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The Fifth Column: La Méthode de Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand or Maximized Acceptance with Optimized Agendas

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  • Robert E. D. Woolsey

    (Mathematics Department, The Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401)

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The paper discusses running a real-world MS/OR problem using the Sorted Agenda Method of Talleyrand, foreign minister of the Empire of Napoleon I. To overcome obvious weaknesses of the One-Answer Syndrome, this approach presents a mock agenda of at least five options geared toward acceptance of what is the real standpoint one wants to defend.

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  • Robert E. D. Woolsey, 1991. "The Fifth Column: La Méthode de Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand or Maximized Acceptance with Optimized Agendas," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 21(6), pages 103-105, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:21:y:1991:i:6:p:103-105
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.21.6.103
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