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Research Strategies Used by OR/MS Workers as Shown by an Analysis of Papers in Flagship Journals

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  • Arnold Reisman

    (Reisman and Associates, Shanker Heights, Ohio)

  • Frank Kirschnick

    (The Stemens Co., Munich, Germany)

Abstract

It is possible to distinguish seven process categories among OR/MS research strategies: ripple, embedding, bridging, transfer of technology, creative application, structuring, and statistical modeling. To examine how often OR/MS workers use these processes, this paper analyzes as a sample the contents of the papers in the 1992 Issues of Operations Research, Management Science , and Interfaces . It finds that the ripple process is dominantly used in theoretical research and the transfer-of-technology process is the one most frequently used in true applications. The paper also sets forth the full spectrum of results for all seven processes in the 1992 sample, and reaches some conclusions with possible implications for the future of OR/MS.

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  • Arnold Reisman & Frank Kirschnick, 1995. "Research Strategies Used by OR/MS Workers as Shown by an Analysis of Papers in Flagship Journals," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 43(5), pages 731-740, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:43:y:1995:i:5:p:731-740
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.43.5.731
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    1. R J Ormerod, 2010. "Research contribution: Citation and content analysis," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 61(4), pages 705-707, April.
    2. S Gattoufi & M Oral & A Kumar & A Reisman, 2004. "Content analysis of data envelopment analysis literature and its comparison with that of other OR/MS fields," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 55(9), pages 911-935, September.
    3. M S Sodhi & B-G Son, 2010. "Content analysis of OR job advertisements to infer required skills," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 61(9), pages 1315-1327, September.
    4. Arnold Reisman & Muhittin Oral, 2005. "Soft Systems Methodology: A Context Within a 50-Year Retrospective of OR/MS," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 35(2), pages 164-178, April.
    5. Meltem Denizel & Behlul Usdiken & Deniz Tuncalp, 2003. "Drift or Shift? Continuity, Change, and International Variation in Knowledge Production in OR/MS," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 51(5), pages 711-720, October.
    6. Richard Ormerod & Panagiota Delibassi & Clare Morris, 2000. "Research Strategies Used by OR/MS Workers: Extension of the Analysis of U.S. Flagship Journals to the United Kingdom," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 48(4), pages 527-534, August.

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