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In his passionate talk, Dr. Hans Rosling tried to debunk the myths about economic and health issues in developing countries using state-of-the-art animation software developed by his foundation - Gapminder. The software, named Trendalyzer, converts boring data such as global income and health distribution into lively animations. Although the topic of his talk was not [...]

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One of the questions that most Operations Research (OR) professionals are afraid of being asked is probably “What is OR?”. It is difficult, even for a seasoned OR professional, to describe the field to a person with little or no relevant background. One of the main causes of this problem is that the term “Operations [...]

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Hello, all. This is the first article on The Operations Research / Management Sciences Blog (The ORMS Blog). My name is Suri Like. I am a recent university graduate who is passionate about the world of Operations Research / Management Sciences (ORMS). In fact currently I am applying for graduate programs in related areas. Since [...]

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