Le 18/01/2009 par Nassim :
Sur Michael Trick's OR Blog, je suis tombé sur cet algorithme
Je pense que c'est une bonne alternative aux réponses lapidaires du genre "un truc entre les maths et l'informatique" et aux explications ennuyantes que personne ne comprend, du style "C'est l'ensemble des méthodes et techniques rationnelles d'analyse et de synthèse des phénomènes d'organisation utilisables pour élaborer de meilleures décisions".
Le 19/01/2009 par Nassim :
A ma connaissance, aucun praticien de la RO n'a de blog en français.
Sinon, Punk Rock Operations Research
[url=mat.tepper.cmu.edu/blog/]Michael Trick's OR Blog[/url]
ThinkOR
sont des blogs en anglais que je consulte régulièrement.
Le 19/01/2009 par Heryn :
bonjour,
connaissez-vous d'autres blogs de ce genre, notamment francophones sur la recherche opérationnelle?
merci
Le 22/01/2009 par Heryn :
Bonsoir,
1000 Merci pour ces liens. Je n'ai pas pu m'empecher de reproduire ici un post que j'ai trouvé à l'adresse http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/DC/95/magnanti.htm
intitulé "pourquoi je suis un chercheur opérationnel"
Why I am an Operations Researcher:
Confessions of an OR Junkie
Excitement
Elegance
Applications
Impact
Beauty
Computing
Math
Flexibility
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I liked math (and applications), but didn't...
want to be in marketing or finance
particularly like
chemistry (Chem. E.)
physics (Eng. Physics)
electrical circuits (EE)
building bridges (CE)
or making things (ME)
want pure math
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OR provides a liberal education in a technological world.
--Michael Thomas, Georgia Tech
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And, from the faculty at MIT...
I have been able to contribute to a research are so abstruse that I can barely understand my own research papers. And, I have been able to contribute to one of the great scientific projects of our time (the human genome project).
There is lots of room to do fundamental and abstract research in OR. And, an OR background provides a wonderful foundation, or springboard, for understanding, exploring, and improving all kinds of real phenomena.
I fell in love instantly with linear programming. The theory was beautiful, and its applications obvious and impressive.
When I was a physics student I found that modeling and solving the hydrogen atom, both as the Bohr atom and the quantum mechanically, was very exciting and stimulating. But when you moved on and tried to do the helium atom, things became orders of magnitude more complex and much less interesting.
I felt that in OR there were many hydrogen atoms left to be solved. And, it turned our to be true -- and still is.
I view OR as a science and technology of inventing physics of the world we live in, the world of commerce, business, and public systems, involving complex processes of people, interacting with other people and with increasingly complex technologies.
I thought I had two choices: spend the rest of my life watching bubbles rise through glass chambers (Chem. E.) or studying, solving, and applying linear programs.
I learned that I could use my technical skills (e.g., math modeling) and not have to build anything with my hands in a lab, nor be exposed to any blood.
I thought, however, that in the "real world" OR applications would be rare. Fortunately, I was wrong. At the consulting firm I work for, I used lots of mathematical programming, and even Markov decision chains and statistics, to help our clients with their difficult problems.
The act of model building is pure pleasure to me.
I had the joy of introducing superb students to a relatively new field of endeavor.
OR also makes good cocktail conversation. Most people have no clue what you do. Those who know about it are typically endowed with unusual intelligence and creativity so it's a convenient way to identify exceptional people.
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Operations Research is Pervasive in Practice (from MIT)
Criminal Justice
Energy
Financial services
Genetics
Health Care
Marketing
Manufacturing
Product design
Public Systems
Telecommunications
Transportation
Operations Research is a Linchpin Between Engineering and Management
