An analytical method of problem-solving and decision-making ## Brief Operation Research centrally focuses on simplifying complicated business problems into well-defined mathematical constructs and works specifying expected behavior as well as goals. The key application of Operations Research is that it facilitates decision making in those aspects of a business where resource allocation is paramount, i.e. capital, labour, time and other business resources. ![[operational-research.png]] Uses [[Mathematical optimization]] to solve problems or make decisions ## Sources https://towardsdatascience.com/why-operations-research-is-awesome-an-introduction-7a0b9e62b405 https://leverageedu.com/blog/scope-of-operation-research/