Philip McCord Morse
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Born August 6, 1903
Died September 5, 1985 (82 years old)
Shreveport, United States
Also known as: Philip M. Morse
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Philip McCord Morse (August 6, 1903 – 5 September 1985), was an American physicist, administrator and pioneer of operations research (OR) in World War II. He is considered to be the father of operations research in the U.S. -- from Wikipedia
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Methods of operations research
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Operations research originated during World War II with the military's need for a scientific method of providing executive departments with a quantitative decision-making basis. This volume — co-written by the father of operations research — explores strategical kinematics, tactical analysis, gunnery and bombardment problems, organizational and procedural problems, more. Includes 51 figures and 31 tables.