime of field experience, the author treats OR not just as a collection of equations, but as a vital, living discipline.