Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

Operations Research and Industrial Engineering is the science of rational decision making and the study, design and integration of complex situations and systems with the goal of predicting system behavior and improving or optimizing system performance. It encompasses managerial decision making, mathematical and computer modeling and the use of information technology for informed decision-making.
The concepts and methods of Operations Research are pervasive. It is used in the public and private sectors on energy policy; design and operation of urban emergency systems; defense; health care; water resource planning; the criminal justice system; transportation issues. It also address a wide variety of design and operational issues in communication and data networks; computer operations; marketing; finance; inventory planning; manufacturing; and many areas designed to improve business productivity and efficiency. The subject impacts biology and genomics, the internet, the airline system, international banking and finance. It is a subject of beauty, depth, infinite breadth and applicability.

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